Chapter 1

I heard my husband, Richard, charged a hundred dollars an hour for private tutoring.

A student of his, Chloe, was practically begging me to save a spot for her.

In my past life, I felt sorry for her and agreed.

A month later, rumors spread like wildfire across the school that Richard had put his hands on her during their tutoring sessions.

The day the school issued the official suspension notice, Richard locked himself in his study and never stood on a teacher's podium again.

Our daughter, Hailey, was pointed at by her classmates, who whispered, "Your dad’s a creep." She cried every day and refused to go to school.

My mother-in-law, Nancy, had trash thrown at her at the local grocery store. The neighbors avoided us like the plague.

Meanwhile, Chloe took a minor bruise report to a local news station for an exclusive "brave girl speaks out" interview.

She walked away with a $300,000 settlement from the school and was praised all over TikTok as a hero for "speaking her truth."

But now, I had been reborn.

Chloe pushed open my office door, looking desperate.

"Please, Sophia, just let me join Richard's prep class! I really, really need this..."

I sat behind my desk, my face completely expressionless.

"Sorry, we aren’t doing private tutoring this year."