The Leather-Clad School Bus Driver Who Never Smiled Took a Job Driving Kids Through Foggy Backroads — And Every Parent Slowly Realized He Watched the Mirrors Like Their Children’s Lives Depended on It

Rowan took it, nodding once.

Inside, tucked behind the sun visor beside the long mirror, he placed the drawing of a yellow bus and a man at the wheel, eyes wide and watchful, and before pulling away, he checked every mirror, counted every face, and spoke with the same calm certainty that had become his quiet promise.

“Everyone settled,” he asked.

“Yes, Mr. Pike,” the children replied together.

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