Waiting on a Stranger

A lonesome boy disappears on the night of his high school graduation - longing for a stranger he can tell his story to. He practices the make-or-break greetings he will use in this land of exile - the Arizona desert - where he spends his nights meeting the bus from Yuma. The next bus is due a few minutes after Henry turns 18, which gives him a birthday wish: that the stranger will step off.