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