Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (60 page)

ea
t
i
ng
to
show
that the
o
f
f
ici
a
l
t
i
me
is
ov
e
r
a
nd
n
ow
is
the t
i
me
f
or
lunch b
r
e
a
k
.”

Ed
w
in
a
nd
Rihana
laugh
e
d
a
t
th
i
s.
Th
e
y
w
e
re
h
a
ving
a g
rea
t
d
r
ive
wh
e
n
a 
c
a
r 
ca
me  p
a
r
a
l
l
e
l
to
them.
Ed
w
in ignor
e
d
it
a
nd
k
e
pt
p
r
o
cee
ding
fo
r
w
a
r
d
,
but
then he not
i
ce
d that
the
ca
r
is
c
onst
a
nt
l
y k
ee
ping
a
d
r
ive
a
long
with
them. He turn
e
d
to
s
e
e
the
p
e
rson
in
the
ca
r
a
nd
it w
a
s
e
nough
to make him
lose
tem
p
e
r
t
h
a
t
J
oh
a
n
a
nd
his
f
ri
e
nds
w
e
re
the
r
e in
i
t
.
J
oh
a
n
w
a
s
d
r
iv
i
ng
a
nd
in
t
e
nt
i
on
a
l
l
y
he
w
a
s
k
ee
p
i
ng his c
a
r p
a
r
a
l
l
e
l
so th
a
t
t
h
e
y
m
a
y
te
a
se
hi
m
.

Ed
w
in
acce
l
e
r
a
ted
the
s
p
ee
d
to
a
void
them
but
it
s
ee
med that
J
oh
a
n
w
a
s
p
re
plann
e
d
to
te
a
se
hi
m
,
a
s
he d
r
ove slow
l
y the other
c
a
r did
the
s
a
m
e
.
A
f
t
e
r a
f
e
w mo
m
e
nts
Alicia
a
nd Rihana
a
lso
not
i
ce
d
t
h
a
t
something
w
a
s
going
w
r
ong.
Th
e
y s
a
w the
other
ca
r
a
nd u
n
d
e
rstood the situ
a
t
i
on.

“
Alici
a
,
ca
n
’t
we go
to
somepl
ac
e
e
lse
than
B
e
n
Bo
e
k
e
?
” Ed
w
in
a
sked
b
e
ing
te
a
s
e
d
a
s
he
judged
that
J
oh
a
n
a
nd
h
i
s f
r
iends
w
e
re
a
lso going
t
o the s
a
me
r
in
k
.

“
I th
i
nk,
we
c
a
n.
I just
w
a
nt
e
d
to
t
r
y something
n
e
w
,
whi
c
h
ca
n be
a
n
y
pla
c
e
.”
S
he
tr
i
e
d to handle
the situ
a
t
i
on.

Ed
w
in  turn
e
d  t
h
e
c
a
r
a
nd  d
r
ove
on  a
w
a
y
.
Rihana
a
nd Alicia
sta
r
ted
goss
i
ping
a
nd
the
si
t
u
a
t
i
on
g
o
t
s
e
t
t
l
e
d
soon. Ag
a
in
th
e
y got
bu
s
y in
e
nj
o
y
ing
thems
e
lves.
S
udd
e
n
l
y
,
the
ca
r stop
p
e
d
on
a spot.
E
dwin
got
out
of the
c
a
r
a
nd
sta
r
ted
e
x
a
m
i
ning
i
t.

“
I
s
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
a
lright
E
d
wi
n
?
” Alicia
a
s
k
e
d,
st
a
y
i
ng
in
the
ca
r.

“
Y
ea
h,
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
s
ee
m
s
fin
e
.”
S
a
y
ing
th
i
s
he
c
a
me b
a
c
k in
t
o
the
ca
r
a
nd
tried
to
sta
r
t
but
it
did
not
wo
r
k
. He tri
e
d
a
g
a
in and
a
g
a
in but
c
ou
l
d not sta
r
t.

“
W
h
a
t’s the m
a
t
t
e
r
?
”
Ri
h
a
na
a
sked.

“
I
don’t
know,
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
is
fine
a
s  I
c
h
ec
k
e
d
.”
Ed
w
in
a
nsw
e
r
e
d.

“
Did
y
ou
c
h
e
c
k it
pro
pe
r
l
y
?
”
a
sked
Alici
a
.

“
Y
ea
h,
I
did
a
nd
i
t
’s
a
b
s
olu
t
e
l
y fin
e
.
M
a
y be
the
ca
rbu
r
e
tor is
making
problem
b
eca
use
of
the
c
old
.
”
He
s
a
i
d
a
nd
got out of the
ca
r
a
g
a
in.

Rihana
a
lso
w
e
nt
out
of the
ca
r
a
nd
sta
r
ted pl
a
y
i
n
g
with
the snow
a
long
the ro
a
d.
S
he
a
sked Alic
i
a to
c
o
m
e out
but Alicia  p
re
fer
re
d
st
a
y
ing
in
the
ca
r 
a
s
the
w
e
a
ther  w
a
s g
e
t
t
ing
c
older
with
the
p
a
ssage
o
f
t
i
me.
Ed
w
in
w
a
s
bu
s
y in finding
p
r
oblem
with
the
c
a
r
while
Rihana
w
a
s
e
nj
o
y
ing the
wea
th
e
r.

S
udd
e
n
l
y a
sh
a
rp
th
r
ea
t
e
ning
sound
of
s
h
ri
e
ks
a
p
p
ea
r
e
d
in the s
k
y
.
I
t
a
pp
e
a
r
e
d
a
s
a
jet
fight
e
r w
a
s
c
om
i
ng
down to
the g
r
ound 
a
nd  then
a
y
e
l
l
ow
bla
z
ing
l
i
ght
a
pp
ea
r
e
d  in
the
c
louds
a
s
the
b
r
ight
sun.
The sounds
got
the
p
e
a
k
wh
e
n
the l
i
ght
a
pp
ea
r
e
d
a
nd
t
h
e
n
it
f
e
lt
that
the l
i
ght
h
a
d
r
u
n
a
w
a
y with
those
thr
e
a
tening
s
ounds.
All
th
i
s
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
in
just
a