[ WP ] [ CW ] Make me fall in love with a character in 200 words or less .

Her house was a shanty, and the neighborhood was poor, but she was a bright kid. She had a good future ahead of her, her mom would say. The definitive straight-A student, bound for college. 
 
 School was never difficult, and scholarships came easily. Her mother wept when she came home and announced she ’ d been accepted to the state ’ s best university. 
 
 She was capable, but education is pricey. She took up a job to support her education. Her mom became sick shortly after, and despite the mother ’ s protests, she quit her schooling to care of her. She became deathly ill that month 
 
 The nurse found her in the lobby, anxiously waiting. Three words, and three only. “ There were… complications. ” 
 
 Education was pricey, and so is medical care. The house was sold. The jobs she took to pay off her debt were less than desirable. She did things she wasn ’ t proud of. 
 
 She turned to drugs, a brief respite from a droll reality. Her happiest moments were rarely lucid, and came in needles and pills. 
 
 She was found in a dreary alleyway, eyes glazed over. Cause of death, overdose. She was buried in a grave with no name, and nobody mourned. 
 
 
 
 

