Graduation day was supposed to be a celebration of three sisters stepping into adulthood. Instead, it became the moment their family’s quiet history was finally spoken aloud in front of an entire auditorium.
Lily stood at the microphone with her diploma in her hands. Her voice was calm, but what she was about to say made the room fall still.
She began by telling the audience that their mother, Clarissa, had recently returned after eighteen years away. According to Lily, Clarissa had told the sisters that their father, Daniel Carter, was the reason she had left.
That was when Lily chose to answer.