Dark, dark, and dastardly. Nice job letting just little, itty-bitty clues slip in each one. From others we know she is older and has wronged him. Now we know she was his teacher. Intriguing.

That last paragraph had too many ’he’s in it though—could use a rewrite to break that up, maybe just combining a sentence or two.

yeah, I definitely need to revamp that!

Fixed! Thinking about how best to deal out Herb’s version of ‘justice’ and reveal why he is so angry.