Chapter 193

Claire's POV Betty kept her head down, refusing to say more. I pressed on, "You don't want to tell me? Fine! I'll go ask Hank myself." As I stood to leave, Betty grabbed my wrist. "Claire, please don't go to him. Yes, the baby is his." So it really was Hank's child? He was Betty's professor! How could he do this? "Hank is such a hypocrite!" I snarled. "A man like that doesn't deserve to be a teacher!" "Claire, it's all my fault! Don't blame him!" Betty was still defending him. "Not his fault? So we should blame you, a nineteen-year-old girl?" I challenged. "Did you hold him at knifepoint or something?" "I... I took advantage when he was drunk and..." Betty couldn't continue. I stared at her in disbelief, my eyes narrowing. "What are you saying? That you initiated it?" Betty continued through tears, "It was at a faculty party. He was drunk, and I helped two classmates take him home. He was completely intoxicated, so I stayed to look after him. Claire, I love him so much. I couldn't cont