Bus driver spots an abandoned bag under the seat and finds a child in it
Adam lofner was a driver for a well-known Intercity bus service and he’d been crossing the country for years he loved his job but it was a lonely life Adam’s shifts in odd hours meant that there wasn’t a lot of time for romance and besides he was a shy man one evening Adam had just arrived after having driven to Cleveland from Detroit he was walking through the bus to make sure no passengers had stayed behind when he noticed a large sports bag on one of the back seats
Adam groaned. “Now I’ll have to take this into lost and found and fill in all that paperwork,” he grumbled as he bent down to pick up the bag
but the bag turned out to be a lot heavier than Adam was expecting and it squirmed Adam reached for the zipper and opened the bag to his surprise the first thing he saw was a pair of huge frightened eyes the eyes belonged to a little boy who looked to be no older than four
“What have we here?” asked Adam and reached into the bag to lift a little boy out. “Who are you little man and how’d you get here?”
The boy stood up straight. “My mom put me in the bag so I could go to my auntie’s house without my dad getting mad and hurting us”
Adam noticed that the boy had some ugly bruises on his arms and legs
“Why didn’t your mom buy you a bus ticket?” asked Adam
“We don’t have any money,” the boy explained. “Dad doesn’t give us any”
“I see and where’s your aunt’s house do you know?” Adam asked
the boy nodded proudly and took a carefully folded piece of paper out of his pocket Adam unfolded and read the address
“Oh no,” he cried. “Your aunt lives in Pittsburgh your mother put you on the wrong bus”
at this the little boy burst into tears and Adam tried to comfort him
“Listen it’s okay I’ll take you to your aunt okay what’s your name?”
“I’m Tommy,” the boy said wiping tears from his face
“Come on Tommy,” Adams said. “I don’t know about you but I’m hungry so how about we have a hot dog before we drive to Pittsburgh”
by the time they arrived in Pittsburgh over five hours later Adam and Tommy were great friends they knocked on Tommy’s on store and she was a bit surprised to see her little nephew in a strange Man Standing on her doorstep late at night but she welcomed the man
“Poor sister,” she told them, “her husband’s a brood and he won’t let her go”
Adam frowned
“He’s a Bully and Bullies are cowards let’s see if he has the courage to face up to a man”
So Adam and Tommy’s Aunt her name was Lydia drove to Detroit and knocked on his mom’s door a big man with an unpleasant face answered and glared at Lydia
“What are you doing here you witch?” he screamed
but before he could say another word Adam who is an even bigger man gripped him by his collar
“You’re talking to a lady,” he said calmly, “so I suggest you lower your voice we’re here to see your wife Tracy”
the man stepped aside and Adam saw Tracy a petite blonde woman with a sweet face Lydia ran to embrace her sister and said
“Tracy we’ve come to get you go pack your bags”
Tommy’s dad opened his mouth to object but he caught Adam Zion thought better of it Adam said to him
“Let’s you and I have a talk from now on you’re going to leave Tracy and Tommy alone because whatever you do to them I will do to you you understand?”
“They’re mine,” Tommy’s dad said angrily. “I have rights”
Adam shook his head
“No you had responsibilities you were supposed to love and protect them not mistrate them,” he said, “you had everything and you threw it all away so leave them alone”
Tommy’s dad aggrieved roughly and Adam picked up Tracy’s suitcase in the three of them walked in Tommy was delighted to be back with his mom and with Adams and Lydia’s encouragement Tracy filed for a divorce Tracy and Tommy moved in with Lydia Tommy went to school and Tracy found a job and everything was going well for the family Adam knew they were okay but he couldn’t resist popping in now and then to check in on them he loved spending time with Tommy and he was growing ever fond of Tracy one day he invited her to go on a date with him and before long the two were head over heels in love Tracy saw that this big shy man with a heart of gold was the opposite of the man she’d married when she was too young to know better so when he asked her to marry him she accepted Tommy was delighted and he played a double role at the wedding first he gave away the bride then he was the groom’s best man Lydia was the bridesmaid and she was crying with happiness
Tommy whispered to his mom
“I was just thinking you put me in the right bus after all”
and she hanged the wrong bus had brought them safely to a New Life
