Solomon's Private File #358
These stories about Stephen and Solomon take place starting in
1950's. Stephen wrote about his life in letters to a penpal, and then
in a secure blog, in case he lost his memory again, in the master
computer in his school for gifted students, which he started attending
in 2016 in a new incarnation, until his death. Now his son Solomon is
attending the same school, and is writing in his own secure blog for
his future incarnations.
All characters are fictitious, even if some of them might have names
that belong to some actual people, or act like people we know.
Solomon is 31 in this story, in the Winter of 2057-2058.
Solomon's Private File #358 "A Mother Of A Problem"
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A mother of one of special scholarship kinds, a girl from Kenya, told
people she was of our group and in my school. They didn't believe her.
Laughed at her, actually. But her girl wasn't to be found. Some asked
the police about it. They asked her. She said the same things.
Insisted. They didn't believe her. They arrested her on suspicion of
murder. I shifted in to the hearing. Before they could say anything, I
said, "What you are doing is unjust. You have no evidence, no witness
to the fact that anything against the law was done. You have no legal
right under your laws to arrest this woman. So, why are you doing
this?" They were very surprised. The police officer in charge, said,
"What is your interest in this case?" I said, "Is not proper justice
enough for you? Obviously not, as you demonstrate with your actions."
He said, "You have insulted me!" I said, "I stated facts and plain to
see observations. If you feel insulted by the reality of your own
actions, you have a serious mental health problem. So, no insults. Yet.
But if you would like some, well, I would be quite willing to give you
some good ones. Maybe you might want to avoid making them true?"
He was angry and frustrated, but managed to not respond that way. I
nodded in approval, while the others were still trying not to laugh.
The judge said to me, "Do you know if the girl is alive or dead?" I
said, "I know all, so of course I know that. But you have no legal
right to compel me to stay anything." He said, "I think I do." I said,
"Do you, with a Priest?" He said, "Oh! I didn't consider that. Please,
tell me if you will, is she alive?" I said, "I will say such things
willingly, ONLY after this injustice is resolved." That caused some
thought, and some nods from a few people. He asked the police officer,
"Your evidence of a crime?" He said, "The girl is not to be found." The
judge said, "I asked you for evidence. Where is it?" He looked nervous,
and said, "That is it." The judge said, "Please tell me how such an
incompetent fool such as yourself can be in the police force? Case
dismissed. You will provide her transportation home, and with a full
apology!" He said, very reluctantly, "Yes, Your Honor."
The judge said to the mother, "Do you know where your daughter is?"
She said, "Yes. At Solomon's school." He looked at me, and said, "I see
your interest now. There is a problem. One of our citizens is out of
our country, and we don't know where and how. We have a responsibility
to know this." I said, "If one of our students is exposed by a parent
or government, that student is expelled." The mother yelled, and said,
"You didn't tell me that!" I said, "True. That's because she's not one
of my students, and is not in my school, and never has been." She said,
"She is! You came and took her!" I said, "Yes, I assisted in
transportation. For her full scholarship to a university in Tibet, in
support of a charity that offers them to exceptional children, that I
sometimes help." She said, "That's not your school?" I said, "It's not,
and I told you it wasn't." I gave a card to the judge, and said, "Here
is the phone number of the administrator of the program in Tibet. You
may call and hear the truth of this." He said, "Your school is not in
Tibet?" I said, "It is not. We have many places here on this world, and
many others, to choose from for our school, with a much more pleasant
climate. Very convenient for those who can port."
The judge smiled, and said, "I understand." I said to the mother, "I
asked you not to tell others about your daughter's scholarship." I
motioned around the room, and said, "Now you know why." She said, "I
will say what I want!" I said, "Even if it foolishly lands you in
prison? If I hadn't come here, it could have happened." She was even
more angry. She said, "I want my daughter back!" I said, "Why?" She
said, "I just do." I said, "You signed a legal contract that says you
won't interfere. Wait, there is something else. What fit parent would
deny her child the best education possible, which is free, and actually
pays you, just because she is angry?" She had a screaming fit. Then she
slumped, and I caught her, and put her in a chair. I said, "She was
going to injure herself. I made her sleep. I have a problem. Her
daughter deserves to know about this, but we know it will disturb her,
and her studies." The judge said, "You do this for geniuses?" I said,
"I do, and she is. Such people are very important to the future of your
country and this world. They MUST be educated as much as possible, and
as they very much want, so they can use their full potential to advance
all humanity."
