Andrew and Vicky do their best to hide Charlie’s gifts, but there’s only so long they can keep her a secret.
In Stephen King’s novel, the story begins when Andrew McGee meets his future wife, Vicky, as college students who are enrolled in an experiment involving a chemical called LOT-6.
Years after the experiment they have a daughter named Charlie who turns out to have a power of her own, as she can telepathically make objects she focuses on so hot that they catch on fire (a.k.a. pyrokinesis).
While most of those involved with the trial experience horrific side effects, both Andrew and Vicky develop psychic abilities: the latter can read people’s minds, and the former has the ability to bend people to his will (what he calls “a push”).