CJ seals off her past

CJ whispered, "I wish Mom would relax, let herself fall in love with Mr. Stevenson, and forget I was ever a boy named Jon." As the stone flashed, she quickly whispered, "I wish Karyn would forget I was ever Jon, and would think she's my babysitter." The stone flashed again. *There*, CJ thought. *That **should** do it*. It was impulsive, but Catherine-Jane was a clever girl, and she'd quickly intuited that her mother was having second thoughts about Mr. Stevenson, which she correctly chalked up to CJ. She gambled that her mother's wish -- that everyone else but Linda, Karyn, and CJ forget that CJ had ever been Jon -- didn't mean that Karyn and Linda would *always* remember Jon, just that they would not forget him *at that instant*. CJ wanted her mother to be happy, and the best way she could think to do that was get everyone to believe she'd always been Catherine-Jane. The stone flashed, twice. When it was done, Linda blinked and said...