[ WP ] You are a genie who 's been summoned by a child . You explain the whole `` three wishes '' deal , and to your surprise , after using two of the wishes , the kid tells you that they are going to `` keep the last wish for later '' . After 40 years , you are finally summoned again .

`` It's been what, 40 years?'' Mary looked at me nostalgically. 
 
 I nodded. `` Yes, 40 years.'' 
 
 Mary has changed so much since the last time I saw her. Her hair were greying, wrinkles lined her her face. Dressed in a simple top and a grey pantsuit, time has taken its toll on her. 
 
 `` Remember the second wish that I made with you?'' she asked, turning her attention to the window beside her. The evening sun made her look even gloomier. She was so different than the girl I knew 40 years ago. 
 
 I nodded again. `` Yes, the second wish that you made two years after meeting me.'' 
 
 `` The one that you warned me so vehemently not to make,'' she added. 
 
 I nodded for the third time. `` The wish to make Peter, your crush, fall forever in love with you.'' 
 
 It was her turn to nod this time. Tears were streaming down her face now, her hands shaking. `` You were right. I refused to believe that at first. But now I know better.'' 
 
 It was always the same. People wishing for something, never aware of the consequences that lie behind those wishes. When I first met Mary, I thought she'd be different. But here I was, looking at an all too familiar scene. 
 
 I cleared my breath. `` So... what's your last wish then?'' 
 
 Mary stared at me, her determined look hidden behind the streams of tears. `` I wished for none of this to have ever happened.'' 
 
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