18
Six years before the Community
“Congratulations, my girl!” her father exclaimed, clapping her on the back.
Sara smiled, though she was sweating heavily under her black graduation gown and eager to get back indoors.
“One more picture!” her mother said, arranging the cap on her head at a different angle.
“I think the tassel’s wrong,” Sara said, reaching up to switch which side it hung from.
“Hurry up now,” her dad said. “We all want to get inside.”
Her mom shot him a look. “Be patient. Your daughter’s only going to graduate college once!”
“But we could take these pictures inside,” Emily pointed out. She was sitting in the shade in a wispy white minidress and strappy sandals, fanning herself with a Commencement program and sipping an iced coffee. By all appearances she was much mor
