She Never Knew by CJ Simpson Read Free Book Online

looked at Rhonda, who was bobbing her head vigorously. The boys
shouted with glee as they raced around to look for their sandals.
    “Thank you for
taking them. I have a ton of paperwork I need to do and I’ve got some errands I
need to run.” When Robert traveled on business, Rhonda took over bookkeeping
for their private delivery business.
     “Well, in that
case, Eli can stay for dinner and I’ll bring him home afterwards.” Kat smiled
as she watched Tyler and Eli hurry to put their sandals on. “They can keep each
other occupied as I sort through the contents of the packages.”
    As Kat and the
boys helped Rhonda clean up, the women made a plan to build craft models and
organize training manuals at the end of the week. Training was scheduled for
the following week and both women wanted to be prepared.
    After goodbyes
were exchanged, Kat and the boys walked back across the street. The boys ran
inside Kat’s house as she detoured to her mailbox. When she thumbed through the
pile, she saw that she had a new issue of Student Matters, a magazine published
quarterly from the University of Millstone. She paused to flip through it and
after a few moments, she found what she was looking for. She sighed heavily.
    A year after she
moved into her house, Kat was hired as an Associate Faculty to facilitate
online courses for the University of Millstone. This meant she could teach from
her home computer without ever having to leave her home. She preferred the
anonymity online teaching provided and it allowed her to remain at home with
Tyler. As a security measure, she used her maiden name and set her online
profile to read as Kate Richards.
    Kat taught at Aremid
College, one of the nine colleges of University of Millstone. She specifically
instructed Critical Thinking and loved helping her students reach their
potential. Courses lasted seven weeks in length and she had just finished up a
course, having posted final grades the week before. She was solicited to teach
two new classes the following month, so Kat was looking forward to the time
off. She had several church activities that needed her attention and she wanted
to be prepared without the added stress of meeting facilitation obligations.
    It had been a
stressful seven weeks for two reasons. She had been publicly recognized for her
professional contributions to the University of Millstone. She agreed to an
interview but was dismayed to learn that her consultation was chosen for
publication in the university’s Student Matters magazine that was mailed to
thousands of students across the nation. She was a bit nervous about people
knowing what she did yet she never advertised where she lived. Her rapist had never
been caught and Kat preferred to keep a low profile.
    Kat also had a
problem student throughout the course who had plagiarized both his midterm and
final exams. He had begged her to award points after administration upheld her
decision to sanction zeroes for both assignments. At first he played the
sympathy card, telling her how financially strapped he was, and that his wife
spent too much money. He had explained in numerous emails that his job was
extremely stressful and a promotion depended on him earning a degree.
Therefore, he needed her to reconsider; he needed her to give him a second
chance to earn a passing grade so that he could continue to receive financial
aid. At the beginning of class, Kat had made it very clear in her syllabus that
no resubmissions would be accepted. When she wouldn’t budge, the student’s
postings became increasingly belligerent in nature to the point where he was
borderline insubordinate. He simply refused to accept responsibility for
cheating.
    Finally, she had
tendered a copy of the Student Code of Conduct in her final warning to him. If
he did not communicate with her in a more respectful tone, she would have no
choice but to file a behavioral violation charge. She had closed her message by
stating she would no longer correspond