My sister didn't speak again for a while, and it was clear that she was concentrating on my question. We walked toward the entrance, and I noticed a few guys glancing our way. It gave me a little bit of a rush, I don't mind saying. If we had come here a couple of hours ago, they'd only have been looking at Jill, but now they were looking at me too. I couldn't help myself. I glanced back at the taller, cuter one and winked. He smiled back.
"I guess," she finally said, as she opened the door for me, "There's one thing I'd change." She sounded serious now. "It's gonna sound stupid, I know "
"Trust me, it won't," I assured her.
"I guess I kind of wish "
Here goes, I thought. Things had worked out so wonderfully for me that I wanted to share it. I was walking proof of the kind of good the rock can do. If I can help somebody else feel a little bit better, than I have to. I casually reached into my purse and gripped the rock. "I wish," I said so softly, so far under my breath that I could barely hear it. I wasn't ready to share this with everybody yet. Karyn was an exception. I did want Jill to enjoy the benefits though. "That whatever Jill wishes for would come to pass. I also wish that she wouldn't realize things had changed." Had to cover the fact that she was within earshot.
She gave me a weird look, "Did you say something?"
"No," I told her. "Please go on."
She nodded, but continued to regard me with a rather curious expression. Almost the same expressions she'd worn when she'd walked in on me earlier.
"I just wish "
