The two boys stood beside him, grinning.

Walter was in the background, pretending not to look at the camera.

“I know you’re probably angry with them,” she said.

“And you should be about what happened at that bridge.

But I wanted you to see the other part.”

She explained that Jonah had stopped attending an after-school program when their family lost access to a reliable car.

The program was only a few miles away, but the bus route required two transfers.

A bicycle with working brakes changed the equation.