We’ve all fantasized about reconnecting with a high school crush, but sometimes reality isn’t so dreamy. As an awkward teen in Toronto, Shan Boodram was one of many girls who pined for a popular basketball player. A decade later, he finally asked her out—and despite several red flags, she began dating him. But all those years of unrequited feelings soon turned into a toxic relationship that Shan needed to leave in order to protect her heart and herself.

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