Meret sighed, feeling utterly dejected as she dropped onto the couch. She didn’t understand why life was being so harsh on her, or why she had to go through all of this.

She opened her phone and scrolled through social media, finally seeing what Lisa had meant, and what she found made her stomach twist.

There were countless hateful comments directed at her—people cursing her, calling her weird, saying she wasn’t fit for so many things, and calling her a bitch because she couldn’t see ...