March 16, 2006. On this date, my father, Dick Stolly, penned the words written in chapter 16. The short story was found after his death and it quickly consumed my thoughts as to why he wrote it and the inspiration behind it. Catholic education was very important to him and it is with his connection to me that I wrote the first 15 chapters. Illusion is set in the historic town of Belleville, Mass. The Catholic High School, St. Hilda is at the center of a series of twisted fate of events guiding good Catholic folks making them think and rethink their faith all at the hands of high school sports. The draped in tradition school is led by hardworking volunteers who would do anything for their beloved school while facing declining enrollment and decisions out of their control. This growing problem forces good Catholics to make hard decisions but based on what?