Chapter 2: Chapter 2
Henderson, to let him know that he would be late for dinner, and that he might not make it to the party that night. Mr. Henderson had been worried, but Robert had assured him that everything would be fine. "I'm a survivor, you know," he said. "I'll be fine." And he had been right.Robert had been working in the lumber yard for about a year now. He had been hired as a logger, but he had quickly been trained to drive a bulldozer. His boss had been impressed by his work, and he had been promoted to driver before he had even completed a year of service. Now he was a city employee, and he was expected to perform city duties.One of those duties was cleaning up after the storm.
Robert had been assigned to the garbage collection team. It was a dirty job, but someone had to do it. The city paid him for his time, and he made sure to clock in every day even if he didn't have to work. It kept him busy, and his mind off the accident that had happened the night before.