Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (49 page)

“
Y
ea
h,
do
n
’t
wo
r
r
y he
d
id
not
know
a
bout
y
ou.
He
h
a
d
to pick his
c
ol
l
ea
gue
so he
l
e
ft soon.”
Ed
w
in
t
old he
r
.

“
And
w
h
a
t
did
y
ou
tell
him
a
bout
th
i
s
in
j
u
r
y
?
”
she
a
sked

c
u
r
ious
l
y
.

“
Made
a
l
a
me
e
x
c
use.” He
said.

Th
e
re
w
a
s a silen
c
e
a
g
a
in and th
e
y
r
e
ac
h
e
d
Alici
a
’s hom
e
.

Alicia
e
nt
e
r
e
d
t
h
e home
a
nd
Ed
w
in
ma
d
e his
ca
r
run on
the ro
a
d.

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

At
nigh
t
,
Alicia
k
e
pt
h
e
r
r
e
st
c
h
a
ir
n
e
a
r
the
wind
o
w.
I
t
w
a
s a full
moon
nigh
t
;
she
s
a
t
in
h
e
r
c
h
a
ir
a
nd
l
ost
in
h
e
r though
t
s, w
a
tching the b
ea
ut
i
ful moon.

“
S
hould
I h
a
v
e
to
r
e
buke
Ed
w
i
n
?
H
a
d
to
doubt
h
im
?
He
is
m
y on
l
y
c
lose
f
r
iend.
I
did
re
a
l
l
y
b
a
d
l
y to
h
i
m
.”
S
he though
t
.

“
W
h
a
t
I
’ve  done
to
E
d
win,  shows  that
I
’
d  not
gone
to

K
e
vin.” She f
r
o
wn
e
d.

“
But
I
c
a
n
’
t
e
v
e
n
th
i
nk
of
it
a
t
a
n
y
c
ost.
I
a
m
q
ui
t
e
sure
I w
a
s
the
r
e
.
I
h
a
d
s
e
e
n
st
r
a
nge
th
i
ngs
a
nd
ca
me
to
know
the hidden
m
y
s
t
e
r
y
that
no
o
ne
know
s
,
h
e
r
e
.
”
S
he
w
a
s r
e
c
a
l
l
ing the
s
ce
n
e
s
a
t
Time
S
t
a
t
i
on
a
nd
how
s
h
e
a
p
p
r
o
ac
h
e
d
to
S
h
a
k
e
spe
a
r
e
.

“Th
a
t
w
a
s
m
y
s
ec
ond
e
x
i
sten
ce
!
”
sudd
e
n
l
y
a
thought
stru
c
k

h
e
r mind.

“
I
f
I
w
e
nt
t
o
m
y
se
c
ond
e
xis
t
e
n
c
e
then
w
ho
w
a
s
l
y
ing
a
t
m
y

pla
c
e
in Edwin’s
r
oom
?
”
she
q
u
e
st
i
on
e
d h
e
r
s
e
lf.

“
Oh
y
e
a
h,
Ed
w
in  s
a
id  that
he
l
e
ft
me
in
the
room
a
nd st
a
y
e
d
downstai
r
s.
I
t
m
e
a
ns
h
e
did
not
know
I w
a
s
gon
e
.” something s
ee
med
r
e
a
s
o
n
a
ble.

Th
e
n the mo
m
e
nts,
she
spent with
K
e
vin,
fl
a
s
h
e
d through h
e
r mind.

“
Oh
God!
S
he
ca
ught
h
e
r
h
ea
d
a
s
she
r
e
me
m
b
e
r
e
d
the

mo
m
e
nt she slapp
e
d E
d
win qui
t
e
h
a
rd.

“
I
w
a
s
t
i
r
e
d
b
e
ca
use
I
w
a
s
making
love
with
K
e
vin,

mad
l
y
.”
S
he
r
e
p
e
n
t
e
d.

“
P
oor  Ed
w
in,
his
f
a
ult
is
noth
i
ng
e
x
ce
pt
of
b
e
ing
m
y f
r
iend.”
Alic
i
a
fe
lt
a
s
h
a
med.

“
Oh
no!
I
did
not
take
K
e
l
l
y out
of
the
t
i
me
g
a
l
ler
y
.
I
t
m
a
y be
c
onsid
e
r
e
d
the
vio
l
a
t
i
on
of rul
e
s
b
e
fo
r
e
the
Time K
ee
p
e
rs.”
S
he
le
f
t
the
re
st
c
h
a
ir
in
a
nxie
t
y
a
nd
stood
n
ea
r the
w
indow.

“
Umm
m
h… wh
a
t should
I
do n
o
w
?
”
she
beca
me
r
e
st
l
e
ss.
“
I
must
take
h
e
r out
o
f the
g
a
l
l
e
r
y
.”
S
he
s
a
id.

“
But
i
n th
i
s existen
ce
?
”
s
he
a
sked
h
e
rs
e
lf.