A Flower For My Grandparents

The Woes Of Mia

Grace
We haven't really heard much from Mia since she came to get things she missed in her move. She looked very different from the old Mia, she seemed to have grown up a bit. Most of the things she left here had the original tags on. Of course we invited her to dinner but she was busy and needed to get back home. The car she was driving was not the one that we bought her. Carrick told me that Mia took it off our insurance. Apparently she sold the car and bought the cheaper car and got her own car insurance and renters insurance. She looked like she was doing everything by herself.

Carrick
Christian spoke to me about Mia and how she hasn't called in a few weeks and she called Barney to help her with a printer. We hadn't talked to her other than her needing to get the rest of her things from the house. She drove up in a PT Cruiser convertible four door. She packed everything up and took it all to the car. She didn't ask us anything and just got things and left. She did hug and kiss us goodbye and told us she would be busy for a while and might not be able to visit us.

Mia
I got the clothing and as soon as I could I listed everything on line. After Barney brought over the second hand printer I asked him about posting clothing on line and he taught me how to set it all up. I have been selling everything high end to attend computer training that Barney recommended to me. Between selling the clothes and everything else I had to buy some cheaper clothes at a second hand shop near the college. I fit in now except for the security teams that follow me. My time is limited and I watch my pennies. It's a good thing my parents have me on their health insurance and it covers my psychiatrist bills. Barney has been generous with his time and help but I need to depend on myself. He gave me the information on computer training and books that teach me about how to do everything. Between that culinary classes and the other courses I am taking I am just able to keep my place spotless and sell the things on line. I am keeping my weight off and there aren't the dreaded 15 pound gain normal college students.

Christian
Barney had told me about helping Mia with setting up a horribly old printer for her and I told him to take her one of the printers we just bought and tell her it was an outdated printer and set it up for her. I know it was wrong but she actually got into trying to learn more about computers and Barney gave her a few lessons that got her interested in training on computers of all kinds and she wants to learn software development and hacking. The hacking bothers me. Especially since it is Mia we are talking about here. I have been the victim of hacking but Barney caught it and reversed all of it and destroyed the hackers systems. I don't want Mia having that kind of power.

Barney
I assure mr Grey that she will not be able to hack anyone. She's not tech savvy or can retain that much knowledge at once. The courses she was directed to are just to learn how to use a computer and printer along with usb drives. I also placed alarms on her system to alert me to any odd activity. Best to be safe than sorry after all she doesn't have the best record on being on the up and up. The things that I have heard just from my co workers is enough to keep me from getting too involved with her. I think Jason is aware of my concerns and I showed him how to check in on her activities with the computer. I might be her age but I started with computers at ten years old. Being a foster child I cannibalized all kinds of computer to build my own. It was hard to hide it but I was able to. I finally won awards for my creativity with computers. A foster family finally allowed me to build my computers and I found a way to patent my creations via an attorney they had. I was discovered by GEH at 12 years old and they paid me for use of my patents. Then at 14 years old they helped me get my work permit and I started working for GEH at twenty hours a week. I made a lot of money that part was for college and a trust fund. My foster parents got some cash for different reasons. Electric and internet was costly and I paid those. I needed a place to develop my skills and I paid for that as well. The patents were bringing money and the foster parent's lived modestly so not to draw attention to me. After the break in mr Grey moved us to a secure location where no one could get into the place because of security. Sadly my foster parents were kidnapped when I turned 16 and we paid the money, but they were already dead. Carrick Grey helped me become an emancipated minor. At that point I had got two degrees and was working on two more. The Grey family were the only people to watch me graduate college. They never found the killers. The attorney who had managed my trust fund disappeared from the face of the earth. They never really got a good identification on my foster parent's bodies. I am very loyal to the Grey family, well Mia not so much. She's trouble with a capital T. She never knew why I started working so young and failed to enjoy my life as a teenager. I did enjoy my life as a teenager doing exactly what I liked to do once I was placed with the family who allowed me freedom to create.