I know everyone's dirty secrets by pretending I'm blind!

as if the last year of school before college wasn't stressful enough my dad got himself fired and we had to move to a new city so he could find a new job it wouldn't have been so bad except dad was a teacher at my school so everyone knew what he'd done it was one of the worst things to happen to us since mom died when I was 12 but this time it was all dad's fault you see he was having an affair with the principal's wife and someone in my grade filmed them and shared it across social media I could have stayed at this school and finished my exams but let's be honest I'd never live it down I lasted about three days before I went to the principal and told him I was leaving he didn't even look at me he just said you should be ashamed of your dad get out of my school when I was emptying out my locker one guy came up to me and said that me and my dad were a disgrace and I shouldn't show my face in this town again I couldn't get out of there fast enough so dad and I packed up and moved leaving our old life behind I was miserable at first the video was still viral and I even thought about asking dad if I could change my surname to mom's old name just so I wouldn't have to be associated with it all dad couldn't find a job anywhere everyone recognized him from the video and some newspapers had written about it too it was a nightmare I knew I'd have to start at a new school so I could sit my final exams so I decided to try and disguise myself I cut my long hair into a pixie cut and bleached it blonde then I got my nose pierced on the first date dad offered to drive me but I told him I'd walk just in case anyone recognized him I knew I was being mean to him but I didn't care he'd ruined my reputation and I wasn't about to let him do it again as I was walking to school I wasn't paying attention and I bumped into a young guy hey watch it he said I'm blind I apologized then looked back at him Wow I'd never have known he was blind and then I got an idea I reached into my bag and put on my sunglasses and then when I got closer to this school I held onto the wall and walked a along side it slowly I could see people looking at me but I didn't care a few people started whispering and I let go of the wall what was I even doing but then a girl came up to me and introduced herself as Elsie and took me by the arm and offered to help me walk to class she said her brother was blind too so she knew how difficult it could be sometimes well too late now I'd started this so I just have to play along I mean how hard could it be I told her I was new around here and this was my first day she seemed so excited she started describing things to me like where the girls bathroom was and then she took me to register and I was so sure the principal would know I was lying but it seemed this school took disability seriously for the first time in ages I felt like people actually cared about me Elsie was assigned as my guide and that first morning passed in a blur when she introduced me to her boyfriend at lunch I had to stop myself from staring at him he was such a babe but then I realized I could stare all I wanted because he obviously thought I couldn't see him and when Elsie had her back turned I could see him checking me out looking me up and down and from the way his mouth was hanging open it was clear he thought I looked good it was like a whole new world had opened up as soon as people found out I was blind they did all kinds of things in front of me one guy was picking his nose and then when we went to the bathroom Elsie didn't even close the door it was pretty awkward but what could I do surely someone would catch me out and yep sure enough in the afternoon things went downhill Elsie dropped me off at the classroom for people with special needs and then she just left me there I looked around me and realized people there seriously had proper disabilities and learning difficulties I wanted to scream that I was a fraud and run out but the teacher came over to me and gave me a hug and I was reminded why I was doing this anything to avoid being the girl whose dad got fired because of an affair but then she put a book in front of me and I realized it was Braille and my heart almost stopped how was I supposed to know what this book was about I had no clue how to read it I had to get out of there I told her I wasn't feeling very well and then I reached out to grab on to the chair in front of me so I could feel my way out of the classroom but I didn't even realize how hard I'd pulled it or the fact there was someone sitting in it and the next moment the chair was falling on top of me and then a girl fell onto the floor I just lay there trying not to cry how had I not seen her sitting there this whole faking being blind thing was starting to mess with me then it got worse she landed on her arm and broke it she was actually blind which made me feel so bad and no one was even angry with me because they all assumed I couldn't see the teacher ordered an ambulance for the blind girl and offered to call my parents to pick me up and I panicked and said my dad was sick and my mom had passed away years ago the teacher felt so bad for me and said I could rest in her office until the end of the day and then she'd drive me home i sat in the teacher's office and waited and then eventually I decided to leave without her noticing I left a note thanking her for looking after me I wrote it with my left hand of course so it would look realistic and then I snuck out everyone was in class so I just walked out of there like normal and headed home when I got home dad was in a good mood he'd got a job interview and he had a date that night I just ignored him and went to my room what a crazy first day the next day Elsie was waiting for me at the gate and I had to pretend I didn't see her and walk straight past her but she grabbed my hand and helped me to class again then my teacher was there to welcome me and she said she had some exciting news that seeing as I was 18 and blind and my dad was sick I could claim some benefits to help me out I couldn't