Kristie called late the next night. “I can’t get that freak Master Nate out of my head.”“I don’t want to talk about him.”

“Vicks, that pedophile is still teaching kids.”

“There’s nothing I can do about it.”

“Fucking report it.”

“You don’t think I already did? I wrote the whole thing up, summary, dates, everything. There were two other girls involved as well. We made it very formal with a signed letter and gave it to the principal.”

“And?”

“And nothing. Principal Kirk said our evidence was hearsay.”

“You’re kidding me.”

“His words against ours.”

“You should sue the school.”

“I don’t want to think about any of this shit again.”

She breathed out hard like she was smoking. “We have to fucking nail this bastard.”

“He’s not worth it.”

“You can tell yourself that all you like, Vicks, but you know it’s bullshit. This guy needs to go down. And we can do it.”

“You’re not serious.” But I knew she was.

(Master Nate, Part One appeared April 25, 2014)