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Chapter 32
LINDA'S POV
Being the hottest and most popular girl back then in high school hadn't come as it easily as it seemed.
If you've read my accounts by now, you can tell that I can be very resilient, and courageous too—never batting an eyelid in the face of challenges.
All I wanted in life, I got.
No questions asked.
I had not been that way in middle school at all. In fact, the charismatic, charming Linda Groban hadn't existed at all. Everything you see now, was made by me. I made myself who I wanted to be, even when the odds were not in my favour. .
Back then I was this ugly fat kid who was always bullied by he
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