They had made it to Las Vegas, wide-eyed and with so much hope and

energy. They had planned the trip for more than a year and both were so
excited they could barely control themselves. They still hadn’t realized that
Las Vegas promised a place where dreams come true, it was actually the place
where dreams came to die. The robot clicked disapprovingly, gurgled briefly
inside its cubical interior and extruded a pony glass of brownish liquid. ”Sir,
you will undoubtedly end up in a drunkard’s grave, dead of hepatic cirrhosis,” it
informed me virtuously as it returned my ID card. I glared as I pushed the glass
across the table. He had done everything right. There had been no mistakes
throughout the entire process. It had been perfection and he knew it without
a doubt, but the results still stared back at him with the fact that he had lost.
Waiting and watching. It was all she had done for the past weeks. When you’re
locked in a room with nothing but food and drink, that’s about all you can do
anyway. She watched as birds flew past the window bolted shut. She couldn’t
reach it if she wanted too, with that hole in the floor. She thought she could
escape through it but three stories is a bit far down. There was a time and a
place for Stephanie to use her magic. The problem was that she had a difficult
time determining this. She wished she could simply use it when the desire hit
and there wouldn’t be any unforeseen consequences. Unfortunately, that’s not
how it worked and the consequences could be devastating if she accidentally
used her magic at the wrong time. He swung back the fishing pole and cast the
line which ell 25 feet away into the river. The lure landed in the perfect spot and
he was sure he would soon get a bite. He never expected that the bite would
come from behind in the form of a bear. Betty was a creature of habit and
she thought she liked it that way. That was until Dave showed up in her life.
She now had a choice to make and it would determine whether her lie remained
the same or if it would change forever. Don’t be scared. The things out there
that are unknown aren’t scary in themselves. They are just unknown at the
moment. Take the time to know them before you list them as scary. Then the
world will be a much less scary place for you. It was a rat’s nest. Not a literal
one, but that is what her hair seemed to resemble every morning when she got
up. It was going to take at least an hour to get it under control and she was sick
and tired of it. She peered into the mirror and wondered if it was worth it. It
wasn’t. She opened the drawer and picked up the hair clippers. The answer was
within her reach. It was hidden in a box and now that box sat directly in front
of her. She’d spent years searching for it and could hardly believe she’d finally
managed to find it. She turned the key to unlock the box and then gently lifted
the top. She held her breath in anticipation of finally knowing the answer she
had spent so much of her time in search of. As the lid came off she could see
that the box was empty.