Meanwhile Jane, CJ's mother, wondered what CJ how CJ would act when she discovered that the sleep over was in ten days, so that CJ would be around for nearly a week longer.
Jane did love her son, but she had never connected with him. As he got older, what little connection she shared with her son had grown less and less. Now she and Jon were almost strangers.
But already she and CJ were connecting at a higher level than she and Jon ever had.
As much as she wanted CJ to stay around, he knew that she shouldn't force or wish that Jon remain CJ.
"But," she said to herself, "there isn't any reason that I can't use the wishing stone."
Jane picked up the wishing stone and said, "I wish
