Four strangers take the bus on the anniversary of its fatal crash fifteen years earlier. As each deals with a traumatic event from their past, they realize that not everything is as it seems.
In 1985, the Number 9 bus of the City Line Transportation System slammed into the North Highway Bus Stop killing six people. The stop was abandoned and the Number 9 was decommissioned. Fifteen years later, on the anniversary of the wreck, the bus has been re-opened along with the original route. Four strangers, each dealing with a traumatic vent from their past, meet on the bus after a long day. Their tired and ready for home. But sometimes the way home is the longest trip of all.—Matthew Graves