For her entire life Andrea Kolintz had been struggling with the condition of telekinesis, an awesome but unwanted power. For as long as she could remember she felt like the carrier of a disease, one that cannot be cured one that you just have to live with and adapt your circumstances to it. During the earlier part of her life Telekinesis was considered much more of a myth despite dozens of documented cases. Despite having experts on the field it was still not taken seriously by science.
Andrea was luckier than most, the worst example of her powers flaring was when she was a child and was smacked by her parents for disobedience. She had climbed onto the roof of the house despite being told a hundred times not to do so. Medicine cabinets flew open, bottles hurled themselves out of the bathroom and at the climax a 300 pound stereo toppled over and records started fly across the living room dive bombing the occupant and shattering against the walls. A year or two later Andrea's brother reported his version of these, event to the September 4, 1955 issue of Life magazine.
While finishing college, one night, Andrea was transfixed by the news describing a telekinetic rampage in the town of Chamberlain caused by Carrie White. She stayed transfixed on the TV news bulletin oblivious to what was going on in her own room which was out of character for her. It was the first time in her life that she realised the implication of her own hidden powers. From that day forward Andrea Kolintz prayed that she would never lose control like that other girl did.
For a long time afterwards the entire nation talked about telekinesis before the spring started to fade out and it was forgotten. Science began to take telekinesis seriously and Andrea sought treatment for herself but the doctors were unable to help because she was older and telekinesis tends to flare up in younger girls, additionally knowledge about the cause and effects still remained limited.
An insecure individual and occasionally paranoid in her younger years, Andrea did not get along particularly well with her family. She was one of those people who after tearful farewell to all, flies off from the nest never to be seen again. In the 23 years following Carrie White's rampage Andrea Kolintz was fortunate enough to have an average and normal life. She found a good man and married him and had a successful career rising to become a consultant at a prestigious firm.
Andrea Kolintz had two children a boy and a girl but something of a career minded woman she did not get along well with them, it was her husband who handled them better than she did, though her, children never demonstrated any telekinetic abilities and were perfectly healthy she still remained in a state of occasional paranoia about what if they were carriers at least. She also suffered from postnatal syndrome when her two children Joey and Phoebe were born.
