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Unless Howards works a miracle, Mary K. Letourneau will leave prison in 2005. Vili will be 21. Though the judge ordered Mary never to see him again for the rest of her life, it's hard to imagine her complying. On the other hand, seven years is an eternity for a teenager to wait for a girl. Even so, Vili says he will. "No matter how long I have to wait," he told the Globe, "I'll be there because our love is so special that nothing can stand in its way." So far, almost everything has stood in its way.

--With reporting by Victoria Rainert and Andrea Sachs/New York


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