She checked her bag one last time:

Journal
Pens
Tampons
$37 cash
Captain Giggles
Photo on her and Diana in Ecuador
3 pairs underwear
Two t-shirts
One pair shorts
Ibuprofen

Looking around, she couldn’t think of anything else she would need. If so she could always have Richard ship it to her.

Richard. She was going to miss him the most. He was, after all, the one who inspired her to do this. She imagined a smile creasing his weathered lips when he discovers her gone. He’d know that she had finally taken the leap.

And he would die fulfilled.