Britt, a young woman, described her day as an emotional roller coaster. She was very proud of herself for graduating high school, but her heart was hammering with the fear that her mother and stepfather would not show up. She hoped to recognize familiar faces among the camera flashes and bustle.
As she was sitting next to her classmates, she kept looking around. “They’re probably running late,” she tried to convince herself. “Or maybe stuck in traffic. They’ll be here any minute.”
As names were called, Britt glanced around, and when it was finally her turn to walk up to the stage, she put a smile on her face. With the diploma in her hand, Britt prayed to see her mom smiling and her step-dad showing her thumbs up, but that didn’t happen. They were nowhere to be seen.
“They must be here somewhere,” she thought as she walked around the place. Once she realized they weren’t there and they were probably not coming at all, Britt checked her phone. There was a message there which read, “Sorry, we couldn’t make it. Something came up with your stepsister. We’ll celebrate later. Congrats!”
Britt got incredibly concerned. She wondered what could have possibly been more important than her graduation and couldn’t wait to get home and be there for her parents.
Iris, her step-sister, was always throwing tantrums, and wanted to be the center of attention, but what could be wrong this time?
