Never Again
Mom did.
"Well, maybe for some people it's a good opportunity to start over again," she winked at me. "It's like missing the bus the first time, but you were given another opportunity,"
My eyebrows knitted. 'Hey old lady, you missed your bus,' It was like hearing the homeless guy talking.
I missed my bus, but what he really wanted to say was I missed my chance.
'Just walk. Don't miss your chance again.' His words became a riddle for me. If I didn't walk that day, if I waited for another bus to come, I would have missed my chance of meeting Albert again.