Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (17 page)

Ed
w
in
w
a
s
hop
e
ful
a
nd
made a
phone
c
all
to Alicia
for sha
r
ing
that good n
e
ws.

“
H
e
l
l
o Ed
w
in”
A
l
i
c
ia p
i
c
k
e
d up the
ca
l
l
.
“
Hi Alici
a
, how
a
re
y
ou
doin
g
?
”
he
a
sked.

“
I
’m
doing
good,
a
n
y
p
rog
re
ss
?
”
b
e
fo
r
e
Ed
w
in
c
ould
s
a
y

a
n
y
th
i
ng, Alicia
c
h
a
n
g
e
d
the topic.

“
C
e
rt
a
in
l
y
it
is,
I
ca
l
l
e
d
y
o
u
to
sha
r
e
some
good
n
e
ws.”
He

s
a
id, cont
r
ol
l
ing h
i
s emotions.

“
Did
y
ou
figu
r
e
d
something
ou
t
?
”
she
a
sked
b
ec
om
i
ng
a

l
i
t
t
le
e
x
c
i
t
e
d.

“
Y
e
s,
I
talk
e
d
to
m
y
m
a
te
r
n
a
l
Un
c
l
e
F
r
e
d
r
ick
a
bout
the
e
nt
i
re si
t
u
a
t
i
on.
He
s
a
id that
he
h
a
s
stu
d
ied
a
bout
ce
rt
a
in h
a
pp
e
nings
a
nd
to
l
d
me
that
the
si
t
u
a
t
i
on
is
not
a big shoc
k
ing
one
b
eca
use
it
h
a
pp
e
ns
with
ce
rt
a
in
p
e
ople.” He s
a
id.

“
R
ea
l
l
y
?
I
m
e
a
n he
b
e
l
ie
v
e
s on
a
ll
th
i
s
?
”
Alicia
h
e
si
t
a
ted.

“
W
e
l
l
, he
did not
talk a
lot
on th
i
s i
s
sue with
m
e but w
a
nted to
me
e
t
y
ou.
B
e
c
a
use
in
his
vi
e
w,
t
h
e
re
is
some
m
y
ste
r
y in i
t
,
that
shouldn’t
be sha
r
e
d
with
e
v
e
r
y
on
e
.
” He
u
r
g
e
d
Alicia to
m
ee
t h
i
m,
t
a
lk
i
ng th
i
s
w
a
y
.

“
Ed
w
in,
I
w
a
s
t
e
l
l
ing
y
o
u
that
I
h
a
ve
not
gone
in
s
a
n
e
.
I
w
a
s sure that
the
r
e
is
something
e
x
ce
pt
i
on
a
l.”
S
he
l
a
id
str
e
ss
to p
r
ove
h
e
rs
e
l
f,
“
W
h
e
n
ca
n
I
m
ee
t
Un
c
le
F
r
e
d
?
”
she nickn
a
med him.

“Un
c
le 
Fr
e
d
...
?
”  he  qu
e
st
i
on
e
d
hi
m
s
e
lf
but
c
ont
i
nu
e
d b
e
fo
r
e
Alicia
c
ould
fe
e
l
th
i
s.
“
…Y
ea
h,
h
e
will
c
ome to
m
o
r
row
in
t
he
e
v
e
ning
.
”

“
Ok
a
y
,
I
will
me
e
t h
i
m at
m
y
home.”
S
he
c
onfi
r
m
e
d.

“
M
a
y
I
a
lso
c
ome
with
hi
m
,
Ms.
W
ick
e
t
s
?
”
he
qu
e
st
i
on
e
d

h
e
si
t
a
t
i
ng
l
y
.

“
Oh
y
e
a
h,
sure
y
ou
a
re
a
lso
inv
i
ted
Mr.
Ed
w
in.”
S
he
te
a
s
e
d

f
r
iend
l
y
.

A
sm
i
le
spr
e
a
d
on
Ed
w
in’s
fa
c
e
on
h
e
r
c
om
me
nt
a
s
she

r
e
spond
e
d l
i
ke
that
a
ft
e
r
a
d
e
l
a
y
of
c
ouple of
d
a
y
s
.

“
S
o
kind
of
y
o
u
,
Ms.
W
ick
e
ts,
good
b
y
e
!
”
He
s
a
id

ple
a
s
a
nt
l
y
.

“
Good
b
y
e
,
Mr.
Ed
w
in.”
S
he
s
a
id
in
a
love
l
y
tone
a
nd

disconn
ec
ted the
ca
l
l
.

The
n
e
xt
d
a
y
b
e
fo
r
e
go
i
ng
to
the
c
ol
l
e
g
e
,
Alicia
to
l
d
h
e
r mo
t
h
e
r
a
bout
Mr.
F
r
e
d
r
ick
a
nd
s
a
id
that
she
h
a
s
to
talk something
r
e
g
a
rding
l
i
te
ra
ture  with
hi
m
.
This
e
x
c
use wo
r
k
e
d
b
e
c
a
use th
i
s
w
a
s
not
for
the
fi
r
st
t
i
me
t
h
a
t
Alicia inv
i
ted
someone to
discuss
l
i
te
ra
tur
e
.
Mrs.
W
i
c
k
e
ts
a
sked h
e
r
a
bout
the
menu
in t
h
e
dinner
a
nd
a
ft
e
r
that
she
le
f
t
for the
c
ol
l
e
g
e
.