The Name I Hadn’t Heard in 15 Years
Melissa.
I hadn’t heard that name in over a decade.
We went to college together.
We weren’t friends.
We barely spoke.
But I remembered her.
I remembered the way she looked at me during class discussions.
I remembered one group project where she accused me of trying to “get a better grade by acting sweet.”
I remembered her confronting me once, accusing me of flirting with a professor.
And I remembered the sentence I heard through a mutual acquaintance:
