You Don't Know Me Anymore — Episode 7

Some things you're born with won't change, but the parts I let go, those I can change. The day before senior year starts, mom takes me to the medical center,

not for cosmetic work, for standardized facial documentation photos. It's a family tradition. When someone decides to change their life,

they should remember where they started and how far they've come. The studio lights are painfully bright. My hair is in a high ponytail.

tale. Nothing hides my forehead or my neck. The photographer studies me for a moment. Then she smiles at mom. Dr. Merson, this is your daughter? Why haven't I seen her before? She being noticed. The photographer looks at me again. That's a shame. She shouldn't be hiding. I down, smiling. My ears feel warm. When we leave the studio, I nearly run into Corinne. She's in

a mask and a baseball cap. A middle-aged woman walks beside her. They come out through private patient entrance are moving fast corinne doesn't see me but i see the fading around her eyes and the tight unnatural tension around the tip of her nose i don't want to use her private medical history against her i just want her to understand one

thing she doesn't get to stand above everyone else and judge them