Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (26 page)

“
OM
G
! T
h
a
t
sounds
d
a
ng
e
rous.
W
e h
a
v
e to
man
a
ge something
for it
b
e
fo
r
e she g
e
ts
h
a
rm
e
d.” Ed
w
i
n
show
e
d wh
a
t he
wa
s
f
e
e
l
i
ng inside,
a
t
l
a
st.

“
Y
e
s
I
know
a
wom
a
n
who
d
ea
ls
with
such
ca
s
e
s.
H
e
r n
a
me
is
Ma
r
r
y
L
inda.
S
ome
of
m
y 
p
a
t
i
e
nts
h
a
d
the influ
e
n
c
e 
o
f  bl
a
c
k
ma
g
ic
a
nd
I
r
e
fer
re
d
them
to
Ma
r
r
y
L
inda
a
nd
n
ine
t
y
p
e
r
ce
nt
of
them got w
e
l
l
.”
He
s
u
gg
e
sted.

“
But
ple
a
se
make
it
sure
that
a
n
y such
ac
t
i
vi
t
y
would
not h
a
rm
A
l
i
c
ia.”
E
d
wi
n
,
a
l
mos
t
, w
a
rn
e
d hi
m
.

“
Don
’
t
y
ou
wo
r
r
y
m
y s
o
n,
but
the
on
l
y
p
roblem
is
that
she l
i
v
e
s
out
of
station
a
nd
it
will
take t
i
me
to
c
onvi
n
c
e h
e
r
f
o
r
c
om
i
ng h
e
r
e
.”
M
r.
F
r
e
d
r
i
c
k show
e
d got wo
r
ri
e
d.

“
Now
th
i
s
is
up to
y
ou
to
u
r
ge
h
e
r.” Ed
w
i
n
,
a
l
m
ost,
ple
a
d
e
d but
ins
i
de he w
a
s
g
e
t
t
ing
c
onfus
e
d
b
e
c
a
use
h
e did
not b
e
l
i
e
ve
on bla
c
k
m
a
gic.

St
r
ange
Hap
p
eni
n
gs

T
he
n
e
xt
d
a
y Mr.
F
r
e
d
r
ick
ca
l
l
e
d
Ma
r
r
y
L
in
d
a
a
nd
talk
e
d h
e
r
a
bout Al
i
c
ia.

“
Mr.
F
r
e
d
r
ick
I
will
d
ec
i
de
to
h
a
ndle
the
ca
se
a
f
t
e
r
g
e
t
t
ing to know the situ
a
t
i
on of
that
la
d
y
.
”
Ma
r
r
y
said.

“
I
talk
e
d
to
h
e
r
m
y
s
e
l
f
b
ut
it
s
ee
ms
c
om
p
l
ic
a
ted.”
Mr.
F
r
e
d

s
a
id.

“
A
r
e
y
ou
sure
that
she
is
not
h
a
ving
a p
s
y
c
hia
t
ric is
s
u
e
? B
eca
use
it
m
a
y 
h
a
rm
h
e
r
if
I
’ll
t
r
y  to
do
t
h
e
magi
ca
l the
ra
p
y for
a
dis
e
a
se
that
c
ould
b
e
c
u
re
d
through medi
ca
t
i
on.”
Ma
r
r
y
tried
to con
f
irm.

“
I
a
m
o
n
e
hund
re
d
p
e
r
c
e
nt
sure
M
a
r
r
y
.
But
y
ou
h
a
ve
to
do

me a
fa
v
o
r in this r
e
g
a
rd
.
”
Mr. Fr
e
d
r
e
qu
e
sted.
“
L
i
k
e
wh
a
t
?
”
she
a
sked.

“
You
’
ll
h
a
ve
to
c
ome
h
e
re b
e
c
a
use
w
e
don’t
w
a
n
t
to
let
h
e
r know
a
bout
w
h
a
t
y
ou
re
a
l
l
y
a
r
e
,
othe
r
wise
she
w
on’t
let
us do
a
n
y
th
i
ng
a
nd
I
’
v
e
to
do
it
for
h
e
r
b
e
c
a
use
m
y
n
e
ph
e
w loves h
e
r int
e
nse
l
y
.”
Mr.
F
r
e
d tri
e
d to sum up
t
he
si
t
u
a
t
i
on.

“
W
e
l
l
,
it
is
qu
i
te
dif
f
icult
but
I
a
m
going
to
ma
n
a
ge
if
for
y
o
u
a
s
y
ou
h
a
v
e
h
e
lped
me
a
lot
of
t
i
mes
in
a
n
umber of w
a
y
s.” She
w
a
s thank
f
ul.

“
Th
a
nks
y
ou so mu
c
h.”
Mr. Fr
e
d
r
ick b
e
ca
me
h
a
pp
y
.