I heard her crying.
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If you’d told me in high school that I’d one day attend our ten-year reunion, I would’ve laughed.
Back then, I weighed more than 300 pounds.
I had severe acne, kept my head down, and spent most days trying to pass through the halls without anyone noticing me.
It never worked.
I weighed more than 300 pounds.
People knew who I was.
I was the girl who took up too much space in class photos, checked chairs before sitting down, and pretended not to hear the whispers behind her.
I wasn’t bullied every hour of every day. That almost made it worse because I never knew when the next comment would come.
Betty was good at timing them.
People knew who I was.
She was beautiful, popular, and eventually crowned prom queen. She also knew how to make me feel invisible with a single laugh.
Once, during lunch, I walked toward an open seat at her table.
