Chapter 44: The Talk

What disappointed Trinity was the heat in her homeroom teacher's gaze, a certain intent that made her skin prickle with unease. She'd been pretty since childhood. It wasn't just the students who gravitated toward her; many teachers had also. That fondness hadn't always been innocent.  One of her middle school teachers used to look at her with a scorching, predatory stare. Before long, it escalated to verbal harassment, and then came texts so suggestive they made her sick. In the end, her father...