Chapter 124 Section 6

Although Mary Kay was promoted in 1995, she also had a miscarriage in the same year.Soon after, her father was diagnosed with terminal cancer.Mary Kay, who was close to her father as a child, was devastated when she received the phone call.She instinctively turned to Steven for comfort, but Steven shrugged and walked away before she could finish speaking. Soon, Mary Kay "developed" three "pets" in her sixth grade class.Needless to say, Willie Valrao, who is talented in painting, topped the list, as well as Katie Horton, a "possible writer" girl, and Willy's cousin.These children often stay after school to help Mrs. Letourneau correct papers, look up information, and publish posters, etc. Among them, Willie, who is the most active, goes to Mrs. Letourneau's house to do some housework for her from time to time.

By April 1996, it became clear that Mary Kay and Willie's relationship was more than just teacher-student.Once, a teacher heard Willie address Mrs. Letourneu by her first name, calling her "Mary," which is not allowed in schools in Western countries.Two other teachers saw Willie at different times learning to drive in Mrs. Letourneau's van in the school's parking lot. In June, when school was out, Mary Kay and Willie became more intimate.It was around then, according to neighbors in Normandy Park, that two “black kids”—one couldn’t tell the difference between a Samoan and a Negro—came in and out of the Letourneau home.Mary Kay said it was the students who were tutoring and babysitting their children, but a few neighbor kids came back from playing at Letourneau's and told the adults that two "black kids" were in Mary Kay's presence Smoking and drinking beer, Mary Kay didn't care.Later, a neighbor asked about it, and Mary Kay said that the brothers Willie and Burley had helped her a lot, and she couldn't help it.

At that time, not many people knew about the incident that happened on the Des Moines Pier that early summer night, but many people heard that Mary Kay and her painting student were at the Highline Community College and the Seattle Art Institute. Take art courses.According to the relevant regulations of the US Department of Education, primary and secondary school teachers must regularly take certain credits of higher education or professional courses during winter and summer vacations to update their knowledge and update their teaching licenses.In addition to attending classes, the teacher-student pair visited galleries, museums, art supply stores and did homework together at Letourneau's.Also that summer, Mary Kay flew Willie to Alaska for a reunion of her husband's family.

In October, Mary Kay called her Southern California high school friend Misian Renault to say she was "in love with someone."According to Meixian's later recollection, "Mary Kay was very excited. She gushed into the microphone and threw out a series of compliments. She said he was the cutest person in the world and the person she had been looking for all her life." ...She said that she finally got her wish and obtained an absolutely pure love. ...Their relationship is completely based on the spirit, and they have not yet had a material sexual relationship between them, but they are considering it. … …Mary Kay said: 'We have a lot in common, he's my SoulMate...'" Mary Kay also used some pretty fancy words like, "We always walk in the same rhythm and the melody, we can always capture the beauty hidden in life with the same eyes" and so on.Mei Xian thought, Mary Kay really deserves to be a teacher.

Michelle Renault was well aware of the squabble between the Letourneaus, and she was very happy for Mary Kay.However, after chatting with Mary Kay on the phone for nearly two hours, Meixian never heard a specific description about that person, such as what kind of job he does, where he works, and what women love to talk about. How tall is the man, what kind of car does he drive, etc.Meixian wanted to ask a few times, but Mary Kay was the kind of person who didn't want others to interrupt her when she was talking—this was also one of her qualities as a teacher.However, Mary Kay did say "he was a student".So in Meixian's impression, her good friend's new lover should be a college student in his 20s.

A few weeks later, Meixian received another long-distance call from Seattle. "I'm pregnant," Mary Kay announced, "and it's not Steven's." However, Mary Kay went on to say that she didn't want to tell Steven about it just yet, she still wanted Steven" Thinking "This is his kid.However, when the child is born, it cannot be concealed. "Why?" Meixian Renault asked. "That's going to be a black-haired, dark-skinned kid," Mary Kay replied. However, Steven Letourneau soon learned the truth, because the couple had not been able to have sex for some time.Steven told his parents and family in Alaska about the incident, but swore them all to secrecy.

Investigators also went to Varao's home.Willy's mother, Songna, is just 38 years old this year, but her temples are already gray.Since her ex-husband went to prison ten years ago, she can only support a family of five with her own hands.Sonna juggles two or three jobs, such as these days, taking orders at the drive-through window of the Mexican restaurant chain Taco Bell during the day and at the cashier at the Texarco gas station at night.Seven days a week, an average of about 12 hours a day, but because I can't do it for a long time in every place, I still get the minimum wage stipulated by the federal government.But Songna is not alone, and her children are very popular at school.A few years ago, there was a fire at Valao's house, which was only survived by the generous help of the teachers and students of Shorewood Primary School and Cascade Secondary School, donating some clothes and money.The four Varao children all have their own skills: Willie is good at drawing, Boli has a good singing voice, Lena is a good athlete, and Favaille always gets A's in math.It's just that like many children in the white center, these geniuses displayed in elementary school were eclipsed by the time they graduated from middle school.Lena, the only girl in Varao's family, once received a sports scholarship, but because of her poor family, she failed to go to university after all.

In fact, since the first grade, almost all the teachers in the class have seen that Willie Vallao is better than other children in drawing, but none of them admired it as much as Mary Kay, Mrs. Letourneu.Many teachers remember that Mary Kay was on the verge of tears when she talked about Willie's genius.Although it failed to resonate with her colleagues, Mary Kay thought it was just because others were not as artistic as her, so they didn't have the "eyes" in this regard.And those old teachers with a little qualifications said behind their backs that after all, Mary Kay was young and had just taught for a few years, unlike them, she had seen too many "future artists".Most of these children, when they grow up to be in their twenties and thirties, can only do "stunts" empty-handed, cleaning cars for customers in the gas station outside the "Disney Animation Studios", or working in a famous advertising company Serving plates at the restaurant you passed?