Obviously she knew this girl. That girl, crying until her face was streaked with tears, directly knelt in front of Eloise and wept, "Teacher's wife, it is all my fault. This is not what Teacher Logan wanted. I forced him."
Ariana looked like she was about to explode with rage. Eloise, however, was much calmer than her. She held her daughter back and said, "What is going on? First explain it clearly to me."
The girl cried as she spoke, tears streaming down her face like pear blossoms in the rain.
She was also a local, but not from the town. She was from a mountain village. Her mother had been trafficked in, and after giving birth to her, found an opportunity and ran away.
Her father was an old bachelor, already advanced in years. He was furious beyond measure. Once, drunk, he fell into a pond and drowned.
