The graduation tassel swung in my hand like a pendulum, counting down the seconds until my life changed forever.
I stood in my bedroom, surrounded by boxes, staring at the scholarship acceptance letter taped to my mirror.
Your dream has come true.
Those words should have made me happy. I had worked so hard for this opportunity, and now I was finally getting the future I had always wanted.
But as I looked at the empty space on my bed where Victor had sat just yesterday, my chest tightened.
School was over. I was leaving for the city, and that meant leaving behind the person who had become my safe place.
"Are you ready?" Mom asked softly from the doorway.
Dad stood behind her with his arm around her shoulders. They were both smiling, as if they were sending me off on the greatest adve
