Vic worked for the City as a bus driver. Nothing glamorous, but it paid the bills and put food on the table. For most of the year, he drove a steady route through downtown Richmond, circling around the Civil War statues on Monument Avenue and navigating through the traffic that clogged Broad Street during rush hour. But in the summertime, with a number of other drivers looking for a few weeks off to hit the beaches before their children had to be back in school, Vic took on a second shift to cover those out on vacation. Sixteen hour days cut into the free time he liked to spend at the gym, but the extra cash that the overtime brought in was worth the double route. As long as he held Matt every night, he didn’t much care how he spent the rest of the day.
The City garage was south of the J
