Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (48 page)

“
I
a
m
g
e
t
t
ing
sick
of
y
o
u
r
a
t
t
i
t
ud
e
!
You
ins
i
sted
me
to
take
y
o
u
h
e
r
e
.
Got
i
t
?
” he thr
e
w h
e
r on
the
b
e
d
a
nd
s
a
id
a
ggr
e
ss
i
v
e
l
y
.

“
W
h
a
t d
i
d
y
ou do to
m
e
?
”
she
d
oubted him.

“
W
h
a
t
?
W
h
a
t
did
I
do
t
o
y
ou
?
”
he
f
r
own
e
d
g
e
t
t
ing
hurt
a
t

h
e
r qu
e
st
i
on. “You doubt
me
A
l
i
c
ia
?
”
his voice
shatte
re
d.

“
Th
e
n
w
h
y
a
m
I
h
e
r
e
for
last
four
hours
?
”
she
got
a
look
of

the
wa
ll
c
lock
a
nd
a
sked
rud
e
l
y
,
g
e
t
t
ing ba
c
k to h
e
r s
e
nses.

“
You
a
sked
me
to
kiss
y
o
u,
I
did
that
f
o
r
y
ou.
Th
e
n
y
ou lost
y
our
c
ontrol
a
nd
kis
s
e
d
me
mad
l
y
,
y
ou
fo
r
ce
d
me
to kiss
y
ou
a
n
d
show
m
y
fe
e
l
i
ngs
in
r
e
turn.
I
did
th
a
t
for
y
ou. A
f
ter t
h
a
t
y
ou
a
sked
m
e
...” he
took
a
p
a
use,
e
n
gulf
e
d
his thro
a
t
a
nd
s
a
id
“
for
s
e
x,
I tried
to
r
e
fuse
with
a
ll
m
y
a
f
f
e
c
t
i
on
b
e
c
a
use
I
c
a
re
a
bout
y
ou
but
y
ou
push
e
d
me
a
w
a
y in r
e
sponse.”
H
e
said.

“
Oh!
W
ow!
N
o
w
Alic
i
a
W
ick
e
ts  will 
a
sk
y
ou
for
s
e
x? G
rea
t
!
”
she t
a
unted.

He s
a
w
h
e
r
for
a
f
e
w
mo
m
e
nts
then
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
“
I got
m
y h
a
nd
in
j
u
re
d
wh
e
n
y
ou
push
e
d
a
nd
thr
e
w me l
i
ke a used t
i
ssue
p
a
p
e
r,
to
the
m
i
r
r
o
r.” 
H
e
sho
w
e
d
h
is
in
j
u
re
d b
a
nd
a
g
e
d
h
a
nd.

“
You
did
not
c
a
re
a
nd
fe
ll
onto
the
b
e
d
to
sle
e
p.
S
t
i
ll
I
took o
f
f
y
our
shoes
a
nd
put
y
o
u
r
f
ee
t
on
the
b
e
d
.
” He
w
a
s g
r
iev
e
d.

“
Oh g
r
ea
t!
You
m
e
a
n
y
o
u
a
re
innoc
e
nt
e
nou
g
h to
st
a
y w
a
tching me
a
sl
e
e
p
a
nd
not
tried
to
do
a
n
y
th
i
ng
with
m
e
?
” she s
a
id b
i
t
t
e
r
l
y
.

“No,
I h
a
ve
fe
e
l
i
ngs
f
or
y
ou.
I found
h
a
rd
t
o
c
ontrol
m
y
s
e
lf..
.
”
b
e
fo
r
e
he
c
o
u
ld
s
a
y
a
n
y
th
i
ng
Alicia
in
t
e
r
r
upted g
e
t
t
ing off
f
rom the b
e
d.

“
W
h
a
t
?
You
c
ould
not
c
ontro
l
?
”
she
ca
me
n
ea
r
him
“
You r
a
s
ca
l
!
” she sl
a
p
p
e
d him
h
a
rd
l
y
.

Th
e
re
w
a
s
a si
l
e
n
c
e
for
a few mo
m
e
nts
a
nd
E
dwin
w
a
s
a
bsorbing the p
a
in of h
e
r
mad b
e
h
a
vior.

“
Th
a
t’s
w
h
y
I
st
a
y
e
d
d
ownstai
r
s
to
p
re
v
e
nt
m
y
s
e
lf
.
”
H
e

s
a
id wi
t
h te
a
r
f
ul
e
y
e
s and
le
f
t.

Alicia
stood
the
r
e
for
a
f
e
w
mo
m
e
nts,
th
i
nking
a
bout
h
i
s last wo
r
ds. Th
e
n she
f
ol
l
ow
e
d hi
m
.

“
D
r
op me to home.”
S
he
a
sked
Ed
w
in.

Ed
w
in w
a
lked to the do
o
r silent
l
y
a
nd she
follow
e
d hi
m
. Th
e
y
w
e
re on
the
w
a
y
a
n
d
Alicia
w
a
s
look
i
ng
out
of
the
ca
r

si
l
e
nt
l
y
.

“
How
is
y
our
ha
nd now
?
”
she
a
sked.

“
Un
c
le Fr
e
d
ri
c
k g
a
v
e
me
b
a
nd
a
id.”
H
e
a
ns
w
e
r
e
d.

“
Did Un
c
le F
r
e
d
c
ome
?
”
she
a
sked
turning to hi
m
.