[ WP ] You find a genie in a bottle , in the house of the person who just murdered your family .

The man had appeared out of nowhere. He was wearing a tuxedo, like some fancy butler, but his skin was a dark blue and his eyes glowed gold. I stayed low on the ground, unsure of what to do. The dusty house was still empty except for me and this blue man. 
 
 I had escaped barely with my life. The killer had made his rounds in my house, as if haunted, his eyes hollow and evil. I had recognized him as our gardener, Joseph. But just barely. He no longer had the fat, unattractive frame. He was well muscled. Only that dirty mustache and his general facial structure gave him away. 
 
 The formerly placid and nice man had gone room to room, slaughtering everyone. I still shuddered as I heard my mom's scream in my memory. I started sobbing uncontrollably. 
 
 When I recovered, the man was still there. Was I hallucinating? The man watched me. 
 
 `` What... who are you?'' I asked carefully. 
 
 The man tilted his head. `` I am a djinn. You freed me.'' He pointed at the ground. I looked. It was an old Coca-Cola bottle. What? `` I can grant you three wishes. Make it quick human.'' 
 
 I did n't hesitate. `` I wish my family was back.'' 
 
 The djinn laughed. `` I can not bring the dead back. Ask me for something else.'' 
 
 I sat there, thinking. I did n't really want anything else. I wanted my mom back. My dad... I started crying again, managing not to wail. I did n't want to attract Joseph's attention. The djinn patiently waited me out. When I was done, it repeated itself. `` Ask me for something else.'' 
 
 `` I want Joseph, the man who killed my family, to die.'' I felt a chill run down my spine as I said it, but I did n't regret it. 
 
 `` Done.'' 
 
 I really could n't think of anymore. My family was well liked, my father a famous mystery writer and my mother a famous piano player. Though they were gone, their wealth was still there, I guiltily thought, and I could n't really want for anything else. I felt tears well up, so I said, `` My second wish is to be at peace.'' 
 
 `` Done.'' 
 
 Now I really could n't think of anything else. So instead, I asked, `` Why were you in this house? Did you grant Joseph three wishes too?'' 
 
 `` Is it a wish for me to answer that question, little human?'' 
 
 `` Do I have to make it a wish?'' 
 
 The djinn laughed. `` No. I will tell you freely. I do not know why I am in this house. I am not conscious of the outside world when I am in my bottle. And yes, I did grant Joseph three wishes.'' 
 
 `` What did he wish for?'' 
 
 `` The answer to that, you have to make make a wish for. Technically I ca n't give out information of a previous master unless compelled to do so.'' 
 
 `` Then I wish you would tell me word for word what Joseph wished for from you, and how you granted it.'' 
 
 The djinn flashed his teeth, and I noticed for the first time that they were serrated. `` He first wished to have an attractive body. I molded his fat so that it looked like trimmed muscle. He then wished for a'cooler' home. He did not specify his own. I chilled my bottle. His last wish was to be famous. So I made him kill the most famous people in the area.'' My eyes widened. 
 
 `` You killed my family.'' 
 
 `` I simply provided my former master the means for his wish to be fulfilled. How I achieved it is irrelevant. Now I must fulfill your wishes.'' 
 
 I frowned. This djinn was a tricky djinn. I thought hard about my wishes. 
 
 First, I wanted Joseph to be dead. 
 
 Second, I wanted to be at peace. 
 
 The revving of an engine could be heard outside. I gasped. 
 
 The djinn disappeared into the bottle, his evil cackling echoing in the empty room. 
 
 A gardener's pickup truck smashed through the wall, and the instant before it hit me I could see the empty face of Joseph behind the wheel. 

