Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (15 page)

“
No,
no
I
m
ea
n
a
r
e
y
ou
st
i
ll
with
a
b
e
l
i
e
ve
that
y
ou
wh
e
re the
r
e
in r
e
a
l
?
”
he
w
a
s talking no
r
mal
l
y
.

“
Y
e
s
I
do
.
”
Alicia
f
e
lt
his c
a
r
e
l
e
ss beh
a
vior.

“
W
i
l
l
y
ou
ple
a
se
e
xpla
i
n
it
to
me
that
how
c
ould
it
b
e

poss
i
bl
e
?
I
me
a
n, just c
o
nvince
me.”
Ed
w
in
p
ro
p
osed.

Alicia
gr
a
sped
his hand
a
nd s
a
id “
ca
n
y
ou
f
e
e
l
t
hi
s
?
”

“
W
e
l
l
,
th
i
s
is
r
e
a
l.
You
a
re
b
e
fo
r
e
me
a
nd
I
ca
n
s
e
e
th
i
s.”

Ed
w
in
tried
to h
i
de
his
c
onfusion.

Th
e
n
she s
e
t
his
h
a
nd
f
r
e
e
a
nd
a
s
k
e
d
“
N
o
w give
me
prove that
I
h
eld
y
o
u
r h
a
nd
.
”

“This
is
si
l
l
y Alici
a
;
y
ou
h
a
ve
c
om
m
a
nd
in
log
i
c
c
re
a
t
i
on. But
th
i
s
is
not
a
v
a
l
i
d
o
n
e
,
the
ac
t
y
ou
just
m
a
de
ca
n
b
e s
ee
n
b
y
a
n
y
one
but
a
st
o
r
y
that
y
ou
tell
me
a
ft
e
r
w
a
king
up f
r
om
a
d
rea
m
is
just
a
ll
a
bout
y
our
p
e
r
c
e
pt
i
on.
T
h
e
re is
no p
r
oof
for
t
h
a
t,
i
t
’s
s
e
r
i
ous
l
y i
l
log
i
ca
l.”
Ed
w
in
p
r
otest
e
d soft
l
y
.

“
But
I s
w
ea
r
that
is
r
ea
l
on
e
!
The
s
c
e
n
a
rio
h
a
s
t
a
k
e
n
pla
c
e without
a me
a
ningful
e
x
i
s
ten
ce
.”
S
he to
u
c
h
e
d
h
e
r
thro
a
t
to sw
ea
r.

“
W
h
a
t
?
W
i
t
ho
u
t
a me
a
n
i
ngful
e
xis
t
e
n
ce
?
righ
t
?
” he t
r
ied to make
h
e
r
a
w
a
re
of
h
e
r
wo
r
ds
“
This
is
wh
a
t
I
a
m
tell
i
n
g
y
o
u,
it
did
not
g
e
t
a d
a
mn
r
e
a
l
e
xis
t
e
n
c
e
.
This
is
something in
y
our
m
i
nd
a
nd
nowh
e
re
e
lse
.
”
Ed
w
in
got
s
e
rious
l
y wo
r
ri
e
d
a
bout
h
e
r m
e
ntal
c
ondi
t
ion.

“Ed
w
in
b
e
l
i
e
ve
me
pl
e
a
s
e
!
I
t
is
r
e
a
l
but
som
e
w
h
e
re
e
l
s
e
,

wh
e
re
I
c
ould f
e
e
l
i
t cl
e
a
r
l
y
.”
S
he
f
e
lt
h
e
lp
l
e
ss.
“
W
h
a
t could
y
ou
f
ee
l c
l
e
a
r
l
y
?
”
E
d
win
a
sked.

“
K
e
vin,
I
m
e
a
n
the
p
e
r
s
on
I
w
a
s
with,
in
the
bus
a
nd
lat
e
r in
a
b
e
a
ut
i
ful
hous
e
….”
she
w
a
s
a
bout
to
s
a
y
s
omething more while
Ed
w
in
in
t
e
r
rupt
e
d
b
e
ca
u
s
e
he
did
not
h
a
d
a stamina
to he
a
r som
e
one
e
lse th
a
n him
in Al
i
c
ia
’
s
l
i
f
e
.

“
W
h
a
t
the
h
e
ll
a
re we
t
a
lk
i
ng
a
bout,
i
t
’s
r
e
a
l,
i
t
’
s
not,
i
t
’
s log
i
ca
l,
a
nd
i
t
’s
not.
I
me
a
n,
wh
a
t
is
th
i
s
non
s
e
nse?
J
u
s
t take
y
o
u
rs
e
lf
out
of the s
c
ripts
that
y
ou
use to
w
r
i
t
e for
the fi
c
t
i
ons.
I
t
’s
spoil
i
ng
y
our m
i
nd
b
a
d
l
y
.
”
Ed
w
i
n
lost
his temp
e
r.

Alicia
sta
r
ted sobbing.

“
Oh
M
y God!
But
I
’
m
…”
he
took
a
little
p
a
u
se
“
…not sor
r
y th
i
s
t
i
me.
B
eca
use
I
’m
just
t
r
y
ing
to
tell
y
o
u
wh
a
t
i
s right.” He stood
up
f
r
o
m
the b
e
n
c
h
a
nd
sta
r
t
e
d
ru
b
bing fing
e
rs on
his
fo
re
h
ea
d
.
Th
e
n
he turn
e
d
b
ac
k
to
Alicia
“
B
a
b
y
,
now
y
ou
should
t
r
y to
und
e
rs
t
a
nd
me.
I
a
m
just figu
r
ing
some
w
a
y out
to
s
e
t
y
ours
e
lf
f
r
e
e
f
rom
a
ll
th
i
s.”
He
ca
ught
h
e
r
b
y
the
shoul
d
e
rs
a
nd
je
r
k
e
d
a
s
to
take
h
e
r
b
ac
k to
t
he
wo
r
ld.

Alicia w
e
nt
on
shed
d
ing
te
a
r
s
.
Ed
w
in
pul
l
e
d
h
e
r up
a
nd
c
uddled h
e
r b
e
ca
use
h
e
c
ould
not
s
e
e h
e
r in
a d
e
p
r
ived
c
ondi
t
ion.