Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (14 page)

“
I
w
a
nt
to
m
ee
t
y
ou
a
g
a
i
n,
w
a
nt
to
fe
e
l
y
our
soft
t
ou
c
h
a
nd the w
a
y
y
ou
c
a
re
a
bout
y
o
ur
K
e
l
l
y
.
P
le
a
se
r
e
v
ea
l
y
ours
e
l
f K
e
vin;
I
’
m
g
e
t
t
ing
c
r
a
z
y
a
bout
y
ou.
T
e
ll
me
t
he
w
a
y to
a
ppro
a
c
h
y
ou
in
r
e
a
l
i
t
y
.
.
.
R
ea
l
i
t
y
?
” she
qu
e
st
i
on
e
d
h
e
rs
e
lf,
“
No,
y
ou
a
re
re
a
l
i
t
y but
I
a
m
not
finding
a
n
y
w
a
y
to
touch
y
o
u
a
nd
f
e
e
l
y
ou
a
g
a
i
n
.”
S
he
w
a
s f
e
e
l
i
ng h
e
lp
l
e
ss.

“
I
th
i
nk
I
c
a
n
feel
y
ou
on
l
y
w
h
e
n
I
will
be
in
m
y
d
e
e
p sle
e
p.
S
o
I must
sle
e
p
now.”
A
b
ea
m
of
h
o
pe
fl
a
s
h
e
d through
h
e
r m
i
nd
a
nd
she w
e
nt
to
h
e
r b
e
d
th
i
n
king
a
bout K
e
vin.

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

“
H
e
y
girl,
w
h
y
a
r
e
y
ou
i
gnoring
me
?
”
Ed
w
in
a
sked
Alicia
a
s she
wa
s
p
r
e
tending to
be
bu
s
y
in
r
ea
ding book.

“
I 
a
m 
not 
ignoring 
y
o
u 
Ed
w
i
n
.” 
S
he 
s
a
id 
without

c
onsid
e
ring him.

“
Th
e
n
tell
me
w
h
y
did 
y
ou
not
tell
me
that
y
ou
a
re
in

c
ol
l
e
g
e
?
”
he
f
ro
w
n
e
d.

“
I
didn’t think
i
t w
a
s n
ec
e
ssa
r
y
.”
S
he
said
c
a
r
e
les
s
l
y,
a
ft
e
r
a while.

“
A
r
e
y
ou
st
i
ll
a
ng
r
y
a
t
m
y
b
e
h
a
vior
?
”
He
s
a
id
with
a
l
i
t
t
le

gui
l
t.

Alicia
c
losed
the
book,
took
a sight
of
h
i
m
a
nd
t
u
r
n
e
d
h
e
r f
a
c
e
t
h
e
other
w
a
y
.

“
Oh,
so
th
i
s
is
the
matt
e
r.
W
e
ll
I
’m
re
a
l
l
y
s
o
r
r
y
for
that.”

He
touch
e
d his
e
a
rs.

“No
n
ee
d
to
f
e
e
l
sor
r
y
.
I
knew,
no
one
c
ould
b
e
l
i
e
ve
me
but I
thought
it
is
y
ou
who
ca
n
a
t
le
a
st
un
d
e
rst
a
nd
me.”
S
he s
a
id
i
n a
p
a
inful
y
e
t ang
r
y
voi
c
e
.

“
H
e
y h
e
y
,
I
didn’t
th
i
nk
y
ou
will
d
ea
l
the
matt
e
r
e
nough s
e
nsi
t
ive
l
y
.”
He
w
a
nted
to
c
uddle
the
p
re
t
t
y
s
e
n
si
t
ive
gi
r
l b
e
fo
r
e
hi
m
.
“
Ok
a
y
,
tell
me
wh
a
t
y
ou
w
a
nt
me
to
do
for
y
o
u.”
He
a
s
k
e
d h
e
r
with a
f
fe
c
t
i
on.

Alicia fo
c
used
on
his
f
a
c
e for a f
e
w mo
m
e
nts.
Ed
w
in
c
ould not
b
ea
r
the
w
a
y s
h
e
w
a
s
look
i
ng
a
t
him
so
he
turn
e
d
his
e
y
e
s to
t
he
book in her
h
a
nd.

“Ed
w
in,
y
ou
a
r
e
so
n
i
ce
.
I
a
m
s
o
r
r
y for
insu
l
t
i
ng
y
ou
a
ll
the

t
i
me
I
did.” She
ca
me
c
loser
to h
i
m.

“
No, no
p
robl
e
m
a
t
a
l
l
,
l
e
t’s
go
som
e
wh
e
r
e to
d
i
s
c
uss
that is
s
ue
a
g
a
i
n
.”
H
e
got con
f
used
a
nd stood up sudd
e
n
l
y
.

Alicia f
e
lt
b
a
d
on
his
response.
But
she
a
lso
st
o
od
up
a
nd follow
e
d
him
si
l
e
nt
l
y
.
Th
e
y  w
e
nt
to
a
publ
i
c
p
a
rk
a
nd Ed
w
in
pu
rc
h
a
s
e
d
somet
h
ing
to
ea
t
f
r
om
a
c
a
fé t
h
e
r
e
.
T
h
e
y s
a
t
on
a
b
e
n
c
h;
Ed
w
in
h
a
nd
e
d
the
ea
table to
Alicia
a
nd sta
r
ted
ea
t
i
ng
f
rom his one.

“
Hm?
W
h
a
t
w
e
re
y
ou
talking
a
bou
t
,
the
last
d
a
y
?
” Ed
w
in
a
sked
m
i
ss
i
ng h
e
r sight.

“
S
hou
l
d
I
r
e
p
e
a
t all
t
h
a
t ag
a
in
?
”
she
g
ot a li
t
t
l
e
s
u
rp
r
ised.