Chapter 52 - Memories

Monday at school:

Ryo is hiding in a bathroom stall.

"Where in the hell did she find that picture of me," I say staring at the screen on my phone. I screen in my head trying not to cry. I stare at the screenshot and tears fill up my eyes. I stare at my 10-year-old face staring back at me and I want to die.

The picture was taken a long time ago at a kid's camp. I was young, uncoordinated and a little dirty. But who cares I was a kid. I was still trying to figure out what works for me, what looks good and what doesn't.

Who wasn't at that time?

I look at the picture again and I start to cry. The whole school has been passing this picture of me around. They started laughing when I walked onto the school grounds. They were pointing and whispering who knows what. And then Kelly sent it to me. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

I thought this picture didn't exist anymore. I thought it was erased from the face of the earth. But here it is today haunting me.

My hair in the picture is a mess