Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (59 page)

“
W
e
a
re
good,
h
e
y
!
wh
y
don’t
y
ou
go
for
s
k
a
t
i
ng
with

u
s
?
”
Alicia
a
sked.

“
W
i
t
h u
s
?
Or
with
t
h
e
m
?
”
He
got su
r
p
r
ised.

“
I
will
p
r
e
f
e
r
to
go
if
y
o
u
acc
om
p
a
n
y
us.”
Alic
i
a
s
a
id
with

a
c
onfus
e
d
a
t
t
i
t
ud
e
.

“
Oh
r
ea
l
l
y
!
S
o
y
ou
a
r
e
planning
to
go?
But
a
s
f
a
r
a
s
I r
e
memb
e
r,
y
ou
do
not know
skating.”
Ed
w
i
n
a
sked
in
a blend of
h
a
ppiness
a
nd
s
u
r
p
r
ise.

“
Y
ea
h,
I
don’t.
But
I
g
u
e
ss
y
ou
c
a
n
te
a
c
h
me
how
to
do that.”
Alicia
c
r
ac
k
e
d
a
no
t
h
e
r pl
ea
sing
s
ho
c
k
.

“
Y
ea
h
of
c
ours
e
,
w
h
y
not!”
He
s
a
id,
ac
ce
pt
i
ng
the

a
t
t
r
a
c
t
i
ve
pro
p
o
s
a
l
.

Ed
w
in
c
losed
the
book
a
nd
put
that in
t
o his
b
a
g
a
nd
th
e
y
a
ll w
a
lked
to
t
h
e
c
ol
l
e
g
e p
a
rking.
J
oh
a
n
a
nd
his
f
e
l
l
ows
w
e
r
e standing
in
the
p
a
rking
a
nd
it
s
ee
med
that
th
e
y w
e
re
a
lso with
an in
t
e
nt
i
on to
go
f
or skating.
Ed
w
in
c
l
e
n
c
h
e
d to
s
e
e him
a
nd
wish
e
d
that
they would
go
to
some
dif
f
e
r
e
nt
rink. Alicia
a
nd R
i
h
a
na
got E
d
win’s
fee
l
i
ng
a
nd
w
a
lked
to h
i
m.

“
G
u
y
’s
w
e
’ll
go
to
s
o
me
good
rink
w
h
e
re
w
e
ca
n
a
v
a
il good
skat
e
s
a
nd
w
h
e
re
Alicia
c
ould
l
e
a
rn
ea
si
l
y
.” Rihana tried
to c
a
tch
E
dwin
’
s
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on.

“
Oh,
y
ea
h, s
u
r
e
.”
Ed
w
in
nodd
e
d mov
i
ng tow
a
rd
h
is c
a
r.
“
S
o,
w
e
’ll
go
for
B
e
n
Bo
e
ke
I
c
e
A
r
e
n
a
.
Th
a
t
will
be
the

right pl
ac
e
f
or
us
.
”
Riha
n
a
sugg
e
sted.

“
Y
ea
h,
that
sounds
good
but
that’s
a
b
it
f
a
r
f
r
om
h
e
r
e
.”

Ed
w
in said aimed
a
t
t
a
k
i
ng sugg
e
st
i
on f
r
om Al
i
c
ia.

“
I
h
a
ve
no
is
s
ue
with
that
I
a
m
e
x
c
i
t
e
d
to
le
a
rn
skatin
g
.”

Alicia
c
onfi
r
med going.

“
Yipp
ee
!
F
inal
l
y
w
e
a
r
e
going
to
B
e
n
Bo
e
ke!”
Rihana

show
e
d h
e
r
e
x
c
i
t
e
ment
a
nd th
e
y
got
i
nto
t
he
c
a
r.

Ed
w
in
s
e
t
the
ca
r
on
w
a
y
a
nd
pl
a
y
e
d
song
tr
a
c
ks.
Th
e
y w
e
re  doing
fun,
c
r
ac
k
i
ng
jokes
a
nd
a
g
rea
t
goss
i
p
w
a
s the
re
.
Ed
w
in
a
nd
Rihana  laugh
e
d
a
nd
lau
g
h
e
d
upon l
i
stening
to
the
fun
n
y
e
v
e
n
t
s
f
r
om
Alicia
a
bout
his
F
a
the
r
’s
ea
t
i
ng h
a
bi
t
.

“
You
know,
one
d
a
y
m
y
f
a
th
e
r
w
e
nt
NJ
f
or
s
o
me
o
f
fi
c
i
a
l wo
r
k
a
nd
he
w
a
s
supp
o
s
e
d
to
supe
r
vise
the
a
r
r
a
ng
e
ments for
a
m
ee
t
i
ng.
The
C
EO
of
the
c
ompa
n
y
w
a
s
a
l
i
t
t
le fo
r
g
e
tful
a
nd
qui
t
e tal
k
a
t
i
ve p
e
rson,
a
l
t
hough
he
is
a g
rea
t g
u
y but
gives
e
xtra
e
xplan
a
t
i
on
for
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
a
nd
fo
r
g
e
ts
a
bout
the
t
i
m
e
.
As
that
w
a
s
a s
e
rious
m
e
e
t
i
ng,
he
a
sked f
a
ther
to
r
e
m
i
nd
him
a
s
the
me
e
t
i
ng
t
i
me
g
e
ts
ov
e
r.
B
y th
i
s, he me
a
nt
to
a
r
ra
n
g
e
a
b
u
zz
e
r
l
i
ke th
i
ng
or
some
kno
c
k
on the t
a
ble so that he
m
a
y
r
e
memb
e
r th
a
t
t
he
t
i
me is
ov
e
r.

On
the
d
a
y of
m
e
e
t
i
ng,
p
e
ople
g
a
the
r
e
d
a
nd
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng
w
a
s
a
r
ra
n
g
e
d 
e
xt
r
e
me
l
y  
w
e
l
l
. 
The 
me
e
t
i
ng 
st
a
r
t
e
d 
a
nd
e
v
e
r
y
th
i
ng 
w
a
s  going 
g
oo
d
, 
a
s  the
t
i
me
of
the
me
e
t
i
ng
a
ppro
a
c
h
e
d
to
e
nd
m
y  f
a
ther
g
a
ve
the
c
lue.
Y
ou
know how?
Ev
e
r
y
one
w
a
s
bu
s
y in
l
i
stening
to
the
C
E
O
a
nd
m
y f
a
ther
took  out
a
s
a
n
d
wi
c
h
f
r
om  his  po
c
k
e
t 
a
nd  sta
r
ted