How I Killed My Inner Girlboss, Part 3

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Part 3

On the outside, I was getting better. I was on the inside, too.

The first person who noticed was a friend we’ll call Melissa. I had met Melissa on Tumblr, of all places, and when I moved to Portland in 2015 and realized she also lived in Portland, I hit her up. It turned out that my roommate, the owner of the house I moved into with my boyfriend, was also her favorite high school teacher. Everything felt very fated. I was very certain that Portland was Where I’m Supposed To Be.