Lucas was driving to another city, but there was a baby that wouldn’t stop crying on his bus. He reached one of the stops and decided to scold the parents for not doing anything about it. That’s when he realized the baby was alone and had to do something he had never imagined.
The crying had been going for way too long on the bus, and Lucas couldn’t imagine how his passengers were tolerating the noise at this point.
Lucas was driving the bus from Miami to Orlando, a course that took around three hours. For almost the entire trip, a baby had been crying in the back. It wasn’t a big deal at first, but it was getting on his nerves now. He couldn’t stop the bus until he reached Orlando because it was part of the protocol that he could only make specific stops in Miami and then several in Orlando.
He hoped one of the passengers would tell the baby’s parents to do something, but nothing happened. That poor child kept wailing for the entire trip. He was almost too relieved to reach the next stop at least.
“No, Maria! That’s crazy! She’s a stranger’s child. I can call social services or something. I can’t handle babies,” he responded, panicked.
He stood up from his driver’s seat and started treading to the back. “Hello, passengers. Can someone tell me who the crying baby’s parents are?” he announced to the people sitting close to the back.
Some of them looked relieved that someone was finally addressing the issue, but no one spoke up. They looked around as Lucas did, and eventually, their expressions turned to puzzlement. “Hello? Who are the baby’s parents?” he asked again, hoping for an answer. But again, no one replied.
“Sir, I think that baby is alone,” someone at the back spoke up, pointing toward one of the seats. Lucas frowned and walked to the seat where the crying baby’s carrier was situated. He discovered the baby was a girl and there was no one beside her.
“Are you sure? Could her mother be in the bathroom?” Lucas asked the passenger who spoke up.
“I don’t know. I only noticed that the baby was alone when she started crying. But I’m not good with babies so I just ignored it,” the passenger stated and shrugged her shoulders.
“That’s crazy! Did someone abandon their baby on a bus from Miami to Orlando? What is going on?” Lucas wondered, and another passenger chimed in.
“I can watch her for a while. I have grandbabies, and I can put them to sleep. I didn’t say anything earlier because I had no idea what was going on, but I can help,” a kind lady offered, picking up the baby carrier to take it to her spot.
“Thank you, ma’am. We’ll find out what’s going on soon, hopefully,” Lucas expressed his gratitude and went back to his seat to resume driving.
Worried about the baby, Lucas decided to call the central office...