He said, "May I see the contract?" I said, "Yes, if you agree to keep
it confidential." He said, "I will." I created it, and gave it to him.
He read it, and said, "Well done. Your legal degree is not wasted!" I
smiled and bowed. He said, "I think we understand now why you want this
confidential. People will create quite a bother about this, with your
involvement." I said, "And which these sensitive students really don't
need or deserve." He said, "I agree. This contract empowers the
administrators to act for the child in its best interest, as a parent
would, and should. A question. Do you provide, oh, you do. What if when
she visits there, she tries to bring the child back?" I said, "The
likelihood of that may be reduced by that she has never visited when
she could have, which the program would pay all expenses for." He said,
"If I ask you about what I think may be her motives in this, would you
tell me?" I said, "I must respect her privacy, in not telling you that
you are correct, about that which we have not yet discussed."
The police officer fell to the floor, laughing loudly. We all stared
at him. He noticed that, and tried to stop laughing. Eventually, he
succeeded. He said, "I apologize. This is so unusual!" I said, "Welcome
to my world!" Chuckles. The judge said to me, "As a psychologist and
psychiatrist, what is your opinion of her competency as a parent?" I
said, "I can't have a professional opinion on that issue as you framed
it." He said, "I'll rephrase it. Is she able to understand all of
this?" I said, "Yes, she is legally competent to stand trial, and aid
in her defense, by the laws and standards of your country. There is no
standard on what a fit parent is, beyond endangering the child.
However, in my opinion, her remaining as legal guardian for her child,
is NOT at all in the best interest, and possible safety, of the child,
who is more mature and responsible than her mother. And a lot nicer."
We looked at the police officer to see his reaction, and that made some
others chuckle. He grinned and nodded.
The judge said, "If I would award the administrators legal custody of
the child, would they accept it? Oh, I remember your actions. You
already told them about this, and they will." I smiled, and said, "So
my published actions actually DO make a difference." I handed him some
forms. There were a lot of grins in the room. After reading them, he
said, "Very good! I award the change of custody." He signed the forms,
which included some of his own country's, and said, "You will make
copies?" I did. He said, "Now please wake the mother. Sergeant, please
tell her she fainted, and that if she makes more angry outbursts in my
court, she may cause herself an injury, and will be imprisoned for
that." He said, "Yes, Your Honor." I woke her, and he did that.
She was subdued. He asked her, "Why did you tell people your daughter
was in Solomon's school? Was it to make yourself look important?" She
looked around, and said, "No." He said, "Then what was your reason for
that?" She said, "They were asking about her, so I told them." The lie
detector in my hand flashed red both times. She was the only one there
who didn't know what it meant. He said, "Do you know that it's against
the law to lie to a police officer, or to a judge in court?" She said,
"I do. I'm not lying." Red flash." He said, "Do you understand that
Solomon knows all, and can show us what happened, so that we can see
what the truth is?" She said, "I don't believe it." He said, "And that
he already told us, while you were er, unconscious?" She said, "He
lies!" He said, "How do you know that what he said, was different from
what you said?"
The Sergeant tried not to laugh. The woman was well aware that she
had tripped herself into her own well dug hole. The judge said, "And
what you said to other people, can be repeated to us by them. There are
many witnesses in many places, including this one, of your crimes. I
require that you be arrested for them, and held for trial." I said,
"Please wait. Yes, she will be easily found guilty, and would be
required to spend many years in prison. I offer an alternative." He
said, "Please tell me of it." I said, "Prosecution indefinitely
suspended, in exchange for her agreeing to not discus this matter
further, and to not interfere with her daughter's education. That is
the most important thing." He said to her, "Do you agree to Solomon's
proposal?" She said, "Yes!" I said, "Your saying that isn't enough. You
have shown us all here that you lie easily. There will be compulsions
to make it true. Or you will go to prison. Do you accept the
compulsions?" She said, "You can't to this!" The judge said, "His
proposal, or prison. Whether he can or not do that, rests with you.
Make your choice."
