Oblivionis velamen tegat nos a peccatis nostris...

Tom was not an idiot. He was good at calculating risks. He was not a bastard, but he knew how, in which case, to make tough decisions.

And yet - he understood that many people would now pay for his sins at once.

Not only Alice, whom he will now erase from existence. Thousands of people who worked in his company. The whole world that he influenced.

It's funny, but the bigger you are, the bigger shadow you cast.

Being the head of IT in a small company, he only influenced himself and his neighbors. Cross out their family - what will change? Will the world even notice?

Now - he was at the top of the food pyramid. And its "social mass" began to warping the fabric of "social reality", just as a large star does warp of the fabric of space-time.

With all the memory of the current reality, he knew that the local Tom was a good guy. He was not just fabulously rich - he spent a lot of money on charity. And not "for show", but seriously: his company built children's rehabilitation centers in third world countries. He sponsored research that can leding to the prospect of defeating diabetes!

Alice's personal fund, which she created with access to their family wealth (they did not divide funds into "us and others", besides, Alice's family was also very wealthy) was engaged in rescuing girls falling into "human traffic", helping to pull girls out of streets and in America itself. Was giving them a new education, pick up a normal job...

All this - he now had to annihilate.

Could he do it?

No.

Were his children a sufficient price for this?

Yes.

Did he have the right to live after such a decision?

The answer was obvious.

Tom deep inhale for air and slow said in a croaking voice:

"I wish that all memories of the previous reality, as well as all the events of the last half hour before this desire, would be completely removed from the memory of Alice, as well as from the memory of her husband, even if this means completely resetting the personality of Alice's husband to his state in this reality!

Alice understood what was happening from the first words. Her eyes widened in astonishment and horror, filled with recognition of what she had heard. She rushed to him shouting "No! I forbid you! Don't you dare!"...

...Tom looked at his wife, whu in surprise, for some reason clinging to his elbow. Alice looked at him with no less surprise. Some kind of silvery powder spilled out of his hand.

Both batted their eyelashes a couple of times and then laughed at the idiocy of the situation. Louder and more carefree in every secound.

Apparently, a well-conducted party and expensive **** - nevertheless they "hit them in the brain" and led to mild amnesia. Neither of them really remembered how they ended up in the bedroom. But they both knew what to do with it. And even a slight fatigue could not prevent them from loving each other ...

The world was beautiful and tomorrow they were waiting for a new, great day!