**Teacher’s Dirty Secret**

Chapter 34

MISS RAE'S POV

Months passed.

The restroom afternoon stayed between us like a secret that never quite cooled. Daniel still called me after the last bell when he wanted. Sometimes alone. Sometimes with one or two of the others. I still told him it was wrong. I still came for him anyway. The marker faded. New words replaced it when he felt like leaving reminders on my skin. The school year kept moving toward its end and every time I stood in front of the senior class I felt the weight of what they already knew about their literature teacher’s body. The way certain boys...