TheyweregoingtoFlorida—threeboysandthreegirls—andwhentheyboardedthebus, theywerecarryingsandwichesandwineinpaperbags, dreamingofgoldenbeachesandseatidesasthegraycoldofNewYorkvanishedbehindthem.
AsthebuspassedthroughNewJersey, , dressedinaplain, ill-fittingsuit, nevermoving, , frozenintosomepersonalcocoonofsilence.
Deepintothenight, outsideWashington, thebuspulledintoaHowardJohnson's, , andtheyoungpeoplebegantowonderabouthim, tryingtoimaginehislife: perhapshewasaseacaptain, arunawayfromhiswife, , oneofthegirlssatbesidehimandintroducedherself.
"We'regoingtoFlorida," shesaidbrightly, "Ihearit'sbeautiful."
"Itis." hesaidquietly, asifrememberingsomethinghehadtriedtoforget.
"Wantsomewine?" , shewentbacktotheothers, andVingonoddedinsleep.
Inthemorning, theyawokeoutsideanotherHowardJohnson's, , , thegirlsatwithVingoagain, andafterawhile, slowlyandpainfully, , andnowhewasgoinghome.
"Areyoumarried?"
"Idon'tknow."
"Youdon'tknow?" shesaid.
"Well, whenIwasinthecanIwrotetomywife," hesaid, "ItoldherthatIwasgoingtobeawayalongtime, andthatifshecouldn'tstandit, ifthekidskeptaskingquestions, ifithurttoomuch, well, shecouldjustforgetme.I', Isaid—she'sawonderfulwoman, reallysomething—''."
"Andyou'regoinghomenow, notknowing?"
"Yeah," hesaidshyly, "well, lastweek, whenIwassuretheparolewascomingthrough, , justbeforeJacksonville, andthere''dtakemeback, sheshouldputayellowhandkerchiefinthetree, andI''twantme, forgetit—nohandkerchiefandI'dgoonthrough."
"Wow," thegirlsaid, "wow."
Shetoldtheothers, andsoonallofthemwereinit, caughtupintheapproachofBrunswick, lookingatthepictureVingoshowedthemofhiswifeandthreechildren—thewomanhandsomeinaplainway, thechildrenstillunformedinthecracked, much-handledsnapshots.
Nowtheywere20milesfromBrunswick, andtheyoungpeopletookoverwindowseatsontherightside, , hushedmood, , tighteninghisfaceintotheex-con'smask, asiffortifyinghimselfagainststillanotherdisappointment.
ThenBrunswickwastenmiles, , suddenly, alloftheyoungpeoplewereupoutoftheirseats, screamingandshoutingandcrying, .
Vingosattherestunned, —20ofthem, 30ofthem, maybehundreds, , theoldconrosefromhisseatandmadehiswaytothefrontofthebustogohome.
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