Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (61 page)

f
e
w
mo
m
e
nts
a
nd
Alicia
sta
r
ted
shri
e
king
wild
l
y in
t
he
ca
r b
e
ing ext
re
me
l
y
f
right
e
n
e
d.

Rihana
a
nd
Ed
w
in
r
a
n
t
o
h
e
r
but
she
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
shri
e
king
a
nd
c
r
y
ing.

“
Alici
a
!
A
l
i
c
i
a
! Wh
a
t h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
?
”
Ed
w
in ask
e
d
w
i
l
d
l
y
.
“
Alici
a
! 
W
h
a
t’s 
gone 
w
r
ong
?
” 
Rihana 
a
l
so 
a
sked

n
e
rvous
l
y
.

But
Alicia
w
a
s
too
f
r
igh
t
e
n
e
d
to
s
a
y
a
n
y
th
i
ng
a
n
d
k
e
pt
on
c
r
y
ing.
This
t
i
me
she w
a
s
c
r
y
ing
with
f
e
a
r
a
nd
a f
e
e
l
i
ng
of h
e
lp
l
e
ssness
that
she s
a
w
a
ll
that
with
op
e
n
e
d
e
y
e
s,
st
i
ll
h
e
r f
r
iends
did
not
s
e
nse
a
n
y
th
i
ng
a
roun
d
.
S
he
got
a  bit
c
onfus
e
d
a
bout
h
e
r m
e
n
t
a
l condit
i
on.

“
Alici
a
, wh
a
t
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d?
S
p
ea
k up
!
”
Rihana
a
sked
a
g
a
in.
“
Did…
did
y
ou
not
s
e
e
the
l
i
ght?
And
the
t
h
rea
tening

soun
d
?
”
Alicia
a
sked
so
b
bing.

“
W
hich
l
i
gh
t
?
And
w
h
a
t
sort
of
sound
?
”
R
i
h
a
na
a
sked

sque
e
z
ing her
e
y
e
s in c
o
n
f
usion.

Alicia sta
r
ted
c
r
y
ing
a
g
a
i
n
a
s
she
got
c
onfi
r
m
e
d
t
h
a
t,
a
g
a
in, it
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
with
h
e
r
a
nd
none of them
know
i
t
.
Ed
w
in
got pu
zz
led
a
t  h
e
r
c
ondi
t
ion
a
nd
th
i
s
t
i
m
e
he
got  sure
that Alicia
h
a
s got dis
t
u
r
b
e
d
ment
a
l
l
y
.

“
I th
i
nk
we
must
l
e
a
ve
n
ow
for
home,
it
won
’
t
b
e
good
to h
a
ve
a
h
a
ngout
in
th
i
s
e
nt
i
re
s
ce
n
a
rio.”
S
a
y
i
n
g
th
i
s,
Ed
w
in got
i
nto
t
he
ca
re
a
nd R
i
h
a
na
a
lso fol
l
ow
e
d hi
m
.

Ed
w
in
tried
to
sta
r
t
the
ca
r
a
nd
it
wo
r
k
e
d
th
i
s
t
i
me.
Alicia k
e
pt
on
sobbing
si
l
e
nt
l
y
through
the
w
a
y to
ho
m
e
.
Rihana tried to
g
e
t
h
e
r
e
ng
a
g
e
d
in
goss
i
ps
but
A
l
icia w
a
s
too dis
t
u
r
b
e
d  to
take
in
t
e
re
st
in 
a
n
y
th
i
ng 
a
nd
r
e
m
a
ined
lost some
w
h
e
r
e
,
w
a
tching
o
ut
of
the
ca
r
window.  The
d
r
ive w
e
nt
on
si
l
e
nt
l
y but
e
v
er
y
o
n
e
w
a
s
h
a
ving
a
qu
e
st
i
on
a
nd
a
nsw
e
r
s
e
ss
i
on
in
m
i
nd.
Ed
w
in
d
r
opp
e
d
Rih
a
na to
the
c
ol
l
e
ge
a
nd s
e
t
t
he
ca
r
on
the
w
a
y
to Al
i
c
ia
’
s ho
m
e
.

“
Ed
w
i
n
?
W
i
l
l
y
ou
p
l
ea
se
take
me
to
y
o
u
r
home?
I
w
a
nt
to discuss
something
in d
e
tail.”
Alicia
a
sked
him
in
a
f
a
int tone.

“
To
m
y
home
?
”
Ed
w
in
qu
e
st
i
on
e
d
str
e
s
s
ful
l
y
.
“
S
o
r
r
y
to s
a
y
,
but
not
th
i
s 
t
i
m
e
.”
He
d
e
nie
d
,
c
omp
l
e
te
l
y
, r
e
memb
e
ring something.

“
P
le
a
s
e
!
I kn
o
w
w
h
y
y
o
u
a
r
e
d
e
n
y
ing,
but
th
e
re
won
’
t
b
e
a
n
y
th
i
ng
w
rong
th
i
s t
i
me.
T
r
ust
m
e
!”
S
he
said.

“
Alici
a
,
if
y
ou
w
a
nt
to
discuss
a
n
y
th
i
ng
i
m
port
a
nt
we
ca
n
a
lso  go  to  some  r
e
sta
u
r
a
nt.”
Ed
w
in  sugg
e
sted.
“
But  for now,
I would
s
a
y that
y
o
u
must
go
to
home
a
nd
t
a
ke
some r
e
st.
I
’ll
c
a
tch
y
ou
up
on
phone or
S
k
y
pe
a
nd
w
e’
ll
discuss the
matter
in
d
e
tail.”
He
s
a
id
pol
i
te
l
y but
w
a
s
e
nough dis
t
u
r
b
e
d ins
i
d
e
.

“
Ok
a
y
!
I
th
i
nk
y
ou
a
re
right
that
I
must
take
some
r
e
st.”

Alicia
got ag
r
e
e
d.

The
r
e
st
of
the
d
rive
w
e
nt
si
l
e
nt
l
y
a
nd
Ed
w
in
d
r
opp
e
d
h
e
r to ho
m
e
.