This week with Arlene and Jeff:
..."When I was little, they tried to lock me out of their personal lives - their bedroom, their computer files, Facebook, banking, things of that nature, but the lockouts were child's play to circumvent," Selina said with a sick laugh. "Deep down, I think the ease with which I bypassed their roadblocks shocked them. Since I was barely past the toddler stage and should have still been in diapers, only made it worse. They incurred many problems with me, but I think that shook them to the foundations of their egos. My brother and much older sister are normal. My sister is in college and I never see my brother.
"My parents, intelligent adults by any measure you care to use, had to undergo the humiliation of their young child dominating them, and I found out later that it wasn't just them. Having failed themselves and in apparent desperation, they called on nationally known security agencies to lock down their computers, phone, etc., all of which barely slowed me as I continued to humiliate them. To me, it was just a game - the type of problem-solving game that I loved. Of course, I was a small child at that point and did not understand what I was doing to their egos as I blew past their roadblocks with my incessant thirst for knowledge - any knowledge.
"I was enthralled with sex, as were my parents, apparently. My mother is beautiful and has the finances to afford the best plastic surgeons to keep her looking that way. My father looks much younger than his age - well, you have seen them. Of course, I could only watch the sex, but I learned a lot about it from them before they realized I had overridden their locks and had been watching their orgies and swaps for months. My brother was seldom home and was finally enrolled in a prestigious high-school academy out of state, and my sister was in an equally prestigious college. When my parents learned that I had been watching, it really scared them. What if the police or some - as you refer to them - do-gooder organization found out? They reasoned that they would be in jail and their daughter would be part of some system, and should the government find out how smart I was, no telling where I would be.
"They stopped having their sexcapades in the house, but I found ways of bugging their apparel, vehicles, etc. It wasn't as efficient, but I still got more than they expected. I even used somewhat unscrupulous detective agencies that were only interested in the money - money my parents showered me with as they tried to distract me from their personal lives.
"As I grew, I learned to conceal my intelligence and act my age, which seemed to please my parents as they were now able to pretend that I was a normal child when we were around others. It reached the point that I would often act as if I were slightly retarded just to frustrate my mother more. Now that I am older and have spent time with you marvelous people, I have realized that my parents loved me - maybe still do - but they were terrified of me and particularly of what I might do to amuse myself. I would agree to almost any rule they introduced, but I would always find ways to bypass them and get whatever I wanted. To say that they are wealthy could be categorized as an understatement, and it is old money. They were accustomed to being rich, so money meant little to them...
Have a goodun;
Roust