Echoes of a Lost Love
The day after I returned to my home country, my old classmates ambushed me with an invitation to a reunion.
In the hotel, I ran into my ex, Shawn Quinn, whom I hadn't seen in five years.
The room froze when he pulled out a ring and proposed.
Gasps rippled through the crowd. They all expected me to jump at the chance, given how hard I had chased him back in the day.
They forgot the gut-punch of our graduation day. Shawn had sided with another woman, letting her paint me as a plagiarist, a cheater, a bully.
The school authorities revoked my diploma and kicked me out of the ceremony.
Humiliated, I fled abroad, leaving behind a shattered heart.
Now, his best friend told me, "Shawn pulled strings to get your diploma back despite your past mistakes. He never forgot about you. He has been waiting for you all these years. You're his only love."