It is truly sickening, turns my stomach honestly.
"I had many brilliant pupils and none had his capability. I have always admired him,' she explained"
her saying that now... even though they've had years as a couple, just goes to show her sick mindset. She knew he was her pupil, and yet she was grooming him as 'her special student' from the start. Funny how a fifteen year old was so 'brilliant' and capable as to stand apart from the rest to a forty-something teacher who no doubt had social ties to academics her own age.
I think part of what is so disturbing is the knowledge that this predator still has her prey. Of course he's a grown man now, but being groomed and sexually used by a much older adult at such a young age can cause untold harm to a person's psyche and stunt their maturity. So it's certainly possible that even though he's intelligent and has a lot of power, he's still a victim of her and may not ever extricate himself.
He had no chance once she set her eyes on him. How any forty-something can look at a fifteen year old as anything other than a literal child they have a duty to educate and be professional with is beyond me.
The sad thing is his parents knew and tried their absolute best to prevent it but there was nothing they could do. And even once it was out in the open, she took years to divorce her poor husband because the feelings of her children were apparently important to her, never mind her victim who was unable to find love with someone his own age.
I was in a safeguarding course a few months back and this was used as an example of the way abuse and grooming can hide in very plain sight and isn't any less worse just because the victim is male.