“Karly and my high school best friend both took pictures of me like that. I had never done anything in my life to purposely hurt anyone. I had never gone out of my way to even talk shit about people. I just knew that the sorority life wasn’t for me, and by saying it out loud, I became a target for that. They hated me because I didn’t want to be like them.”

“How did you get out of there?” Luna finally asked.

“They eventually got bored of taunting me when I stopped crying and just sat there silently. I guess a target is only as fun as the reaction they give you.” Luna handed me the rest of her Mimosa when I tried to drink some more of mine and realized it was gone. “There was one guy, from the football team, who had yelled at everyone while it was happening. He told them how wrong they were and that what they were doing was a crime. He actually called campus police on his own team. He called the coach and had him come to the house too so that he could see for himself what his players had done.”

“Wow,” Luna hummed the word out. She wasn’t wrong to think that was a ballsy move on the guy’s part, it had been. He went against his entire team to get me out of there that night. If only he had called the actual police.

“The coach got me out of there and took me to his office where we had a nice little chat about what it would cost the school if word got out about what happened. He promised me a free ride for the rest of my academic career if I wouldn’t push things. So, I made a deal with the devil.”

“What? So, they got to humiliate you like that, take pictures, and got off Scott free?”

I shook my head. “No, they didn’t. The sorority was disbanded on campus. My roommate and previous best friend were both kicked out of school since they had evidence of what happened on their phones. Everyone else with pictures were also basically kicked out. They put pressure on them to leave the school of their own accord or end up being expelled or having charges filed against them. That did not apply to the football players though. The ones who are still at the school, who were involved, have to stay in the dorms, not the football house. No one knows why, but it’s a rule. They also cannot be caught attending any parties, they are tested for drugs weekly, and they are made to stay far away from me.” I laughed. “The coach couldn’t kick the entire team out; it would have ended their year and possibly damaged the next couple of years too. There were only handful of players that hadn’t been there that night.”

“How could you still show up to that school, Mina? I couldn’t even imagine having the strength to do that.”