Kiara.
Congratulations on your graduation, Kiara.
This is the day the Lord has made. I have been preparing for this day to come for months, checking the calendar. Finally graduating today. My mom was present here. My friends were here. And our beautiful neighbor, Angela.
Halfway through the ceremony her phone lit up. She was a doctor and a single mother. She had raised me without help from the asshole whom she called my father. I could not blame her when she rose and moved toward the exit. That was the work that kept the lights on and the tuition paid. I was proud of her. She deserved more recognition than the silent departure she made.
She found me in the aisle “Honey…I have an emergency, and you know how it works.” She paused. She looked at me, then Angela. “Go home with Angela… I wi
