Dressed in a flowing white sundress, Alexandria Clarke looked around the dorm room with a timid, fragile expression."I was bullied in high school because I was pretty, and it left me with severe depression," she said softly. "My therapist says I'm a highly sensitive person, so I sometimes overthink things. I just hope you guys can be patient with me.""Alexandria, don't be scared," Becky Layne immediately reassured her. "We're family now."Christine Paine, the unofficial leader of our dorm, nodded enthusiastically."Exactly! We've all come from different states, and it's fate that brought us together. If anyone tries to bully you, they'll have to get through us first."I leaned against the doorframe without saying a word.In my previous life, I'd fallen for Alexandria's act, too. I'd treated her like a genuine friend and bent over backward to accommodate her.Whenever she spiraled into negativity in the middle of the night, I'd stay up talking her through it until three in the
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