Homecoming: Part Three

Arrival, NYC

The Greyhound bus comes to a shuddering halt at the 42nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal, rocking slightly in place before the bus doors open and passengers shuffle out one by one. CB steps down on to the curb, rubbing his neck as he tries to work out all the kinks that come from sleeping hunched over on a bus bench. He waits silently as the driver opens up the baggage area, then joins the mob of other passengers as they fish through the luggage, finally picking up his own: an...