If anyone had told her years before that this was where she'd end up, she'd think it was absurd and probably laugh. She never understood what could drive someone to do something so drastic. So life changing.

So permanent.

She swore such a thing would never happen to her. Couldn't possibly.

Oh, but how wrong she'd been. How foolishly naive she was.

She knows better now.

Hot tears roll down her cheeks, blurring her surroundings, blinding her from seeing the churning water below her. She chokes on a sob, her chest constricting as the pain she's harbored all this time comes crashing down on her one last time, weighing heavily on her heart.

She hopes it's enough to keep her submerged under water.

She's not sure how long she stands there crying, littering the salty sea with her insignificant tears, but eventually she wipes her eyes clear with her sleeve and steels herself, preparing to take the plunge. To end the suffering once and for all.

To finally find the complete nothingness she rightfully deserves.

"Making today a perfect day," she sings softly, laughing humorlessly as the ocean breeze caresses her pale face and the waves crash and splash around her, hopping onto the dock she stands upon and nipping at her feet, as if eager to pull her in. Impatiently waiting to devour her whole, to free the world of trash like herself from polluting the lives of others.

Free...

A surprisingly calming peace settles over her as the single, simple word echoes repeatedly inside her head.

Free.

Soon. Soon she'd be free of all that troubled her. No more tears. No more pain.

Nothing.

Closing her eyes, and sucking in what she imagines will be her last breath, she flattens her arms to her sides and raises her leg to step forward and accept her fate.

I'm free.

And for the first time in forever, she smiles.