Billy reacted by hitting the man's right wrist with the edge of his hand and shattering the bones. The knife went flying, and the man screamed in pain... He tried to keep from falling by continuing to hold on to Helen's arm. That made her stagger, and Billy reacted by breaking his other wrist. The man fainted from the pain.The other two men reacted with extreme stupidity. Both of them tried to attack Billy with their knives. By this time, Billy had been taught how to defend against knife attacks. My suitcase was there, but Alice's wasn't. I wondered if she'd handed hers over at a different security point, so it was taking longer to get here. Just then, my phone binged. A text from Alice: "Sorry, Jason booked last minute trip to Vegas for us, so gotta bail. Sure u'll meet lots of gr8 people. Have fun!" Fucking bitch! We'd been planning this cruise for over six months, now she dumped me at the last minute for that loser! I slumped back onto one of the beds, tears welling in my eyes. What. " " BE HAPPY ANNE-MARIE. YOUR WISH IS GRANTED." -Fairy Godmother-Anne pulled the computer's plug out of the wall. The screen went dead. Mike would never know the real reason for his transformation.++++EpilogueThe park was a lovely place. Well maintained with beautiful flower gardens interspersed with walkways and benches. One section was set off so that the children could play on the swings and slides and still be watched closely by their mothers.Anne-Marie was sitting on one such bench. It was damned cool as I looked out over a burning town with both of my guns drawn. It was so friken cold there was steam coming off of my head, and there was smoke coming out of the barrels of the guns.“Was that really you? That wasn’t a stunt double?” Ms. Lowden asked.“I saw him fall out of the sky,” Zoe said.Of course, they showed me dry heaving. Needless to say, we didn’t get much math done today.By lunchtime, the Lincoln High Gossip Network was in full swing. I’d forgotten to order lunch.