Chapter 16
Who’s on the Bus
63It was Monday and this Monday was very
different from last Monday. Instead of
dread George felt a nervous excitement.
He had taken an earlier bus to work today
so he could be in his office in time to receive the bus
tickets from his new passengers. He greeted each person
as they walked, one by one, into his office, handed in
their tickets, and told him they were on his bus. All of
them except Michael, Jamie, and José. The three of them
walked in together, and immediately George knew some-
thing was up. He could tell they were nervous and that
they weren’t holding bus tickets. I bet they are too scared
to come in alone so they decided to pack together like a
bunch of wolves, he thought.
“We think your bus is going to crash and we don’t
want to be on it when it does,” Michael bluntly told him.
“We need this job,” Jamie said nervously.
“Who’s we?” George asked.
“All of us,” they said in unison as they looked around
at each other.