believe it jackpot maybe being blind wasn't so bad after all that morning I had gym class which I wasn't expecting I thought another perk of being blind would be that I got to skip sports and stuff but no it was so humiliating it was a swimming class the gym teacher gave me a swimsuit and they put it on backwards thinking that would be more realistic but our special needs Department teacher rolled her eyes at me and said that by now surely I knew how to dress myself she'd been so nice to me up until now I didn't get it I kept watching her and she was constantly looking at her phone the rest of the day dragged by faking being blind was hard work after school I decided to go check out the mall I wore my sunglasses in case anyone from school saw me anyway the mall was pretty lame so I bought a milkshake and decided to leave suddenly I saw Elsie and her boyfriend and I panicked I was playing on my phone and I was like that's it my act is up they were kissing so I walked by quickly hoping they wouldn't see me and then I realized something it wasn't Elsie he was kissing I looked right at him and he froze and opened his mouth to say something then I heard him whisper under his breath never mind she's blind foof except I wasn't blind mister and you have officially been caught in the act I walked back around hid behind the fountain and quickly snapped a pic of them kissing Elsie deserved better I looked her up on Instagram and sent her a private message with the photo she replied straight away saying who is this why are you trying to ruin my relationship and then it clicked my Instagram handle wasn't my name and my pic looked nothing like me oh yeah and I was blind obviously she didn't know it was me well at least she now knew that her boyfriend was a lying cheating over the next few days Elsie didn't come to school and I regretted sending her that photo if she found out it had been me who sent it I'd probably have lost my only friend I could see her boyfriend looking at me in a horrible way but I just kept my head down she must have told him someone had seen him that day was he on to me he definitely was because on Friday afternoon I saw him going into my locker and taking my phone it took all my strength not to jump out at him and stop him but it was too late he had taken it I hurried home wondering what I could do he'd see all the photos and figure out I'd been faking it I could report my phone missing but I had no proof that it was him that had done it I couldn't exactly say I'd seen him I just wanted to get home to try and figure out what I do next except that was not what happened my dad had invited his date over and as soon as I walked through the door he told me to get changed and come join him in the kitchen great just what I needed I was chopping carrots when she arrived I turned around as my dad introduced her Alison sweetie come meet my new girlfriend Susan I literally just missed my foot I dropped the knife right out of my hand and stared in shock oh no Alison are you okay Wow what a coincidence you shouldn't be using sharp knives come on Kevin surely you know better than that she said hang on you two know each other my dad said why yes of course I'm Alison's teacher why didn't you mention your daughter was blind I had no idea you were her father in fact she told me her father was sick I stood there my skin burning with shame I had to run this was my absolute worst nightmare Alison my dad screamed and that was how I got caught I'd faked being blind because I just wanted people to like me and not associate me with my dad's mistakes and now I'd gone and messed up everything including my dad's new relationship Susan my teacher was so upset with me and said I was a huge disappointment and that she didn't want to be with a man who'd raised a daughter like me I guess I was just as bad as my dad like father like daughter I wish I could say it all blew over after that and that I went back to school the following Monday and started afresh nope life doesn't work like that I was expelled of course and that Monday after school there was a knock at the door Elsie was standing there and I held my breath assuming she was about to go crazy at me but instead she just handed me my phone she said she'd been angry to find out I'd been lying about being blind especially as her brother was blind and it wasn't okay to joke about this kind of thing but then she said I'd saved her from dating a cheater and she was so grateful I was shocked that was not how I expected her to react she said she'd broken up with her boyfriend and that he'd been suspended for stealing so you still want to be my friend I asked her and she did I couldn't believe it sure I could have saved myself a whole lot of trouble if I hadn't faked being blind but that what I have discovered that Elsie's X was bad news and would Elsie have befriended me in the first place there were just two small problems I had to finish school and I had to find a way to help my dad he was so depressed about Susan breaking up with him I plucked up the courage and called Susan and asked if she would meet me so we could chat she agreed and when we met I told her I'd really messed up but I'd only done it because of what had happened at my last school I told her my dad had made some stupid choices in the past and I had to but he really liked her and deserved a second chance I said I'd do anything to make it up to her and begged her to ask the school to let me come back well not only did they let me come back and finish my last year they even hired my dad him and Susan are together now and LC is my best friend we're even going to the same College and I've actually been learning Braille for realz part of the deal of finishing school was that I volunteered to help the kids with learning difficulties I mean it's the least I could do right I won't ever fake anything again and guess what people actually forget stuff my dad's affair at my old school is old news now and so is my whole faking being blind thing here's to a more honest future

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Published: Fri Mar 06 2020