Chapter 745

It started with verbal harassment and inappropriate touching, then escalated to outright sexual assault. Often, it wasn’t just one person—it was several at once. And when the villagers found out, they either turned a blind eye out of fear or blamed her, accusing her of seducing the men. Clara fought back desperately at first, but over time, she grew numb, swallowed by despair. The one thing she never wavered on was shielding the children she taught from witnessing such filth and depravity. Alex choked up as he spoke, his voice breaking into sobs. The other children burst into tears too. They had tried countless times to explain to the adults—Teacher Winston wasn’t bad, she wasn’t some temptress. But their parents would only clamp hands over their mouths, terrified of provoking the village chief’s family or those thugs. Noel slammed his fist into a tree with a furious roar, "You animals! If you were in our village, I’d smash every last one of you!" The impact shook the thick, double-tru