I Thought I Would Be Alone at Graduation After My Parents Passed Away – Then Someone Covered My Eyes

looked wrong. My smile seemed more like a mask that didn’t fit.

“You’ll do great tomorrow,” Nana called from her chair.

“Yeah.”

“I mean it.”

“I know you do.”

I zipped the gown halfway and stared at the girl in the glass.

One last day. Then I disappear into the rest of my life.

The next day, the auditorium lights felt too bright. I sat in row G with the gown continue reading …