Chapter 368: Mr. Wallace’s Perverted Behavior

Chapter 368: Chapter 368: Mr. Wallace’s Perverted Behavior

Looking at Jane Carter’s distorted face, Sean Hughes walked over and sat down beside her. He gently patted her back and said in a soothing voice, "Ms. Carter, please try to calm down.

We’re here now. Just tell us everything you know. If this Mr. Wallace has truly committed a crime, we will not let him get away with it."

Until now, Zoe Sawyer and Sean Hughes had assumed Mr. Wallace was just some pervert who preyed on female students.

But after hearing Jane Carter’s story, that assumption was completely shattered.

Mr. Wallace was Brightpath Academy’s star instructor. A graduate of a prestigious university, he had a knack for accurately pinpointing a child’s academic weaknesses and providing precise solutions.

If a student didn’t improve after a while, he would offer one-on-one tutoring to personally correct the problem.

It was this attentiveness that made him very popular with local students and parents.

Jane Carter had done her research; many parents in the area highly recommended him, so she signed up her twin daughters.

At first, it was great. Her daughters’ grades, which had been falling behind, started improving at a visible rate.

But slowly, her two daughters, who had always been so cheerful, lost their smiles. They started coming home with sullen faces every day, shutting themselves in their rooms the moment they walked through the door.

At first, Jane Carter assumed her daughters were just stressed from their studies and hadn’t had time to adjust, leaving them in no mood for laughter or conversation.

Furthermore, Jane Carter was a single mother. She had to work tirelessly just to maintain their lifestyle and save up for her daughters’ college tuition and living expenses.

By the time she realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

Her twin daughters had developed depression and had even attempted to slit their wrists. If Jane Carter hadn’t discovered them in time, she might have lost them both.

In the beginning, for her daughters’ safety, Jane Carter stayed by their side day and night. She watched them like a hawk, terrified that if she looked away for even a second, they would be gone.

Only after more than a month, once she was certain her daughters wouldn’t attempt suicide again, did Jane Carter finally return to work.

She had to. Their savings were dwindling, and if she lost her job, they wouldn’t even be able to make ends meet.

However, Jane Carter had also made some discoveries of her own during that time.

By making inquiries, and from talking to her own daughters and other parents who’d had similar experiences, she managed to piece together what had happened.

On the surface, this Mr. Wallace certainly seemed like an excellent teacher.

But underneath, he was a twisted man who liked to "mentally castrate" certain students, all under the guise of "doing what’s best for them."

Mr. Wallace’s targets were very specific: female students from dysfunctional homes or with flawed family relationships.

He would create a dedicated file for each of his chosen "prey," documenting their grades and using leading questions in conversation to extract their secrets, family fears, and even fragments from their diaries.

Next, he would subject these students to obedience tests, starting with small, inconsequential requests and gradually upping the ante.

At the same time, whenever a student completed one of his assigned tasks, Mr. Wallace would be lavish with his praise, complimenting them extensively and from every possible angle.

This made the students feel understood, and over time, they would develop an almost pathological dependence on him. Simultaneously, he would constantly tear them down verbally, making them sensitive, insecure, and filled with self-doubt.

Mr. Wallace would also orchestrate "failures" for the students at critical moments, only to then swoop in as their sole comforter and savior, making them even more dependent on him.

Once all of that was successful, he would move on to his final gambit: Mr. Wallace would intentionally guide the students to vent their inner, twisted anguish, leading them to rationalize their pain and manifest it physically on their own bodies.

This was exactly what had happened to the twins. By the time Jane Carter discovered it, they had already reached the final stage.

If not for the timely discovery, and Jane Carter’s swift, decisive action in cutting them off from the outside world, the consequences would have been unthinkable.