Mioki looked out of the airliner at the Wyoming sunset, the billowing clouds and array of colours adding brilliance to the distant mountains."I've nev...er been happier," she whispered in his ear."Nor I," he replied honestly as he considered how well his plan was unfolding."There are so many things we haven't even discussed," she said a bit pensively."Oh?" Well, children for one," she said, apprehensive that Darius might feel that children would not fit into their lifestyle."Well, the weekend is. "After we got back to the cabin, Caleb pretty much took over the conversation. He started telling me about what he was doing to get ready to go. "Would you have some time you could come over tomorrow and help me with something?" he asked."I'll have to ask mom, but I'm sure it'll be alright." I have to put a new axle on the farm wagon. I could do it by myself, but it'd be a lot easier if I had some help." Sure, Caleb, I'd be glad to." Why don't you come over in the middle of the afternoon and. "Melvin laughed so hard he had to stop to catch his breath."Okay stop. I guess you're wondering what I did? The stone lets me askfor just about anything I want. I wished that you would only do what Iwhat I told you. I gave you the stone and told you change me back to myold self. Then I turned you back to normal. Then I had you give me alittle extra."He said flexing his bulging biceps."The stone is in your pocket," Melvin said. "Give it to me."As Lauren pulled the stone out, his mind was. She couldn't quite make out the date because the original photo was so faded but she knew from her own documents it must have been in the late twenties just before the famous market crash on Wall Street.Two of the original founders had jumped from upper floors rather than face the loss of all their assets in the debacle but her great grandfather was already safely away in Europe and never believed in risking capital for greedy purposes.Her mother was Irish and the daughter of immigrants from.