“I can’t believe you’ve finally graduated!” Mum exclaimed, pulling me in for a hug. This must have been the tenth hug in the past fifteen minutes. My mother also kept repeating that same sentence over and over again, so I gave her the same response by default.
“Me neither!” I said, around a blocked throat. I had a blocked throat for two reasons. The first being that I was trying to fight tears that were threatening to surface, but I refused to cry today. I wanted to be strong. Plus, Ashley would kill me if I ruined my make-up. And the second reason was that my mum was hugging me so tightly that I could barely breathe, let alone reply.
“I think it’s time you let Talia breathe now.” Dad chuckled whilst patting my mum on the shoulder. Mum let go of me at once, mumbling an apology, and she s
