Meanwhile at the mall, Jon and Karyn were eating in the food court, talking about all the things they could do with the wishing stone. But a few minutes into their meal, things at the table became very different...
Karyn began to shift in her chair...something felt very uncomfortable...She was wearing her usual get-up of scruffy old slacks and her favorite worn old green jumper. Her perfectly straight blonde hair cascaded around her shoulders...and then...she changed...
Her old slacks turned into new ones, her green jumper into a green business jacket...her nails grew long and polished...and she aged. Before long, a twenty-eight year old woman sat there.
She leaned over to the infant in the stroller who was across the table from her, offering him a bottle. "Drink up, Johnny..." she whispered. "Then let's get you home. Your sister is probably tired of her babysitter by now..."
Jon gurgled.
