Free Silence of the Geisha Horror: Yukis Revenge by Bella Lamour, Ophelia Oomph Page B

really think he was undeserving of punishment? Did he really feel like he deserved to walk free in the daylight? He was taking
everything
from her, and it was taking all of her strength to just survive each day.
    She was a young woman in the prime of her life. She should be flourishing. Instead she was wilting like a flower cut off from all nourishment.
    She waited in her seat until all the other students left. “Professor Smith, may I talk to you?”
    “I don't do retests.”
    Yuki was startled that he didn't even look at her before shooting her down. “I'm sorry, I just thought, given the situation and me being in the hospital-”
    “Your personal life is not my issue. The grade is fair.”
    It was like she had been kicked in the stomach. “My
personal
life? I was
assaulted.
My ribs were broken. I was in the hospital for over a week. I can’t sleep, most of the time I can’t eat. Are you kidding me?”
    “Perhaps you should have thought of the possible repercussions of your lifestyle before you had to suffer the consequences.”
    “C-Consequences. Are you
serious
? Do you hear yourself when you speak? Are you trying to insinuate that I somehow deserved to be violently attacked and beaten? Because I'm sure the local news would love to hear
all
about the male college professor who's flunking a female student for
being raped.
”
    With that he finally looked at her, and the disgusted expression on his face startled her. Like he actually believed the vitriol he was espousing. “The grade sticks, Miss Kobayashi. If you have a problem with it, you can drop my class.”
    And then he was gone.
    Yuki stood there, stunned. Had that really happened? Was she just stuck in a nightmare?
    No. She was not going to stand for this.
    She stormed to her counselor’s office and barged right in. Luckily the woman wasn’t seeing anyone else, just quietly eating a late breakfast at her desk.
    “Miss Kobayashi, may I help you?”
    “I need to file a complaint against a professor. Immediately.”
    “What happened?”
    Yuki paced across her small office. “I’ve only been back for three days, and I’m still trying to find my footing again. We had a test in Professor Smith’s class from all the material he covered when I was gone. I got a seventy two.”
    “Oh wonderful!”
    “What? No. Not wonderful. I can’t get below an eighty five on a test at this point! It’ll bomb my GPA!”
    “I see. And did you talk to your teacher.”
    “Of course I did. And you know what he said to me? He said that my rape was a consequence of my profession and I would have to
deal with it
. He said that. To my face! Looked me right in the eye and said ‘what did I expect?”
    “Oh dear, I am so sorry, Yuki. Please, have a seat.”
    Yuki complied, but her foot was still bouncing up and down with anxiety and rage.
    “I will absolutely walk you through this process, but I will be one hundred percent up front with you, most likely nothing will happen besides a note on his record.”
    “What? How is that possible?”
    “Was anyone else there?”
    “No.”
    “Did he threaten your life or use any slurs?”
    “No.”
    “As far as you know do any other students have issues with him?”
    “…no.”
    The woman sighed. “I believe you, Yuki. And what he did was wrong. But this is just going to turn into a he-said-she-said. This administration is still very much a boys’ club.”
    “So you’re saying I should just do nothing and let him get away with it?”
    Her eyes went wide. “No! Not at all. I’m just trying to warn you. Most likely,
you
will not get any sort of justice out of this.
But
it’ll put a note in his file so if he does it again, the
next
girl will have much more of a case.

It’s not fair, it’s not right, and I will go to bat for you. I just don’t want to delude you.”
    “Thanks, I guess.” Yuki was almost shaking now. It just wasn’t right. A faculty member verbally abused her and there was going to be no recourse. The