Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (50 page)

S
he
r
a
ised
h
e
r
h
a
nd
a
nd
tried
to
g
e
t
something
out
of
the t
i
me
c
ov
e
r.
B
ut no
t
hing app
ea
r
e
d
b
e
tw
e
e
n h
e
r
fing
e
rs.

“
I
th
i
nk,
I
’
v
e
f
o
rgott
e
n
the
right
postu
re
.”
S
he
t
h
ought
a
nd

tried
a
g
a
in and
a
g
a
in.

“
Alici
a
, wh
a
t
a
re
y
ou do
i
n
g
?
”
h
e
r mother
e
nt
e
r
e
d
t
he
r
oom.
“
Oh,
y
ea
h,
aa
hh…
noth
i
ng
mo
m
,
m
y
mu
s
c
le
just
mess
e
d

up
a
nd
I
’m t
a
king e
x
e
r
c
i
s
e
.”
S
he g
a
v
e
a
v
a
l
i
d
e
x
c
u
s
e
.

“
Ok
a
y
hon
e
y
,
But
don’t
fo
r
g
e
t
to
finish
i
t
.”
Mrs.
W
i
c
k
e
ts put a gl
a
ss of milk on
t
he b
e
dside tabl
e
.

“
Y
ea
h s
u
r
e
.”
Alicia
fa
k
e
d a
sm
i
led.

“
Ok
a
y
, good night
b
a
b
y
.
”
Mrs.
W
ick
e
ts
s
m
i
led.

“
Good
night
mo
m
.”
S
h
e
s
a
id
a
nd
Mrs.
W
ic
k
e
t
s
le
f
t
the room.

“
Huh…”
she
took
a
sigh
on
b
e
ing
s
a
v
e
d
f
r
o
m
g
e
t
t
ing

ca
ught r
e
d
h
a
nd
e
d.

“
I
must
talk
to
Ed
w
in,
h
e
’ll
h
e
lp
me.”
S
he
thought
a
nd

dial
e
d his numbe
r
.

“
No,
I
’ll
talk
to
him
to
m
o
r
ro
w
.”
S
he
disconn
ec
t
e
d
the
ca
l
l
,

r
e
ca
l
l
ing h
e
r l
a
st condu
c
t
with
h
im.

****************
*
********************

The
n
e
xt
d
a
y Alic
i
a
w
e
nt
to
c
ol
l
e
ge
with
a
main
p
u
r
pose
of me
e
t
i
ng Ed
w
in.

S
he
s
ea
r
c
h
e
d
him
on
th
o
se
pla
ce
s
wh
e
r
e
th
e
y us
e
d
to
spent spa
r
e t
i
me
but
Ed
w
in
w
a
s
nowh
e
r
e
.
At
last
she
s
a
t
n
ea
r
the outdoor
a
nd w
a
i
t
e
d f
o
r
hi
m
.

Me
a
nwhile
J
oh
a
n
a
nd
his
f
e
l
l
ows
w
e
re p
a
ss
i
ng
n
ea
r
h
e
r
,
J
oh
a
n
nodd
e
d
his
f
e
l
l
ows
to
te
a
se
Alici
a
.
S
o
he stopp
e
d
a
nd te
a
s
e
d h
e
r.

“
W
h
a
t
a
pi
t
y
,
a
b
ea
ut
i
f
u
l
la
d
y is
w
a
i
t
ing
for
a
b
a
d
g
u
y
a
ll
a
lone
?
”
J
oh
a
n said si
t
t
i
n
g b
e
side h
e
r.

Alicia
f
ro
w
n
e
d
a
t
hi
m
.

“
Ow
w
,
I
got
s
c
a
r
e
d
!
”
H
e
mock
e
d
a
nd
his
f
r
iends
l
a
ugh
e
d
a
t

Alicia
“
w
e
l
l
, the t
r
uth
i
s
a
lw
a
y
s bit
t
e
r.”
H
e
said.
“
W
h
a
t’s
y
our
p
r
oblem
?
”
Alicia
a
sked
strict
l
y
.

“
H
e
y g
u
y
s
!”
he
made
h
i
s
f
r
iends
a
t
t
e
nt
i
ve
to
him
“
Did
y
ou s
e
e
a
f
u
c
king
c
h
a
in
smok
e
r
Ed
w
in,
some
w
h
e
r
e
?
”
he
b
e
nt his ne
c
k a
l
i
t
t
le b
ac
k
a
s
t
o h
ea
r his
f
r
i
e
nds.

“
J
ohn
n
y
!
A
r
e
y
ou
taking
a
bout
the
insane
w
a
nd
er
ing
in
the

publ
i
c
p
a
rk
?
”
his girl f
r
iend
a
dd
e
d salt to in
j
u
r
y
.

“
Y
ea
h
”
h
e
str
e
s
s
e
d
“
And
did
y
ou s
e
e
his pi
t
iable
c
ondi
t
i
on
? I spit
on
him
a
nd
he
s
a
id
no
t
hin
g
?
”
he
stood
up
s
a
y
ing
th
i
s
a
nd th
e
y
laugh
e
d toget
h
e
r.

“
W
h
a
t
?
”
she squ
ee
z
e
d h
e
r t
ee
th
i
n gre
a
t ang
e
r.

“
I
th
i
nk
the
l
a
d
y
’s
got
s
ome
p
r
oblem
in
l
i
steni
n
g.”
S
a
y
ing

th
i
s he
wa
lked
a
w
a
y
, la
u
ghing,
with h
i
s group.