Dear Kate, Hi. Do you remember me? You made my life a misery.

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Dear Kate,

Hi. Do you remember me? You made my life a misery. You've probably forgotten, but it started in year five. I joined the school, and I didn't know anyone. It was in the middle of the year and everyone had already made friends with everyone else. I had really short hair, that I wish would grow and it was a horrible muddy colour. I was also deadly shy, I wouldn't speak to anyone. Everyone laughed behind my back on the first day, because I had second hand uniform on, because my mum couldn't afford anything else, because we couldn't eat for a week after she had brought it, because we had money troubles, because my dad had left us when I was two, because my mum had enough of him, for stealing money when we could barely scrape by as it was.

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You pretended to be my friend at first, took me under your wing, and I thought people were finally accepting me. They stopped laughing at me, and some even talked to me. I invited you round and we watched a film. I was happy for the first time in ages. But that all changed. I told you a secret. A big secret, I thought I could trust you. I didn't believe it at first when I got to school and everyone knew. I spent the rest of the day crying in the toilets. I didn't see you, but I ...

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