Crossing Boundaries

“Everyone thought she was the ‘nice’ teacher. But nice teachers don’t text you at

1 a.m. Nice teachers don’t call you mature for your age and ask you to keep

it ‘our little secret’. It started with extra help after class, then late-night

messages, then compliments that didn’t sound like school anymore. Every time I tried

to pull back, she’d say I was special… that no one understood her like I did.

That’s when I realised: this wasn’t a crush. It was a grown woman hiding behind a job title,

trying to see how far she could push a line she should never have gone near.”