Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (27 page)

“
But
one
th
i
ng
I
should
make
c
le
a
r
that
I
c
a
n
’
t
st
a
y
th
e
re for
mo
r
e
than
two
d
a
y
s
a
s 
y
ou
know
a
bout
m
y
r
out
i
ne h
e
r
e
.”
M
a
r
r
y
c
onfi
r
med
c
om
i
ng with condit
i
o
n
.

“
This
would
be
e
nough,
I
gu
e
ss,
r
a
ther
so
kind
of
y
ou,

Th
a
nks a
lo
t
.”
Mr. Fr
e
d
ri
c
k tha
n
k
e
d h
e
r.
“
Ok
a
y
, ta
k
e
c
a
r
e
, good
b
y
e
.
”
Ma
r
r
y
said.
“
Good
b
y
e
.”
He
said
a
nd
disconn
ec
ted the
ca
l
l
.

The
v
e
r
y
n
e
xt
m
oment he
to
l
d the
n
e
ws to Edwin.
J
ust a
f
ter
g
e
t
t
ing
t
he
n
e
ws, Ed
w
in
t
a
lked to Alici
a
.
“
H
e
l
l
o Alici
a
.”
He
c
a
l
l
e
d
h
e
r on
c
e
ll
phon
e
.

“
Hi
Ed,
how 
a
r
e
y
ou
d
oin
g
?
”
S
he
nickn
a
med
him
in
a

ple
a
sing w
a
y
.

“
Quite
we
l
l
,
a
bout
y
ou
?
”
he
a
sked,
ignoring h
e
r ton
e
.
“
Me too.”
S
he
said si
t
t
i
ng on the
re
st ch
a
ir.

“
I
w
a
nted
to
tell
y
ou
s
omething
that…”
b
e
fo
r
e
he
c
ould

p
rece
d
e
Alicia
in
t
e
r
rupt
e
d.

“
W
h
a
t w
e
re
y
ou doi
n
g
E
d
?
”
she
a
sked
soft
l
y
.

“
Oh,
nice
nick.”
Ed
w
in
e
nj
o
y
e
d
h
e
r
r
e
p
l
y
a
s
he
not
i
ce
d
the

nick this t
i
me.

“
You
know
Ed,
I
a
m
g
e
t
t
i
ng
sick
of
b
e
ing
m
y
s
e
lf
th
i
s
w
a
y
.
S
o
I w
a
nt
to
talk
a
bout
y
o
u,
a
bout
me
a
nd
a
bo
u
t
us.”
S
he w
a
s r
e
laxing
a
t
t
he
re
st
c
h
a
ir.

“
Ahh…”
h
e
took
a p
a
u
se
to
g
e
t
r
e
l
i
shed
a
nd
c
ont
i
nu
e
d,
“
This
is
so
nice to
h
ea
r
f
r
om
y
ou
Miss
Alici
a
.” He w
a
s finding h
a
rd to hide his d
e
l
i
ght.

“
W
i
l
l
y
ou
p
l
ea
se
do
me
a
f
a
v
o
r
,
Ed
?
”
she
a
sked
l
ike
a
l
i
t
t
le

girl.

“
A
n
y
th
i
ng
for
y
ou
m
y d
e
a
r.”
Ed
w
in
w
a
s
t
r
y
ing
to
l
a
y do
w
n b
e
fo
r
e
h
e
r.

“
M
a
y
I
c
a
ll
y
ou  K
e
vi
n
?
And
will 
y
ou
pl
e
a
se
n
a
me
me

K
e
l
l
y
?
”
S
he
r
e
qu
e
sted in
a
love
l
y
to
n
e
.

This
s
e
nten
c
e
pie
rce
d
t
h
rough
his
h
ea
rt,
a
nd
his
e
y
e
s
got te
a
r
f
ul.
Th
e
re
w
a
s a sile
n
c
e for
a
f
e
w moments.

“
Ed
w
in, Edwin
?
”
she s
a
id g
i
ving paus
e
s.

He
sipp
e
d
his
te
a
rs
a
nd
s
a
id
“
y
ou
a
re
w
r
ong
la
d
y
,
its
K
e
v
i
n

h
e
r
e
.”
And
c
hu
c
k
l
e
d.

“Oh
m
y
d
e
a
r
K
e
vin
y
ou
a
re so
love
l
y
,
I
lo
v
e
y
ou
so
much
!
”

she s
a
id gett
i
ng
d
ee
p
d
o
wn in
fee
l
i
ngs.

H
e
r
wo
r
ds
w
e
r
e
e
nough
to
ki
l
l
Ed
w
in,
but
h
e
w
a
s g
e
t
t
ing
c
onfus
e
d
e
i
t
h
e
r to
h
a
te
th
a
t
unse
e
n
K
e
vin
to
w
h
om
Alicia f
e
e
ls
l
i
ke  th
i
s
or  thank  him
for  blessing
Ed
w
in
with
a
c
h
a
n
c
e
to he
a
r t
h
e
se
d
e
s
i
r
e
d wo
r
ds.

“
I
a
m
f
a
l
l
e
n
to
the
lev
e
l
of
a
b
e
gg
a
r…”  He
t
hought
t
o hi
m
s
e
lf
a
nd sh
e
d te
a
rs silent
l
y
.