Eight Years to Find You: The Echo of a Secret Crush
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When I was seventeen, I had a secret crush. My family was dirt poor. To buy him a birthday present, I saved up for an entire year. On the day my mom had her medical emergency, I left school early. That was when I overheard him laughing with his friends. "This piece of junk? You get better prizes in a cereal box." His friend laughed loudly. "If you don't want it, Cole, toss it to me. I could pawn it for a few bucks to pay for my gaming subscriptions." "If you want it, take it." Cole tossed it to him in disgust, and right then, his eyes met mine. Years later, at our high school…