She said, "I don't want to go to prison!" Silence. She sighed, and
said, "Yes, I agree." I said in command voice, "You will not
communicate in any way, what is involved in these legal and police
matters, except to the people here, as they request it. You will not
say anything bad about any of the people here, your daughter, or the
education program she is in. You will be respectful toward them. You
must tell all those you told that your daughter was in my school, that
you lied, those who do not already know that. That she is in a
university with a scholarship. You will not interfere in any way with
your daughter's education, and that includes not telling her anything
that you suspect will upset her. You will abide with all the rulings of
this court, now and in the future, and you will not knowingly break any
laws. If you understand what I have said to you, say yes." She said it.
I said, "So I have commanded, so you will obey!"
She looked surprised. The other people there looked very satisfied.
The judge said, "Before those commands, you were an unfit parent. They
have changed what you may do and not do, but not enough to change who
you are, and what you may do because of that to your daughter.
Therefore, we rule that you are an unfit parent, and transfer full
custody to the administrators of your daughter's scholarship program,
to last until she is of legal age. They have agreed to this." He caused
an aid to give her a document. He said, "The Sergeant will see that you
are provided with transportation to your home. Please treat those who
are to do that, well. You are dismissed." She REALLY didn't like what
happened, and clearly wanted to stay and argue with it, but she had to
walk out of the courtroom. The Sergeant asked her to wait in the
hallway. He came back in and wanted to say something.
I nodded to the judge. He smiled, and nodded to the Sergeant, who
said, "That was well done! Teamwork!" Chuckles. The judge said,
"Solomon is a great lawyer. We knew what would be best for him and I to
do, so we did it. I have to admit, I liked this, well, teamwork." I
said, "I agree. But this was the easy part. What I tell the daughter
about this, is NOT." They looked at me with sympathy. Galya said in the
air, "May I?" I said, "Yes, thank you." She said, "At the best time, I
will. Out." I said, "That was my VERY nice wife." Smiles and nods. I
offered to hug the people. It was accepted by all, including the judge.
I shifted out.
After Galya game back from Tibet, she said, "It went well. She knew
her mother better than I thought." Mom said, "Children often do.
Unfortunately for them, in a way, more of the negative things are more
easily recognized by children than the positive." I said, "Bad is easy
to see. Good, usually is a mater of perspective, in parent/child
relationships. Often, the parents seem better, when their children have
their own children." Nods and grins.
I said to Conner, "The administrator who arranged your adoption is
retiring." He said, "I have to thank her! Oh. Well, they're right about
you. You care a whole lot about everything!" We hugged with a lot of
love. There was a little party for her at her office on her last day.
The other workers left, and were to clean up the next work day, but she
stayed to do it herself. Conner ported in, and said, "Here, I'll do
it." It was done in under a minute. She said, "Conner?" He grinned, and
said, "The one and only!" He hugged her with love, and helped her to
sit. He sat too, and said, "I can't thank you enough for helping me to
be adopted!" They both had tears. She said, "I thought about you a lot.
You were such trouble, I wondered how you made out." He grinned, and
said, "We're all trouble. It's the nice kids you have, you should watch
out for. What are they planning?" She laughed very well.
He said, "Now I help those kinds of kids, in Corps actions. Being
adopted, they can relate to me better." She said, "Have you been to
other planets, too?" He said, "Yes, and even other galaxies in this
dimension and others." He told her about some of the problems he helped
with. Then they were in companionable silence for a while. Then she
said, "I hadn't realized how much good work your group does, and the
scope of it." He said, "People shouldn't know, or they would think they
didn't need to be responsible." She said, "I won't tell." He said with
a loving smile, "I knew that!" Hug. He said, "I want you to know you
have made a great positive difference in many lives, with me as one of
them as proof. And through me, a lot of others. You'd better feel very
good about that!" He tried to look serious and stern, which made her
laugh. More tears in their hug, and he left.
I said to him, "We aren't so different with caring, you know." He
said in my loving arms, "Yes, I know. It's great to be me. And us. All
of us." I said, "True. Dex sure isn't complaining. You KNOW how much he
loves having a son, and one such as you, is so much better, he doesn't
know how to express it." He said, "Yes. A little funny, which he
knows." I said, "So, when are you going to make him a grandfather?" He
tried to look horrified, and said, "I have to have sex?" I said, "When
have you stopped?" He had to laugh. He said, "Dad wasn't disappointed I
turned out to be straight." I said, "But you were, at that." He said,
waiting for?" He said, "You, er, ah, really?" I said, "If you don't
know, you don't deserve her." He stood and said, "See you later." And
he was gone. There was some laughter from my monitors, with their love.
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