From the Ugly Duckling to the Boss at the Alumni Reunion
Ten years after I fell in love with Kael, we met again at a class reunion.
Once, I was the pathetic girl he ground beneath his heel.
Now, he was the one sitting in the corner, looking at me with worship and longing.
At the reunion dinner, someone drunkenly slung an arm around Kael’s shoulders.
“Kael, didn’t see this coming, did you? Back then, you were so afraid Freya would keep clinging to you that you deliberately smashed her hearing aid and ruined her shot at getting into college. And after all that, look at her now—she’s still doing better than you.”