Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (21 page)

“
Good
e
v
e
ning
S
ir,
G
ood
e
v
e
ning
Ma
’a
m.”
The
door

k
ee
p
e
r
g
re
e
ted th
e
m as t
h
e
y
e
nte
r
e
d the v
e
n
u
e
.

Th
a
t
w
a
s
the
o
f
fi
c
ial
c
e
remo
n
y
a
r
r
a
ng
e
d
b
y the
c
o
mpa
n
y in whi
c
h K
e
vin
Conr
o
y
w
a
s
a
n
e
mp
l
o
y
e
e
.

“
W
h
a
t a g
ra
nd f
u
n
c
t
i
on it
i
s
!
”
K
e
l
l
y
a
dm
i
r
e
d.

“
Your
husb
a
nd
is
one
of
the
r
e
a
sons
that
th
i
s
g
ra
n
d
e
v
e
nt
is

a
r
ra
n
g
e
d
fo
r
.
”
K
e
vin sp
o
ke
tend
e
r
l
y
bo
a
st
i
ng hi
m
s
e
lf.

“
Oh
r
e
a
l
l
y
?
”
K
e
l
l
y
f
e
lt
d
e
l
i
ghted.

“Good
e
v
e
ning
Mr.
Conr
o
y
.
”
A r
e
sp
e
c
table
a
g
e
d
p
e
rso
n
, f
r
om
t
he bo
a
rds
o
f di
rec
t
o
r
s
, g
ree
ted
K
e
vin.

“
Good
e
v
e
ning Mr.
J
e
r
o
me.”
He
g
r
ee
ted him b
a
c
k.
“
Good
e
v
e
ning Mrs. Co
n
r
o
y
.
”
Mr.
J
e
rome
gre
e
ted
K
e
l
l
y
.
“
Good
e
v
e
ning
S
ir.”
S
he
r
e
spond
e
d ni
c
e
l
y
.

“
W
e
l
l
,
nice to
me
e
t
y
ou
Mrs.
Conr
o
y
.
I
’
v
e l
i
st
e
n
e
d
a
lot
a
bout
y
ou
f
rom th
i
s
g
rea
t
g
u
y
.” Mr.
J
e
rome
nodd
e
d
at
K
e
vin.

“
S
o
r
r
y to
in
t
e
r
r
upt
but
y
ou
a
re
not
the
on
l
y on
e
,
I
a
lso
h
a
ve h
ea
rd
a
bout
Mrs.
Conr
o
y
a
nd
h
a
d
a
g
rea
t
wish
t
o me
e
t
y
ou some
w
h
e
r
e
.
”
A l
a
d
y
in
te
r
r
upted in a
f
ri
e
nd
l
y
ton
e
.

“
Oh
Mrs.
Con
r
o
y
,
me
e
t
th
i
s
b
ea
ut
i
ful
la
d
y
,
m
y wif
e
.”
M
r.
J
e
rome
in
t
roduc
e
d
his
wife
c
ir
c
l
i
ng
his
a
rm
a
round
h
e
r w
a
is
t
.

“
Ni
c
e
to
me
e
t
y
ou
M
rs. J
e
rom
e
.”
K
e
l
l
y
sm
i
led.

“
K
e
l
l
y
,
Mr.
J
e
rome is
a
memb
e
r of
the
b
o
a
rd
o
f
dir
ec
tors
in our
c
ompa
n
y
.”
K
e
vin
i
ntrodu
ce
d
K
e
l
l
y
to Mr.
J
e
r
ome.

“
Ni
c
e
to
me
e
t
y
ou
S
ir.”
K
e
l
l
y
sm
i
led.

“
H
a
ve
a
d
r
ink,
p
l
ea
s
e
.
”
Mr.
J
e
rome
dir
ec
ted
the
s
e
rv
a
nt
to

s
e
rve
them with drink.

K
e
vin
a
nd
K
e
l
l
y p
i
c
k
e
d
up
the
glass
e
s
a
nd
th
a
nk
e
d
Mr.
J
e
rom
e
.

“
W
e
l
l
,
e
nj
o
y the
p
a
r
t
y
.
”
Mr.
J
e
rome
p
r
opos
e
d
a
toast
to them
a
nd le
f
t
to
m
ee
t
t
he
other
gu
e
st
s
,
with h
i
s wif
e
.

A
f
ter hi
m
,
a
f
e
w
m
o
r
e
c
ouples
met
them
a
nd
sp
o
ke
high
l
y
a
bout K
e
l
l
y
a
nd to
l
d that K
e
vin alw
a
y
s
used
to
a
d
m
i
re
h
e
r.

L
is
t
e
ning
to
the
c
o
m
ments
of
K
e
vin’s
c
ol
l
ea
gu
e
s,   a
c
onst
a
nt
blushing
sm
i
le spr
ea
d
on
h
e
r
f
a
c
e
a
n
d she
w
a
s
a
bsorbing
K
e
vin
through
the
w
a
y she
w
a
s
look
i
ng
a
t
h
i
m, with all her
love.

“
Mrs.
Conr
o
y ple
a
s
e
h
a
v
e
a
me
r
c
y on
me.
Don
’
t
ta
r
g
e
t
m
y h
ea
rt
a
g
a
in
a
nd
a
g
a
in
with
y
our
ki
l
ler
e
y
e
s
.
”
K
e
vin
spoke tend
e
r
l
y
while sipping.

K
e
l
l
y
sm
i
led
w
i
d
e
l
y
on
h
is comm
e
nt and the
a
nn
o
un
ce
ment
ca
ught
t
h
e
ir
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on.

“
L
a
dies
a
nd
g
e
n
t
le
m
e
n!
The
mo
s
t
a
w
a
i
t
e
d
mo
m
e
nt
of

tod
a
y
’s 
ce
r
e
mo
n
y
h
a
s 
c
ome 
wh
e
n 
we 
a
re 
a
bout 
to