Chapter 10
Shane’s days were long. It took almost an hour to get to work and an hour home again at night. The bus to the train station was twenty minutes and the train trip into the city was twenty minutes. Then there was another fifteen-minute bus trip to work. Shane dreaded to think what might happen if either the bus or the train was late.
“I can’t keep doing this,” he said at the end of his first week.
“Get a job closer to home,” suggested Michael, in the kitchen chopping vegetables.
“Doing what?”
“Go online and take a look. Find something you think you’ll enjoy and apply for it.” He paused. “But not tomorrow.”
Shane noticed a strange expression on Michael’s face. “Why not?”
“It’s a secret.”
Shane grinned. Now he was determined to get the secret from Michael. “Tell me.” He walk
