“You have to work hard, Clayton. You know that everyone is only waiting for you to make a mistake so they could oust you,” Uncle Leon, my godfather, reminded me during the first day of my final year in college.
I nodded. I have endured four long years of college without a major mistake. I have tried my best to be in the dean’s list all the time because I can’t afford losing the business that Mom and Dad died for.
I sighed and decided to visit their graves first before heading to the university. I bought some flowers and made sure that I would have ample time so I wouldn’t be late to class.
There lay two stones with the photos of Mom and Dad. I smiled as I brought the basket of flowers down and lit two candles.
I remember how my life turned upside down when they left me alone in this
