I arrive prepared, having typed my concerns beforehand. I’ve been summoned for a meeting with my coach and some board members. I think we’ll be discussing the cruel, bullying team culture. They slide copies in triplicate across the table: for me, my mother, and my father, who didn’t come. I glance down and my own smiling face stares up at me. The new coach is a fucking fun sucker, I’ve written on my friend’s Myspace, from the account my mother doesn’t know I have. It’s the first time social media gets me in trouble, but it won’t be the last.
Emily Hessney Lynch is a freelance social media strategist who writes short stories. She lives in Rochester with her husband and their two rescue dogs. Twitter & Instagram: @EHL_writes