Dear Sarah, I see you there, sitting in the yellow club chair with your knees pulled up into your arms, gazing out of the window onto...

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“That’s why you ugly!” Erica yelled. Her long hair swung with her words. I stood on the damp grass in P.E., fuming. The fight started...