Back to Being the Campus Beauty

I have a long scar across my face. My childhood sweetheart said I was disgusting. He doesn't know that the scar was the price of extending his life. When he put his arm around the campus belle and humiliated me in front of everyone, I finally regretted it. 1. At the university's freshman orientation ceremony, a young man stood onstage giving a speech, confident and radiant, with all eyes on him. I cheered and applauded from below, shouting encouragement. But soon, a few cutting remarks drifted into my ears from nearby. "Who's that? That scar on her face is so long. It's terrifying." "Could she be sick or something? Yikes." "I think she has a crush on the guy giving the speech. Hilarious. What a toad..."