Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (62 page)

Alicia got
out
of the
ca
r
a
nd
stepp
e
d
up
to
the
d
oor,
wh
e
n she
r
e
c
a
l
l
e
d
somethin
g
,
a
nd
turn
e
d
b
ac
k
to
s
a
y it
t
o
Ed
w
in. But
got
shoc
ke
d
to
s
e
e
t
he
s
a
me
smo
k
y
c
loud
a
nd
K
e
vin, ins
i
d
e
,
w
a
s
look
i
ng
g
r
ie
v
e
d
a
nd
a
sking
Alicia to
c
ome
n
ea
r, nodding
his
h
ea
d.
Alic
i
a
stepp
e
d
up
to
him
but
sudd
e
n
l
y she
got
s
tru
c
k
with
s
o
mething
a
nd
sque
e
z
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
in p
a
in.
As
she o
p
e
n
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s,
in
a
mo
m
e
nt,
it
w
a
s
Ed
w
in
in the
ca
r.

“
Alici
a
,
a
re
y
ou
o
k
a
y
?
”
he got
out
of the
c
a
r, in
a sudd
e
n
,
a
nd
ca
me to Alic
i
a
.

“Ed
w
in?
K
e
vi
n
?
No, Ed
w
in.”
Alicia whisp
e
r
e
d
n
e
rvous
l
y
, digesting the sudd
e
n
c
h
a
nge
in envi
r
onment.

Ed
w
in
e
ngulf
e
d
his
a
n
g
e
r
on
h
ea
ring
the
s
a
me
n
a
me

“
K
e
vin”
f
rom h
e
r, but d
i
d not show.

“
W
h
a
t
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d?
W
h
y did
y
ou
turn
b
ac
k
in
a
s
udd
e
n?
D
o
y
o
u
w
a
nt
to
s
a
y some
t
hin
g
?
”
Ed
w
in
made
a
thr
ea
d
of qu
e
st
i
ons.

“
No,
I
a
m…
o
k
a
y
.”
A
l
i
c
ia
b
r
ok
e
n
the
s
e
nte
n
c
e
in
h
e
r
c
onfusion
but
w
a
nted to
tell
Ed
w
i
n
wh
a
t
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
to
h
e
r that v
e
r
y
mo
m
e
nt.

“
I
ho
p
e
,
y
ou
a
r
e
…
now
just
go
in
a
nd
take
some
r
e
st.”

Ed
w
in said, w
a
tching in
h
e
r
e
y
e
s.

“
Ed
w
in,
pl
e
a
se
t
a
ke
m
e
to
y
o
u
r home.
I
will
die
in
a
ll
th
i
s
c
onfusion,
but
I
a
m
sure
that
the
r
e
is
some
r
e
a
l
i
t
y
h
a
nging in betw
ee
n these
h
a
pp
e
n
i
ngs
.
”
Alicia
a
l
m
ost beg
g
e
d hi
m
.

“
H
e
y
b
a
b
y
,
y
ou
a
re
b
a
c
k
?
”
Mrs.
W
ick
e
ts
s
a
id
in
surp
r
ise,
c
om
i
ng out of the hous
e
.

“
Oh
y
e
a
h
Mom,
ac
tua
l
l
y  I 
ca
m
e
b
ac
k
a
sking
y
ou
that should
I
go
for
s
k
a
t
i
ng
with
Ed
w
i
n
?
”
Alicia
tri
e
d
to
w
ra
p up h
e
r
e
a
r
l
y
a
pp
e
a
r
a
n
c
e
i
n
a
n
e
x
c
use.

“
W
h
a
t
?
You
a
nd
‘Skat
i
ng’
?
”
Mrs.
W
ick
e
ts
g
o
t
ple
a
s
e
d

l
i
stening to h
e
r
w
o
r
ds.

“Y
ea
h,
for
the
p
l
ea
s
u
r
e
of
m
y
f
r
iends
I
w
a
nt
to
t
r
y
i
t.
”

Alicia
f
latte
re
d.

“
Th
a
t’s
p
re
t
t
y
good
c
h
a
nge
in
m
y
‘
O
ld
S
oul’.
W
e
l
l
,
I
a
m going
to
a
t
t
e
nd
a
n
o
f
fi
c
ial
me
e
t
i
ng
with
y
our D
a
d.
S
e
e
y
ou in
t
he
e
v
e
ning.”
Mrs.
W
ick
e
ts w
e
nt
t
o h
e
r
ca
r
s
a
y
i
ng th
i
s.

“
Ok
a
y
Mom,
S
e
e
y
a
w
!
”
Sa
y
i
n
g th
i
s, Ali
c
ia got in
t
o the
ca
r.

“
W
e
l
l
,
m
a
y
I
kn
o
w
w
h
a
t
a
re
y
ou
up
t
o
?
”
Ed
w
in
a
sked,

g
e
t
t
ing
i
n to
t
he
ca
r.

“
W
e
a
re
r
e
a
l
l
y
going
to
y
our
home
without
a
n
y
e
x
c
use.”

Alicia
got a bit so
r
e
th
i
s t
i
me.

“
But
I
ca
n
’
t
gu
a
r
a
nt
e
e
wh
e
ther
y
ou’d
b
e
g
o
od
to
me r
e
ac
hi
n
g
the
r
e or not.” Ed
w
in
nodd
e
d
in
a
m
b
igu
i
t
y
,
sta
r
t
i
ng the
ca
r.