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Thank you so much for listening.

Hi, my name is Zoe.

I'm here to share my story so that maybe someone out there feels a little less alone

and a little more understood if they've gone through something similar.

My story started in July 2015.

I was in high school.

It was the summer before my senior year and I needed to get a job.

So I started working at a restaurant near my house and that's when I met Ryan.

Ryan was the general manager of the store.

So he was the one who interviewed me and hired me.

I was going to be a cashier who was to get me through the end of my senior year and have

some fun spending money for college.

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