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    The Slumber Bus
    The Slumber Bus
    The Slumber Bus
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    The Slumber Bus

    By Joe Abell

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    This is the story of Dan, a single father with two young daughters, Stephanie and Olivia. Unemployed and desperate, Dan takes a job driving a bus that transports bodies for morticians. Then, Dan learns that drugs are being shipped in the caskets. Dan's boss starts threatening Stephanie and Olivia, to keep Dan quite. With the help of his brother, Jerry, Dan must turn vigilante to protect his girls.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoe Abell
    Release dateAug 22, 2017
    ISBN9781370480326
    The Slumber Bus
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    Joe Abell

    Joe Abell is a retired Indiana farmer. He has been a story creator all his life. Now, in retirement, he has the time to publish his stories. Being a student of history has given Joe the background for many of his stories. Joe is also indebted to his father. He has given Joe insightful views on the life of an age that has slipped away.

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      The Slumber Bus - Joe Abell

      THE SLUMBER BUS

      Joe Abell

      Copyright © 2017 Joe Abell

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      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      Chapter 19

      Chapter 20

      Chapter 21

      Chapter 22

      Chapter 23

      Chapter 24

      Chapter 25

      1

      My life was good until it went bad.

      My name is Dan and my wife is April. We have two, wonderful daughters. Stephanie, eleven and Olivia, nine. We were the Mumfords and we were an OK family. Both girls were doing well in school, and had friends who were acceptable. April and I had slightly above average jobs. Financially, in-flow, was more than our outflow. All our bills were paid up.

      Then April had a midlife crisis. No woman looks forward to middle age, but there are things that can brighten the gloom. One, is becoming an empty nester, making time for new activities. Children get married and have grandchildren. Husbands and wives have time to take those trips they have talked about.

      April saw none of that. When she looked down that road, all she saw was menopause, weight gain, and missed opportunities. April talked about the things she had wanted to do, and the places she had wanted to go. Now, time was running out on those dreams. She thought she had married too young, though few people would think twenty-six was too young.

      It all came to a head when she met a man I refer to as, Pot-Bellied Biker Dude. He was also going through a midlife crisis. The day came when April announced that she was riding off with Pot-bellied Biker Dude, to find herself.

      What about Stephanie and Olivia, I asked.

      They will understand, was her reply.

      What? You think an eleven and a nine, year old, will understand why their mother abandoned them?

      I talked to my brother Jerry, and my sister Rachel. They didn’t think that I could have done anything to keep her from leaving. I felt if I had just of know what to say, at the right time, I could have prevented it.

      After she left, I was sitting at the spot I would soon call my worrying place: on

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