No one had, so why would she? She wouldn’t, she couldn’t, she shouldn’t.

A high school graduate in her family, unheard of.

Pride? No, disdain.

A hero. No, an outcast.

Something to live for or something to die for.

She kept those thoughts in her head as she went through commencement without any family members present.

She kept those thoughts in her head as she walked through the front door and was asked where she had been?

She kept those thoughts in her head as she slipped into the bathtub holding her diploma in one hand and a razor blade in the other.