01/10/2026
𤤠At our 10-year reunion, my high school bully strutted up, dumped wine down my dress, and sneered, âLook, everyoneâthe Roach Girl is still a loser.â Laughter spread through the room. I just stood there, silent. Then the doors slammed open. Her husband stormed in, face twisted with rage. âWhere is she? She stole $200.000âthat designer bag sheâs flaunting is fake.â The room went de/ad silent.
I still donât know what made me go. The 10-year high school reunion invite sat in my inbox for weeks. Fort Collins High. The place where I perfected the art of invisibility. Where she reigned. Trina.
Ten years later. Iâm 28. Living in Denver. I run my own small business â "Maggie's Frames." Itâs not glamorous, but it's mine. I bought a navy blue wrap dress on clearance at Nordstrom Rack.
The reunion was at some swanky new event space downtown. I walked in, grabbed a sparkling water, and scanned the room. My cautious optimism lasted exactly five minutes. Thatâs when Trina spotted me.
She hadn't changed. Blonder hair, tighter face (Botox?), lips that looked unnaturally plump. Huge diamond earrings. And slung over her arm, a massive, logo-heavy designer purse.
"Oh. My. God," she drawled, loud enough to turn heads. "Is that who I think it is?"
I froze. Too late. She strode over, heels clicking. Grabbed my wrist. Pulled me towards a circle of vaguely familiar faces.
"Guys, look!" she announced. "It's Roach Girl! She actually came!"
My body seized. Roach Girl. Ten years, and thatâs the first thing out of her mouth.
She turned to me, voice dripping with fake sympathy but her eyes glittering with malice. "Wow, Maggie, look at you." Her eyes did a slow, deliberate scan. "Still broke? Still lonely? Still⌠this?"
A few people in the circle chuckled nervously. No one spoke up. Just like old times.
She shoved the enormous purse practically under my nose. "This," she declared, tapping the logo, "is Hermès. Ever heard of it? Retails for about⌠oh, never mind. Whatâs yours? Goodwill special?"
My face flushed hot. I tried to pull my arm away. "Trina, I don't want any trouble."
"Trouble?" She laughed, a high, brittle sound. "Honey, you are the trouble."
And then, it happened. Fast. Calculated. She flagged down a passing waiter. Plucked a full glass of red wine off the tray. Turned back to me. And without a word, with that same chilling smirk, she deliberately, slowly, poured the entire glass of dark red wine down the front of my navy blue dress.
Shock. Cold liquid soaking through. Dripping. The smell of cheap Merlot filled the air. I couldn't move.
Trina stepped back, admiring her work. Laughed again. Then, turning to the horrified waiter, she gestured towards me like I was a spill. "Ugh, can someone clean this mess up? She's leaking."
That got the bigger laugh. Crueler. Someone pulled out their phone. The flash went off. I stood there, soaked, Trina smirking, the crowd laughing or looking away.
And then, just as the shame threatened to swallow me whole, everything shifted.
The heavy doors to the event space burst open. A man stood framed in the doorway, tall, wearing an expensive suit, but it was askewâjacket unbuttoned, tie loosened. His face was flushed, eyes scanning the room frantically. He looked furious.
"WHERE IS TRINA?" he roared. "WHERE IS SHE?!**" Read more in Comment or Most relevant -> All Comments đ¨ď¸