Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (29 page)

Mr.
F
r
e
d
’
s
e
y
e
s
a
lso
g
ot
te
a
r
f
ul
on
his
made
love
a
nd

h
e
lp
l
e
ssness.

“
Hold
y
our
s
e
lf
m
y son,
e
v
e
r
y
t
h
ing
is
going
to
b
e
a
lright, soo
n
.”
He
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
p
a
t
t
ing h
i
m.

Ed
w
in w
a
s ju
s
t w
ee
ping
in r
e
sponse.

“
You
know,
I
don’t
h
a
ve
m
y
p
a
r
e
nts…”
he
c
los
e
d
his
e
y
e
s t
i
ght
l
y
a
nd
p
a
inful
l
y
a
nd
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
w
ee
ping.
“
I
on
l
y
h
a
ve Alici
a
…
Now s
h
e is
a
l
s
o
going
f
a
r
f
r
om
m
e
…”
he sobb
e
d
“
Am
I
such
a
b
a
d
g
u
y
?
”
he
loose
n
e
d
his
g
ra
sp
a
nd
a
sked h
e
lp
l
e
ss
l
y
.

“
S
sshh
h
!
don’t
s
a
y l
i
ke
th
i
s.
You
a
re
a
v
e
r
y go
o
d
p
e
rson. And  don’t  wo
r
r
y
m
y
l
ov
e
;
I
a
m
with
y
ou  in
th
i
s  fig
h
t
a
g
a
inst
a
n
y
th
i
ng
that
ta
k
e
s
Alicia
a
w
a
y f
r
om
y
ou
.
”
He
tried to console
Ed
w
in.

“
I
’ll
s
e
r
v
e
y
ou
the
r
e
st
o
f
m
y
l
if
e
in
r
e
turn.”
H
e
c
ontroll
e
d

hi
m
s
e
lf
a
nd s
a
id
l
ike a
fa
int
g
u
y
.

“
Oh
J
e
sus! Now
c
ome
w
i
t
h me, let’s h
a
ve
dinne
r
.
You did not
h
a
ve
tak
e
n m
e
a
ls
y
e
t
.
” He
tried
to d
i
v
e
rt his attention.

“
S
o
r
r
y
u
n
c
le
but
I
ca
n
’t
take
e
v
e
n
a
sip
y
e
t.”
H
e
stood
u
p

a
nd w
e
nt
t
o the
w
indow.

“No,
no!
Not
a
t
a
l
l
.”
M
r.
F
r
e
d
r
ick
c
o
a
x
e
d.
“
O
k
a
y
y
o
ung man
if
y
ou
h
a
ve
d
ec
id
e
d
for
a
food
stri
k
e
let
m
e
jo
i
n
y
ou for
i
t
.”
H
e
s
a
id
a
s
he
d
i
d
not
found
r
e
spon
s
e
f
r
om
Ed
w
in
a
nd le
f
t
t
he
r
oom.

Mr.
F
r
e
d
r
ick
w
a
s
a dia
b
e
t
i
c
p
a
t
i
e
nt;
s
o
Ed
w
in
h
a
d
to
go
for hi
m
.
He p
re
p
a
r
e
d
the
di
n
ing
a
nd
w
e
nt
to
F
r
e
d
r
ick
’
s
room
to
ca
ll
him
for  the
dinn
e
r.
Mr.
F
r
e
d
f
e
lt
ple
a
s
e
d
on
his
c
our
a
g
e
.

“
You
h
a
v
e
to  mak
e
,
a
t  le
a
st,
y
ours
e
lf  stron
g
;
othe
r
wise
y
o
u
’
ll
lose
the
w
a
r
,
m
e
re
l
y
,
in
t
he
sta
r
t.
I
know it
i
s dif
f
icult but
it
w
i
ll
sur
e
l
y b
r
ing
f
ruit
for
y
ou.”
He
c
ont
i
n
u
e
d
s
a
y
ing t
i
ll
reac
hing
t
he
dinn
i
ng.

Ed
w
in
nodd
e
d
a
nd
f
a
k
e
d
a
sm
i
le
then
th
e
y
s
a
t
on
their
c
h
a
irs
a
nd st
a
rt
e
d dinne
r
.

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

Alicia
w
a
s s
i
t
t
ing s
i
lent
a
ft
e
r the
c
l
a
ss wh
e
n Ed
w
i
n met h
e
r. “Alici
a
…”
H
e
tried
to
m
a
ke
h
e
r kn
o
wn
a
bout h
i
s
p
re
s
e
n
c
e
.
“
Oh… it’s
y
ou. Come, s
i
t he
re
.”
S
he
s
a
id.

“
Did
y
ou
go
to
m
e
e
t
K
e
v
i
n
?
”
He
c
rus
h
e
d
the
wo
r
d
“
K
e
vin”

but d
i
d not
l
e
t Al
i
c
ia know
a
bout
t
h
a
t.

“
No, he
did not
me
e
t
m
e
.
”
S
he
took a sigh and s
a
i
d.

“
W
h
a
t
ca
n
be
the
r
ea
son
b
e
hind
?
”
He
a
sked
with
o
ut
taking in
t
e
r
e
st.

“
I
don’t
know.
This
th
i
ng
is
ki
l
l
i
ng
me
in
s
ide.
I
w
a
nt
to
talk

to h
i
m Ed.”
S
he
said h
e
lp
l
e
ss
l
y
.

“
I
’ve
n
e
ws
f
rom
U
n
c
le
F
r
e
d
r
ick
.
”
He
said.