When Matt had thought about meeting up with Vic to ride home with his lover, he never anticipated there might be other passengers on the bus. Vic usually complained about his last hour being pretty dead, so seeing the guy in the wheelchair had thrown Matt for a loop. Sadie seemed to like him, though. Twice Matt had to yell at her to get down when she tried climbing into the fellow’s lap, and she now sat by his right leg, her head on his thigh, eyes closed in pure bliss as he scratched behind her ears. With his arms spread out across the back of his seat, Matt watched her soak up the attention and wondered just how much longer it’d be until they were alone.
He didn’t have to wait long to find out. The next stop turned out to be Roger’s—as Vic pulled over to the curb, he told them, “End of
