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Rejection had never felt like this before. Her heart had done a free-fall and now sat on top of her feet. This was worse than tricks from middle-school boys, but the feeling was similar. Her empty chest filled with a familiar hot adrenaline as if she had done something wrong, as if her very existence was wrong. And yet, she couldn't deny that she knew it was coming. Her instincts were dialed-in and after her brain cycled through all the feelings of shame, she could see the truth emerging through the fog of her ego. They weren't her people. Period.
