Cruel Reminders

DAPHNE

The night air was cool, but the weight of the evening’s events burned hot in my chest. I stayed rooted by the railing, my eyes fixed on the sky, pretending I could lose myself in the stars. Their words still echoed in my head like cruel whispers.

Plain. Worthless. Sold.

I gripped the railing tighter, my knuckles aching, the cool metal pressing into my palms. A part of me wanted to march bac