
Last Wednesday on Twining lane, everything seemed in the ordinary. The table
was set for three, the dog was passed out next to the dryer and the Bruce was
just finishing a workout …but there was an eerie sense of silence coming from
the loudest household in North America.
“I knew something was up. My mom had the tv off and a hair dryer out near
the oven. A bit odd I thought. Then I witnessed my dad walking a locksmith out
to the front door. Changing the locks? Maybe... Bruce is paranoid. But Robin
drying her hair at 7pm in the kitchen…no chance.”
In a conspiracy being labeled ‘Hot Gazpacho’, David began to ask questions
of the changes in his home. What he counted on was an explanation as to the
hair dryer and the locksmith, but what he didn’t count on was a 15 year plot to
remove him from his home.
With David’s announcement to move to New York City, his parents felt like he should hear the
truth from someone he knew well, someone he trusted. When Robin walked over to
the garage and opened the door, David could have never imagined who would walk back
into his life.
It was his housekeeper Kathy who left the family back in 1993.
Kathy sat down and began to explain what had been taking
place over the past 15 years. What unfolded was a deep, diabolical plot to get
David out of his house. Back in 1991, Bruce and Robin were ready for their
privacy and were going to get it one way or another. A year later Bruce and
Robin financed Kathy, a genome scientific expert, to develop and create a new Dave
in a laboratory off of Piney Meetinghouse Rd.
The lab would be close enough to
Bruce so that he could check in periodically on the progress of the experiment.
The family told David that Kathy had to return to South
America because of her Visa expiring. David was only 10 and did
not realize she was a legal US
citizen born in Germantown,
MD.
The experiment took longer than expected. The years kept
marching on and soon enough it was time for David to go to college. Bruce and
Robin thought they were home free when David enrolled at the University of Florida.
But once again, he could not leave and quickly enrolled at the University
of Maryland before the Fall semester. Only
fifteen minutes away, they needed a plan B.
They searched through the freshman class at UMD and hired a
large breasted ginger named Erin. She was
hired to draw him out of MD and eventually towards NJ or NY, her hometown. Slowly,
the relationship progressed and the two began talking about moving to New York City after
college. Only an act from God himself could keep David in Maryland any longer.
January 7th, 2004. Joe Gibbs announced his return
to coach the Washington Redskins after an 11 year hiatus. Bruce and Robin were
stunned. They knew their son was not going anywhere. Determined not to fail,
the pair returned their efforts to the first plan.
Just a few months after Gibbs return, Kathy notified them
that the product was ready to be released. The result was a marathon runner
named Dave. He would be slowly introduced to the family by dating their
daughter Michelle. The new Dave would be quiet and sweet. Everything they
always wanted in the original Dave. They knew that the more they liked the new
Dave, the sooner the old Dave would grow upset and want to leave.
A man close to the family who asked to remain nameless and only be called
'Just the Tip', had this to say.
"In my opinion, I think they just got tired of their
dog pretending to be deaf.
From what I hear, every time David goes away, Sunshine (their dog) is the most
playful, understanding dog. But when he comes back, she suddenly becomes Helen
Keller like. I think they just said enough. For the sake of their dog, we
need to finish this thing.”
In fact they manipulated the situation so well that they got
Dave to believe that he really wanted to move out. A conspiracy that only an
evil, manipulative family would conspire in.
But how would one explain the TV, hot tub and renovated basement?
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer,” muttered
Just The Tip. They had to pamper him as a diversion from the sick and twisted
plot that was unfolding.