Hope: A Short Story

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Hope stood in front of the mirror and stared straight into the mirror. She saw a person, who was anything but her, staring back at her. The girl in the mirror was nothing like what other people saw. Hope was a tall, broad-shouldered freshman in college with a fair complexion and long, chestnut-brown curls, which were worn down most of the time. When others looked at her, they see a very sophisticated and beautiful individual with a bright future. However, whenever Hope looks at herself in the mirror, she could only see her imperfections--her rough and freckled skin, her crooked teeth, and her bulky waist. As she stares at herself in the mirror, all she wants is to be liked by other people and needed by somebody. She feels as if she

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