8 Chris
I must have been sitting in the car for a good ten or fifteen minutes, just watching. I still can’t bring myself to open the door, get out and walk up the path to Riley’s parents’ house. On the face of it, it sounds like the simplest thing to do but I can’t bring myself to do it.
Every teacher feels responsible when something happens to a kid they’ve taught, whether it was their fault or not. It’s the duty of care that’s drummed into us all, no matter how much we have to rally against it at times. Because where does that duty of care stop? In a community like this, it can smother you as easily as protect you. Everyone knows everyone. Everyone relies on everyone. It’s a finely balanced ecosystem which can be brought crashing down with relative ease.
And this might just do it.
Th
