Waiting

She waited for him at the bus stop. The bus 617 came. He was sitting near a window reading a newspaper. He looked like the film star she adored. He was always there reading the newspaper.

Once she got to sit besides him, and they both chatted about their jobs. He worked as a clerk and she as a secretary. Last time when she got to sit besides him, they talked about the family drama serial that came on the government-run TV channel.

One day he stopped coming. 617 seemed empty like her life. She never knew he had lost his job and went to another town for a new job.