Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (52 page)

“
L
ook
h
e
r
e
, Ed
?
”
s
h
e
said p
a
t
t
ing
his
s
houlde
r
. Ed
w
in
t
u
r
n
e
d his f
a
c
e
to
h
e
r
a
t
l
a
st.

“
On
l
y
y
ou
a
r
e
m
y f
r
ie
n
d.
I
’
v
e
no
one
e
x
ce
pt
y
ou.
P
le
a
se fo
r
give
me
for
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
n
g
I did
w
r
ong
to
y
ou.
I
r
ea
l
l
y
don’t know
w
h
y 
I
’
v
e
sta
r
ted
ac
t
i
ng
wild
l
y
.
I
’m
a
l
s
o
wo
r
ri
e
d
a
bout
i
t
.”
S
he
tr
i
e
d
to
m
a
ke
him
a
w
a
r
e
a
bout
h
e
r
p
r
oblem,
a
s she n
e
v
e
r h
a
d
b
ee
n r
u
de
e
nough.

“
But wh
a
t
i
s
m
y
fa
ult
in
a
ll
th
i
s
?
”
he
a
sked
s
a
d
l
y
.

“
Your
f
a
ult  is  noth
i
ng  Ed,  i
t
’s
a
ll 
m
y
m
i
stake
that
I
’m und
e
r
the
influ
e
n
c
e
of
c
e
rt
a
in
th
i
ngs
that
nobody knows. K
ee
ping
that
a
s
i
d
e
,
I
ou
g
ht
to
v
a
lue
y
ou
for
b
e
ing
wh
a
t
y
ou
a
re
to
m
e
.”
S
he
a
dm
i
t
t
e
d h
e
r mis
t
a
k
e
s.

“
You
know
wh
a
t?
A
f
ter
a
v
e
r
y long
t
i
me
in
m
y
l
i
f
e
,
I
’m m
i
ss
i
ng
m
y p
a
r
e
nts.
I
c
ould’ve
hidden
m
y
s
e
lf
in
m
y mo
t
h
e
r
’
s
lap
or
c
ould’
v
e
c
uddled
m
y f
a
th
e
r
to
sha
r
e
m
y g
r
ie
f
.”
He
took
a
sigh
a
n
d
c
ont
i
nu
e
d
“
Un
c
le
F
r
e
d
ri
c
k loves me
a
l
o
t
but
he
ca
n
n
e
v
e
r
be
m
y
p
a
r
e
nt
a
nd
I
a
lso
don’t w
a
nt
to
dis
t
u
r
b
him
for
m
y is
s
u
e
s.
Now
i
t
’s
o
n
l
y
I
who
c
ould
l
is
t
e
n to
m
y
s
o
r
r
o
w
s and
p
a
ins.”
H
e
s
a
id
i
n gri
e
f.

F
or
the
fi
r
st
t
i
m
e
,
Alic
i
a
s
a
w
Ed
w
in
l
ik
e
th
i
s
a
nd
f
e
lt
his p
a
in
of
b
e
ing
a
ll
a
lone.
S
he
f
e
lt
a
sha
m
e
d
a
nd
s
a
d
on
h
e
r p
a
st beh
a
vior.

“
Ed
w
in
I
ca
n
un
d
e
rst
a
nd
y
o
u
but
I
a
m
now.
I
a
lso
w
a
nt
y
ou to
b
e
l
i
e
ve me
.
”
S
he to
o
k
his
h
a
nd
a
nd
p
re
s
s
e
d
it
on
h
e
r
c
h
ee
ks.

“
Give
me
some
t
i
me;
I
’
l
l
t
r
y
to
w
a
lk
with
y
ou
a
s
soon
a
s

poss
i
ble.”
He
said sh
a
ring h
e
r g
r
ie
f
.

Alicia
made
h
e
rs
e
lf
r
e
st
a
g
a
inst
his
c
h
e
st.
Ed
w
in
sm
i
led
a
t last.

“
But
I
’m not
K
e
vi
n
.”
He
a
la
r
med h
e
r, sudd
e
n
l
y
a
n
d sa
d
l
y
.
“
I
know
y
ou
a
re
r
ea
l.” S
h
e
sm
i
led.

Ed
w
in f
e
lt
re
la
x
e
d to s
e
e
h
e
r, sho
w
ing a
f
f
e
c
t
i
on
f
o
r him.

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

I
n
the
e
v
e
ning
Ed
w
in
thought
a
bout
Un
c
le
F
r
e
d
r
i
c
k
a
nd
g
o
t wo
r
ri
e
d
a
bout h
i
m.

“
Un
c
le
F
r
e
d
r
i
c
k
should
’
ve
r
e
turn
e
d
now.
He
did
not
e
v
e
n make
a
c
a
ll
to
m
e
since
h
e
le
f
t.”

Thinking th
i
s he
d
ial
e
d his numbe
r
.

“
The
numb
e
r
y
ou’
v
e
d
ial
e
d
ca
n
not
be
r
e
c
o
gni
z
e
d.”
He

l
i
sten
e
d to a
rec
o
rd
e
d s
er
vice
mess
a
g
e
.

“
I
th
i
nk
I
’ve
d
i
a
led
w
r
o
n
g
numbe
r
.”
H
e
thought
a
nd
dial
e
d

a
g
a
in.

“
The
num
b
e
r
y
o
u
’ve
d
i
a
led
ca
nnot
be
re
c
ogni
z
e
d.”
He
got the s
a
me
re
spon
s
e
a
g
a
in.

“
How
c
ould
i
t be po
s
sib
l
e
?
”
he
f
ro
w
n
e
d in anxi
e
t
y
.

He
switch
e
d
on
his
lap
t
op
a
nd
op
e
n
e
d
the
s
a
v
e
d
c
onta
c
t
s r
e
c
o
r
d.