The Light of My Life
While the other students on campus flocked to her like pigeons, I was busy studying in the library or working part-time to pay for next semester's fees.
One night, she and some other students held me up in our dorm room. It was clear I wasn't allowed to leave until they said so. My first reaction was to wonder if I was about to become a victim of school bullying.
Just as I was about to protest…
The lights went out, and several candles flickered in the darkness. They started clapping and singing me a birthday song.
"Happy birthday, Celia! Oh, and you need to wish me a happy birthday too!" Emma cried out. Her eyes shone in the candlelight, and it lit up a dark crevice of my heart too. I was wa