Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns

Author:Priya Guns [Guns, Priya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2023-02-27T00:00:00+00:00

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I had made Amma a full breakfast before I left home. Bombay toast, a fried egg, and some frozen strawberries I cut up and mixed with sugar and chili pepper. I squeezed fresh orange juice for her with my bare hands. She didn’t have a bite or a sip of anything so I knew come lunchtime she might have more of an attitude. I was standing outside my car with a cup of coffee I got for two dollars at Doo Wop, giving myself a little break before what I hoped would be a ping-after-ping sort of day.

“What do you mean, I can’t get on? I have an exam this morning!”

“You think I care? You need to pay the right fare like everyone else.”

A young woman stood on the steps of the bus while other passengers walked in. I had been her before. Late for school, late for work, with not enough money to get on the bus. The driver was only doing his job but he clearly cared too much about the wrong rules. I walked towards the bus.

“Here.” I handed the girl twenty bucks. “Sorry, I thought I gave this to you already, sis.”

“What? Are you sure? Thank you.” I put the actual bus fare in the driver’s collection box, looking into a world I once knew so well. I was reminded that in my car I am safe. I was doing better than I had been, even if I wasn’t. The young woman gave me a hug, then gave the driver the finger.

“Get off my bus,” he said to me.

I leaned towards him, smirking. It was a sunny morning and I could still taste Jolene’s lips. “Sometimes it helps to masturbate,” I said to him before jumping off. “The transport company doesn’t give a fuck about you.”

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