Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (19 page)

soci
a
ble
p
e
rson,
b
e
si
d
e
s
he
ca
r
es
e
x
c
e
pt
i
on
a
l
l
y
a
bout
y
ou.

W
h
a
t
m
o
r
e
do
y
ou
e
x
p
e
c
t f
r
om a g
u
y
?
”
she
a
sked
Alici
a
.

“
I know
he
is
a
n
a
dm
i
rable
p
e
rson
but
ple
a
s
e
d
o
n
’
t
take
it that  w
a
y
Riha
n
a
.”
This  t
i
me
K
e
vin
fl
a
shed
t
h
rough
h
e
r m
i
nd whi
c
h made
h
e
r
f
e
e
l r
e
la
x
e
d to
r
e
je
c
t Edwi
n
.

“
C
a
n
’
t
y
ou
fe
e
l
something
in
his
wo
r
ds
for
y
o
u
?
Or
the w
a
y
h
e
looks 
a
t
y
ou?
He
loves
y
ou  la
d
y
!”
Rihana
laid str
e
ss.

“
M
a
y
b
e
,
but
I
don’t
th
i
nk
l
i
ke
th
i
s
a
bout
h
i
m
.”
S
he

a
nsw
e
r
e
d h
e
r.

“
I
ca
n
sum
up
a
ll
m
y
c
om
m
e
nts
just
in
a
sing
l
e
s
e
nten
c
e that
You
A
r
e a
F
ool
i
sh
G
ir
l
.”
S
he laid
str
e
ss
on
the
last
five wo
r
ds.

“
I
b
e
l
i
e
v
e
I
a
m.”
S
he
f
a
k
e
d
a
sm
i
le
to
Ri
h
a
na
while

th
i
nking of K
e
vin.

Rihana
took a sigh and smi
l
e
d.

“
S
o
r
r
y
,
I
got a bit
l
a
te.”
Ed
w
in c
a
me
a
nd
s
a
id.

“
No p
r
oblem,
w
e
w
e
r
e
t
a
lk
i
ng
a
bout
y
ou.”
Rihana
t
o
ld h
i
m.

“
S
o,
y
ou
p
e
ople
h
a
v
e
ut
i
l
iz
e
d
y
our
t
i
me
w
e
l
l
.”
Ed
w
in

bo
a
sted o
f
f
a
g
a
i
n
.

“
Ok
a
y
g
u
y
s
I
h
a
ve
to
g
o
now.”
Rihana
r
ea
d
a
t
e
xt
on
h
e
r

ce
ll
phone
a
nd s
a
id.

“
I
s eve
r
y
th
i
ng
fin
e
?
”
Al
i
c
ia
a
sked
c
u
r
ious
l
y
.

“
I
’ve got a d
a
t
e
la
d
y
.”
S
h
e
whisp
e
r
e
d in her
ea
r
a
n
d
stepp
e
d up.

“
This  is  just
3
r
d
of
F
e
b
ru
a
r
y
a
nd  she
’
s  got  a
d
a
te
?
”
he qu
e
st
i
on
e
d hi
m
s
e
lf
a
udib
l
y
“
S
o luc
k
y
!
”
he
a
d
d
e
d.

Alicia sta
re
d
a
t
him
b
eca
use Riha
n
a h
a
d
just
whisp
e
r
e
d
in h
e
r
e
a
r
a
nd
h
e
l
i
sten
e
d
a
l
l wh
a
t she s
a
id.

“
Now
tell
me
a
bout
Un
c
le
F
r
e
d,
a
nd
wh
e
n
will
h
e
c
ome
to

me
?
”
Alicia
c
h
a
ng
e
d the
top
i
c
.

“
W
e
l
l
…”
he
e
ngulf
e
d
s
a
l
iva
a
nd s
a
id “6
O
’
c
lock
.
”

“
I
th
i
nk
I
should
go
n
o
w”
Ed
w
in
s
a
id
turning
his
f
a
c
e
to

other
side.

“
But
w
h
y
?
A
r
e
y
ou
st
i
ll
e
s
ca
ping
f
rom
th
i
s
is
s
u
e
?
”
Alicia

f
r
own
e
d, q
u
e
st
i
oning h
i
m.

“
A
c
tual
l
y
…” he took
a p
a
us
e
,
turn
e
d
to
h
e
r
a
nd
s
a
id
“
Y
ou look so b
ea
ut
i
ful
i
n bla
c
k
.”
He
s
a
id s
t
a
ring
h
e
r
f
r
o
m he
a
d to toe.

Alicia
c
ould
not
turn
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
,
f
rom
his
fa
c
e
on
th
i
s
c
om
m
e
nt 
but 
then 
s
he 
sudd
e
n
l
y   st
a
rt
e
d 
s
ea
r
c
hing something
out
of
h
e
r
b
a
g
so
a
s
t
o
a
void
hi
m
.
Ed
w
in
p
a
ssed a
h
ea
rt tou
c
hing sm
i
le on
th
i
s a
c
t and l
e
ft si
l
e
nt
l
y
.

F
or the fi
r
st
t
i
m
e
, so
m
e
th
i
ng touch
e
d h
e
r h
ea
r
t
a
nd she not
i
ce
d
that
Ed
w
in
w
a
s
r
e
a
l
l
y a
h
a
nds
o
me
g
u
y
.
S
he
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
look
i
ng
his
si
l
k
y h
a
ir
g
e
t
t
ing
dis
t
u
r
b
e
d
with
t
h
e blow
of
a
i
r,
wh
e
n
he
le
f
t.
Th
e
n
she
thought
a
b
out
K
e
vin