No More Mr. Nice Guy

Sarah was fifty and pregnant and riding the same bus as Fred, who had been out of college about a year and gave her his seat. She attached herself to him after that. She told people the twins she was carrying were his, and she had a paternity report saying so. The report was enough for everyone around him. His girlfriend left him under pressure from Sarah, and the people who knew Fred took her account as fact. He had never had any contact with her beyond standing up on a bus, and knowing that did him no good. The accusations went on until he went off the roof of a building. He woke up on a day before the bus ride, with all of it still ahead of him, and when Sarah got on he stayed in his seat.