Gradually, this feeling was infinitely magnified by the principal. Self-loathing and fear of the secret being discovered mixed in her heart. She began to suffer from insomnia, to panic, to feel stalked, to feel that the way everyone looked at her was unusual.
The principal knew she needed to see a mental health professional, but for someone with her mindset, setting foot in a Psychiatry Department was tantamount to letting everyone know she had "gone mad." If everyone knew what had happened to her, how could she continue to live in Lin City?
Although Lin City was quite big, the principal knew most people in it. Afraid that her visit to Lin City's Psychiatry Department might be found out by acquaintances, she took a roundabout way to a supposedly "safe" small county town.
