Cara broke the silence first. “So, were you as surprised as I was” she asked?“That’s one way to put it” I replied. But I had another questio... that was churning in my head.“So” I started, “what happened that last night in Florida?”Cara went on to tell me how sorry she was. She was really hoping to see me again, but two of her friends met some guys on the beach that wanted them to go to a different club. Since she was out voted and had no way of getting a hold of me, she had little choice but to. "I am the djinn of the Lamp, Master. Here to grant thy every wish from now until this time tomorrow. Yada-yada-yada." This is a joke, right?"Leo got control, some control anyway of his voice. "What was it you didn't understand, you little wimp? I got stuck in this lamp, and I gotta grant your wishes for 24 hours. Except that your first wish is gonna be to free me." I don't know," Danny said. "Can you really grant _any_ wish?" Look, you..." Leo tried to continue but he lost control of his voice. "With that, the man turned and disappeared through the door."Cool!" This was Janet. "You know he had a gun too?" Oh come off it! This isn't America, you can't wander the streets carrying guns, you know." I don't care, I saw the bulge." She thought for a bit. "Well it was a weapon of some sort anyway."Kate ignored her. She carried the package into her office and placed it on her desk. She stared at it as if it was a bomb or contained live spiders or something equally skin-crawling. Then it. My younger brother was to sleep with my male cousin as the cousin and Ididn't always get along. My female cousin was to sleep with my aunt andmy mom in the king-size bed. That left the last room for me.Me, all alone in a girl's room! All alone with her clothes, her canopybed, and a whole night to myself! I tried to act nonchalant about itand conceal my excitement but I couldn't have done it very well. Still,no one seemed to notice and within an hour I lay in the frilliest, mostgirlish bed I had.