I enjoyed your great story. The ripples from such an event could easily have such wide ranging effects. Thanks for writing. W.
Author's response
Thank you(again). As you have probably guessed, I despise child abuse, and so, I tried to make each of the villains suffer. Unfortunately the worst offender got away relatively unscathed. Sigh!
As you said, the ripples from one such an event can spread throughout the entire world.
Alorkin