Taking them off
After months of wearing the rings, Sydney took them off finally. The criticism she got not only from the people at school but from her own parents was too great for her to bear. Also, the rings weren’t making much of a difference to her bone structure, the material wasn’t heavy enough.
She knew that her parents would never allow her to place actual metal rings around her neck. She was going to have to wait a few years and see what the future had in store for her. But for right now, she wasn’t going to get to fulfill her dream and continue her body modification.