Judith - Miniature

Judith was known as ‘Icy Gaze’ at Little Hopes’ Catholic school. She had no friends, and those who approached her only did so for selfish reasons. The other girls shunned her: They said she was cold and unpleasant. She rarely spoke and endured all those mean remarks as if she did not care.

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In front of the mirror’s frame, two small footprints were barely visible on the floor: All that was left of Judith. She was gone forever, turned into a shadow of the girl she had once been, a bittersweet memory in the hearts of those who had known her and perhaps, loved her.

Soon it was as if she had never been born.