One year later.....
"Look Rysta I warned you a year ago, when those girls walked through the door. Amanda has plenty of friends but she still has not said a word."
"Kelly taught them sign language so now they have no problem with communication. And Tasha was right when she told me she would know everything Amanda would need. Okay Tena I have read your reports over this year. The judge and our two therapists have also read the reports. They all say she is doing fine and there is no need to interfere. So we will let it go for now and hopefully she will come out of it on her own."
"There is one other thing I feel we must talk about now."
"Now what?"
"Well all three of the girls have been showing signs of being talented. When I asked Natasha about it she says NO. So I took it upon myself to look into their past."
" And what did you find out?"
"Here is all the information I could find."
As Rysta flips through the pages a few times a frown creases her face. "Okay wait a second yes here it says Tia was gifted. Apparently she is listed as a low grade telepath. But it doesn't explain beyond that. And what about the father? UNKNOWN. Well since they won't admit to it I can only assume they have no idea. After all they are only five and six. I am sure the girls didn't even know about their mom."
"You keep saying their mother wasn't she Janets aunt?"
"Yes but a week before her death Tia legally adopted Janet because both parents died in a car crash the month before."
"Okay I get it now. But did Janet show any of the signs that the twins did?"
"Well no but according to my search her mother was normal so I didn't really go any further. I figured she was normal like her parents."
" Okay well if she is normal than we will only watch the twins. Is there anything else you would like to bring to my attention Tena? Good! Then you are excused I will see you tomorrow. Good night."
"Good night Rysta."
Okay well this is interesting news. I have two gifted children. I need to find out just how talented they are. Maybe I can make something out of this. Wait a minutes I thought Tena said all three girls were talented, then she said Janet wasn't. Is the women loosing her mind or what? How can I find out how talented they are? Of course Dillon owes me a favor. He knows what to look for. I'll have him test them. And I know he won't lie to me. If he says they are gifted then I will be rich. I'll have to call him tomorrow!
Nine a.m... Okay now where is Dillon's number?
Knock Knock.... "Well well well what a surprise, I was just going to call you."
"Don't bother I just got a page from some women asking me to test three girls you have here."
"Who paged you?"
" I don't know. She didn't leave her name."
" Then how do you know it's a women?"
"Oh come on Rysta this is a girls home. All you have is women working here."
"Not true, Not true we now have boys here as well. We also have three male teachers."
"Okay so I felt a women's presence when I read it."
"See I knew you couldn't lie to me. No matter how hard you try. Now the page you received is accurate. We do have three girls here I want you to test. Come with me and I will introduce you to them."
"Natasha, Amanda,Janet would you please come here? I have a friend I would like you to meet." "Yes Mrs. Johnson what do you want?" "Girls this is Dillon, he would like to work with you on advance sign language. He will be here for three weeks. Now Dillon Amanda here is Mute. Natasha as you can see is her twin sister. And Janet is their cousin. Now I have work to do so I will let you get to work."
With that Rysta turns and walks out of the room.
Now in three weeks I will know if these girl's really are special or if Tena just wants to start trouble. Either way I think it's time for her to be transferred.
One week later.... "You three are doing so well. I have never worked with anyone so willing to learn."
"Dillon do you think we will ever get out of here?"
"Maybe one day Natasha. I truly believe you will."
"Your really nice Dillon all my friends call me Tasha, you can to."
"Thank you Tasha I am honored to be your friend. Now let's get back to work. This is the sign for house."
Ten minutes later.... "Oh Dillon can I see you in my office please?"
"Sorry girls the boss calls. Why don't you practice what you have learned so far this week. And don't forget the motto, Life is a test so learn well."
"Okay Dillon we will."
" That's great Janet. Now I will be back as soon as I can."
Knock Knock..."Come in Dillon. Okay so what have you learned?"
"Look Rysta I warned you it has only been a week. I need three weeks to test them properly. I don't know anything yet. like I said before it always takes me three weeks to know anything for sure."
"So they are talented then?"
"No, I didn't say that. They can respond to a mind touch. But since their mother was a telepath it would be a nature response. Beyond that I get nothing. I will let you know in two week what I learn. Until then please stop interrupting. How do you expect me to gain their trust if you are always calling me up here. You know they are afraid of you."
"Fine I will leave you alone. But I expect to see you bright and early the following day after the testing is done."
Two weeks and one day later..."It's so nice to see you as punctual as usual. Well tell me what you have learned."
"You already know they will respond to a mind touch. What you don't know is that the only telepathy there is is between the twins. And that is a very mild case. They don't even know they have it. I don't think it is strong enough in either of them to even train. It's the type of telepathy that all twins have, nothing more. And yes I am telling you the truth."
"Good I knew you would. But this does disappoint me. Tena made such a big case out of everything as usual. Well I'm glad that is strait. NOW you may leave I no longer need you." "Gee thanks!"
As soon as Dillon left Rysta called Tena and ordered her to the office. Because of Rysta's tone of voice Tena was very nervous. Tena walked into the office calmly and Cooley, but when she saw the look on Rysta's face she took a step back and actually started shaking. Rysta was enjoying the reaction she was getting from Tena so she didn't say anything right away. After a minute and a half Tena got up the courage to ask Rysta what was going on.
"What did I do wrong now Rysta?"
"Well for starters you were wrong about the girls."
"What do you mean I saw it myself."
"What you saw was nothing more than twins communicating. Dillon said that's all it is. He will not lie to me."
" How can you be so sure?"
"He can not lie to me and that is all you need to know."
"Fine so what now?"
"It's funny you should ask me that. Because I have decided to transfer you to our children's home in Canada."
"What do you mean transfer and why????"
"Look it's easy you either work there or not at all."
"So you want to send me out of the country, I don't think so. I quit!!!"
Tena stormed out of the office and was never seen or heard from again. Rysta made sure of that.