Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (12 page)

“
You
a
sked
me
to
c
ome
ea
r
l
y
b
e
c
a
use
y
ou
w
a
nt
e
d
to
sha
r
e something.
I
s
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
a
lrigh
t
?
”
Ed
w
in
a
sked
h
e
r
si
t
t
i
ng in
t
he
ca
f
é
.

“
Do
y
ou
r
e
memb
e
r
I
a
s
k
e
d
a
bout
m
y je
e
p
a
s
I
c
a
me
to
the
ca
ut
i
ousn
e
ss
in
the
h
ospita
l
?
”
she
a
sked
h
im
wi
t
h qu
e
st
i
oning
e
y
e
s.

“O
y
e
a
h,
I
do.
I
gu
e
ss
t
h
e
one
in
bla
c
k,
si
l
v
e
r
a
nd
o
ra
ng
e?
”

he s
a
id, re
ca
l
l
ing
t
h
a
t sc
e
ne
in hospi
t
a
l.

“
No, it w
a
s bl
ac
k, silver
a
nd r
e
d.”
S
he
c
o
r
r
ec
ted.

“
O
y
ea
h
,
so
y
ou
w
e
re in
y
our
s
e
nses
then
?
”
Ed
w
in
w
a
nted
c
onfi
r
mation.

“Y
e
s
I
w
a
s,
I
w
a
nt
to
s
h
a
re
something
v
e
r
y i
m
p
o
r
tant
a
nd surp
r
is
i
ng
with
y
ou.
I
t
m
i
ght
be
a
mb
i
guous
for
y
ou
but
I
a
m de
a
d su
r
e
a
bout
i
t.”
S
he
fisted, sl
i
ght
l
y
, upon the t
a
ble.

“
L
i
k
e
wh
a
t
?
” Ed
w
in
a
sked
c
u
r
ious
l
y
.

“
P
le
a
se
E
d
win;
b
e
l
i
e
ve
on
wh
a
t
I
a
m
going
to
s
a
y
.
”
S
he took
a
p
a
use
a
nd
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
“
I
w
a
s
some
w
h
e
re
e
lse
wh
e
n
y
o
u
p
e
op
l
e
thought
I
w
a
s
inc
a
ut
i
ous.”
S
he
laid
str
e
ss
on
h
e
r wo
r
ds.

Ed
w
in
k
e
pt
si
l
e
nt
a
nd
s
t
a
rt
e
d
j
e
rking
his
leg
a
s
he
used
to do wh
e
n he
got co
n
fus
e
d
or
c
a
ught
i
n some
d
e
p
re
ss
i
on.

“Ed
w
in!
I
a
m
t
a
lk
i
ng to
y
o
u
I
g
u
e
ss.” She
f
ro
w
n
e
d.

“
Y
ea
h
I
kn
o
w.
You
h
a
ve
to
r
e
view
y
our
w
o
r
d
s,
do
th
e
y

make
sens
e
?
”
He
qu
e
st
i
on
e
d Alicia
b
e
ing
l
i
t
t
l
e
str
e
ssed.

“
No,
th
e
y do
n
’t
a
nd
I
k
n
ow
i
t
.
But
y
ou
h
a
ve
t
o
b
e
l
i
e
ve
that
I
’
ve
b
e
e
n
some
w
h
e
re
e
lse
e
i
t
h
e
r
p
h
y
sic
a
l
l
y
or
ment
a
l
l
y
. But
a
s
I f
e
lt
the
e
nt
i
re
s
ce
n
a
rio,
I
f
e
e
l
,
I
w
a
s
ph
y
s
ic
a
l
l
y
a
t that
pla
ce
.
”
S
he
b
e
nt
a
l
i
t
t
le
on
the table
with
h
e
r
e
y
e
s finding so
m
e
re
sponse
o
n his f
a
c
e.

“
I do
n
’t
know
wh
a
t
I s
h
ould
s
a
y
,
b
e
c
a
use
I
don
’
t
w
a
nt
to shout
a
t
y
ou.” E
d
win
ca
u
ght
his he
a
d.

“
I
f
y
ou
w
a
nt
t
o shout
a
t
me,
I
won
’
t
m
ind
i
t.
B
ut
I
w
a
nt
y
ou l
i
sten
to me
a
nd
b
e
l
i
e
ve
me
for
God
s
a
k
e
.”
S
he
a
l
m
ost ple
a
d
e
d.

“
Ok
a
y
,
s
a
y
it
a
ll
to
me.
But
I wo
n
’t
s
a
y
e
v
e
n
a
s
i
ngle
wo
r
d while l
i
stening
to
y
ou
.
”
Ed
w
in
g
a
ined his
te
m
p
e
r
a
g
a
in. B
eca
use
h
e w
a
s
g
e
t
t
ing
sure
a
bout
the
b
a
d
ment
a
l
c
ondi
t
ion of
Alici
a
.

Alicia sta
r
ted
n
a
r
ra
t
i
ng
the
who
l
e incid
e
n
c
e
she
w
e
nt through.
S
omet
i
me,
she just
l
o
st
in
h
e
r wo
r
ds
a
nd the other t
i
me
she
w
a
nted
to
l
i
sten
f
r
om
E
d
win
but
h
e
k
e
pt
si
l
e
n
t
, l
i
stening to h
e
r.

“
A
r
e
y
ou
finished
?
”
Ed
w
in
a
sked wh
e
n
she
c
o
mp
l
e
ted h
e
r turn.

“
Hmm” she
nodd
e
d l
i
ke
a
n innoc
e
nt g
i
rl.

Ed
w
in
c
ould ha
r
d
l
y
c
ont
r
ol h
i
s a
r
ousing
a
f
f
ec
t
i
on
for
Alicia

on
that
innoc
e
nt
ac
t
a
nd
s
a
id
“
Now
l
i
sten
to
me
c
a
r
e
ful
l
y
,
I