Al Swan searched the computer for information about Alex and the beautiful female teacher, wearing a cold, maliciously amused sneer.
In America, anything involving minors was never a small matter.
At the time, it had been another incident involving a minor that shocked the entire city.
Through the many old reports that came up in his search, Al Swan slowly pieced together what had happened.
In fact, Alex and the beautiful middle-school teacher had secretly been together for over a year. At the later trial, Alex had firmly insisted that he had pursued the teacher himself. In order to be with Alex, the teacher had even left Catholicism. She had sincerely cared for him in every way, whether in his studies, his conduct, or anything else.
The two had spent over a year lost in beautiful, blissful days—the happiest time of their lives.
Later, Barry accidentally caught them being intimate at home. Panicked and flustered, Barry had actually chosen to call the police for Alex's own good.
After that, it was all over.
Alex's beautiful teacher girlfriend was charged with more than seven crimes, including sexually assaulting a minor and having sex with a minor. Because the teacher showed remorse and pleaded guilty, she was ultimately sentenced to over seven years in prison, forbidden from meeting Alex, and permanently barred from any profession involving teaching or minors.
Even when Alex was in college and his first love was released from prison, he never saw her again.
The woman believed her sins were too grave. In prison, she had reflected on herself in shame and realized that her relationship with Alex, one unacceptable to the world, had far-reaching consequences and violated her own moral conscience. After her release, she refused to see Alex. She took a lifelong vow, becoming a nun