You think it's that first guy's fault, when all he did was be brilliant. It's all the followers who fucked up." And you're the first guy?" Lily couldn...'t help the sarcasm."Well, I still have my job when so many others don't. Come on, Lily, we're not so different, you and I. We never did anything just because everyone else was doing it." He gestured around. "In high school, that didn't go over so well. But look at them now. They're falling over themselves just to sit with us. This is our. If what this man was saying was true, then it meant that this whole island was under the control of Valdo. This probably explained why the island did not appear on his map. It had intentionally been omitted by the maker of the map to keep unwanted visitors away from the island.As soon as they were completely naked, - even Vincent's boots had to be removed - the man who Vincent supposed was the highest authority on the island continued to speak slowly while he now looked mostly at Vincent."You. ..you know." (I smiled to myself, wonderingif there was some unseen censor out there keeping us from actually utteringthe words.) "Sam, I want you to get rid of him! I don't care what it takes!"It took a moment for the full import of those words to sink in. "Youmean...use magic?" Yes," he said with a tone of angry defiance in his voice. "Use magic! Idon't care anymore!"I told him about the spell I had used on Uncle Arthur and Serena the daybefore, and suggested it might be appropriate in this. He gave her a swat on her bottom for emphasis.The world they were in was changing. The three teens headed off for the gym.Jennifer stayed next to Paul, not wanting to pass him or get left behind. She couldn't help but smile when she thought about Betty. She definitely knew how to manipulate someone. She had gotten what she wanted and got revenge. She was going to be hard to compete with in the coming weeks when Paul started to develop a closer bond with her.This was the first time since this.