TWENTY-FIVE
Ritter opens the door and carries a portable vacuum, broom, dustpan, paper towels and cleaning supplies onto the bus. It’s early and he has to clean the bus before the first tour of the day. He has to clean it after every tour because people are filthy and spread their dirt wherever they go. Especially tourists, who seem to think that they have a right to soil whatever they touch. If the bus was a public toilet they’d never flush after using it.
People often ask him why he doesn’t hire a cleaning service to maintain the bus. Ritter tells them that cleaning services are too expensive and don’t do a good job. After all, who wants to clean a bus for a living? But the real reason is that they ask too many questions about the tour. Questions about the murders. Ritter doesn’t like
