Chapter 45

LYDIA

Kids in high school were mean, I remember the first time I got humiliated. I had been invited to some party Robert was attending and since I was head over heels in love with him, I’d practically jumped at the thought of me spending some quality time with him.

I remember I had gone to the extreme of riding a mechanical bull for him just to get him to notice me. Only the ride had been dreadful because the queen bee of my high school had altered the speed of the contraption, I was seating on.

I remember the bull moving so fast my dinner threatened to make an appearance from my stomach, I remember all the kids watching me and laughing at me.

And most of all I remember being flung from the said bull and hitting the nearby juke box with my head.

The pain had been unbearable almost like the pain that was flogging my head right now. I could bravely relate that incident with my current predicament.

The smell that came along with my surroundings at least calmed me down. My ears peaked up