‘It was February 2009 when I realised something was wrong.

Walking into the bathroom one morning, I found Michael crouching naked on the scales. Shocked by his jutting spine, I wondered why I hadn’t noticed before how thin he was getting. When we’d met on the dance floor at a party a year earlier, it was his strong, muscular body that had first attracted me. Now, his shoulders were like coat hangers, the veins in his arms showing through his skin. prom with see through

But it was Michael’s react ... ion that disturbed me the most. He behaved as if I’d caught him doing something shameful, shouting, “Get Out!” like a mad man.

He apologised, but I couldn’t shake what I’d seen.'