The past nine months had been strange.
Some of it was because Sarah's wishes had changed reality just like any other stone wishes. First of all, Karyn had had sex with Jon less than a day before the time of the wish, and Jon's sperm was inside her. Jon himself had died in a car accident immediately afterwards. So as far as everyone knew, the child was Jon's. Nobody knew that that history was fake and the child really was Jon.
Then, Karyn had been discovered paralyzed. That had happened because Sarah had wished Karyn would freeze. Sarah couldn't reverse the wish, so Karyn stayed frozen. In the new reality this was caused by a mysterious illness that, fortunately, cleared up after a few days in the hospital.
But the biggest strangeness was Sarah.
Sarah had had nine months of free use of the stone. Or did she?
Sarah needed someone to gloat to, and stopped by to wish that Karyn would remember reality no matter what change she makes. Jon would remember too, but Jon was in her womb and in no condition to do anything about it.
Then every day or so Sarah dropped by just to gloat. Sarah was now the head cheerleader. She was a straight A student. Her rival had been changed into a boy, was the captain of the football team, and was dating Sarah. There was a party held in Sarah's honor because everyone liked her....
Except a week later, Sarah didn't come by. When Karyn asked her friends about it, they hadn't even heard of Sarah. Sarah's kid brother Fred was now an only child. And no more reality changes happened. Somehow, Sarah was gone.
"Can I get the stone back from Sarah?" said Karyn to her baby. "Jon... Jennifer, I know you can't reply because you have to act your age and you can't talk... but nod or something, please..."
The baby nodded.
"I don't know what to do," said Karyn. "I don't know if Sarah still exists. Maybe she accidentally wished herself away and nobody has the stone. Maybe someone else got the stone from her and wished her away and they have the stone. I need to get it back...."
Once Karyn had recovered from the birth, she....
