"I wish you all could be California, I wish you all could beCalifornia Girls" I barely had time to realize what I had done when a voice cameboomi...g out. "Your wish has been granted. Noted that all our affairs are done infull." "What wish has been granted? I was just singing along with the music." "You wished that they all could be California Girls, so now everyonebut you is. If you had said I wish we all could be California Girls, youwould have become a beautiful blonde. He screamed in rage, “That fucking bitch. That fucking bitch took it.”The platform now resided in Clarksville in a special dome similar to the one Sean and Lee had designed for Sean’s family. They had sent the one that had been on Queland to Robert after Kyle had located it near Zan’s city.Zan had said they could have it. The ring had been broken when the cavern it was in was affected by an Earthquake many years before. Lee had been able to repair it thanks to Rah’s books.Still very upset, Jahn. Kisses and hugs were exchanged and tears shed as Alice went through security.The drive back from Heathrow was very quiet, Nicola had her hand on my leg most of the way. We received an email in the evening to say that Alice had arrived home safely. When we went to bed that night Nicola snuggled against me as I spooned around her and we finally spoke about the weekend and last month.“Is everything okay?”“Sweetie, everything is better than okay. Where before I fucking hated all of it, I feel like. I wasn't dressed to go in so I waited across the street. I parked in front of a little diner, went in and ordered something to eat. I just sat there and ate but I had no idea what I was doing.I felt so stupid and decided that maybe I should just go home. I got back in my car, started it up and got ready to pull out of the parking lot when I saw Sheila coming out of the lounge. She was hanging on some guys arm. I knew him; it was Bill, one of the managers at the store where Sheila worked.They.