[ WP ] `` You may have one wish granted . '' `` I want all my debts cleared . '' `` How much do you owe ? '' `` You misunderstand . My debts are not monetary . ''

“ If you wish for your debt to be cleared, you must tell me what it is that you owe. ” 
 The man sighed and ran his hand through his graying hair. 
 
 “ I have taken the lives of other men, ” he said. 
 
 “ I can not bring men back from the dead, ” replied the genie. 
 
 “ These men are n't dead. At least I do n't believe so, though I would not know if they had died in the years since I knew them. I took something from them. Where do I begin, ” he stared off around the large room of his home. It was decorated by paintings and sculptures, the floor was covered in a rich brightly colored carpet and it was clear the man wanted for nothing. 
 
 “ It started when I was a young boy. I knew I was not a bright boy, not in the way that schools expect you to be. There is, as you know, an examination which determines the finishing schools you can attend and which careers will be open to you in the future. I knew what was at stake and I knew that I would fail, but my friend, Jonathan, was smart. I had seen his results throughout our years of schooling together, I knew he would do well. I switched our tests. After that doors opened for me which would never open for Jonathan and our lives diverged forever. ” 
 
 “ I was too elated by my success to wonder what ever happened to Jonathan. Or perhaps, I was too much of a coward to ask myself such questions. And then there was Isabella. Isabella was perfect, she was beautiful and sweet and very wealthy. It was rumored that when Isabella married William, he would be brought in to the company, be made a partner to his financial empire and then successor. Isabella had no brothers, she was an only child. ” 
 
 “ William was harder to get rid of without implicating myself. I spent months, planting the evidence against him which would eventually make Isabella believe he was regularly sleeping with other woman. They were so in love, that I worried cheating would n't be enough and so I framed him for stealing from Isabella's father's company and for selling videos of her undressing and making love to him. In the end I think Isabella has been happier with me. ”
