October 14th was a Sunday

I took a seat next to an old, black woman. We smiled at each other and she asked me where I was going. I said "no where." She asked why that was, to which I responded, "because, why not?"

For a rather uncomfortable length of time, I felt her staring at me. Then she turned away.

I decided I'd get off the bus at the corner of 15th and Market and walk the rest of the way.