Jon caught up with Karyn who according to her, her mother would see Jon as her for some reason Jon was still doubtful of this fact.
"Oh, thank you, Jon," she said as we approached, her voice laced with relief. "These bags are heavier than they look. Could you take the ones with the milk and juice Jon, Karyn could you grab the bag with the bread and fruit?"
Karyn grabbed the bags that Bethany indicated to her, that being the ones with the milk and juice. Jon grabbed the bag with the bread and fruit.
"Thanks, sweetie," Bethany said, turning to head towards the kitchen. "I swear, I need to start using those reusable bags. Maybe this weekend we can find some. Jon are staying for dinner?" Bethany asked turning and looking directly at Karyn.
“Not tonight I had better get back Mom will be waiting,” Karyn said with a small smile on her face.
Jon stood there dumbfounded. Karyn’s mother had looked her right in the eye and called her by his name. It looked like Karyn’s wish was working exactly the way she thought it would. This meant that he was now stuck in Karyn’s life until the end of the wish. At least she had put a time limit on it he thought as he saw Karyn turn and headed to the front door.
“See you tomorrow at school Karyn,” She said as she left closing the door behind her.
A few seconds later the phone in the back pocket of the jeans that Jon was wearing buzzed.
“Why don’t you give me a hand to put this lot away first Honey then you can answer that.” Bethany Black said to the person standing in front of her.
“Ok, Mom,” Jon said hesitantly.
“Oh, Honey I forgot to say that your father won’t make it back from that conference today so it's just the two of us girls tonight. I don’t know about you but I fancy a movie anything you would like to see.” Bethany asked after they had finished with the groceries.
“I will think about it,” Jon answered still astonished that she couldn’t tell the difference between him and her daughter.
“Don’t take too long or I will pick something for the two of us to watch,” Bethany shouted after Jon as he left the room for the relative safety of Karyn’s bedroom.
He closed the door behind him took out the phone from his pocket and read the message.
Jon knew that Karyn was trying to help him understand how she had felt about how other people had treated her since she had made her wish. Well how the men had treated her but why him? He thought that he had still treated her the same way as he had before her wish. What had he done wrong?
“Karyn Honey food is ready.” Jon heard Bethany shout.
“Coming” He replied as he put Karyn’s phone down on Karyn’s dresser and went to join Bethany.
