Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (10 page)

S
he
c
losed
h
e
r
e
y
e
s
a
g
a
in.
Ev
e
r
y
o
n
e
w
a
s
out
of tension
e
x
ce
pt
Ed
w
in
b
e
ca
u
s
e
h
e w
a
s
th
i
n
king
that
the
r
e is
some l
i
nk
b
e
tw
ee
n
the
two
incid
e
n
ce
s,
the
one
w
h
e
n
he
ca
l
l
e
d h
e
r
a
nd
she
w
a
s
t
a
lk
i
ng
a
bout
some
K
e
vin
a
nd
th
i
s
one that she
is
talking
a
bout
a
j
e
e
p.
He
w
a
s
g
e
t
t
ing
wo
r
r
ied
a
bout h
e
r
a
nd
p
r
a
y
ing
in
h
e
a
rt
that
would
she
st
a
y s
af
e
b
e
ca
use
t
h
e
se incid
e
n
ce
s
w
e
re
b
ac
k bi
t
ing
of
some ment
a
l dis
t
u
r
b
a
n
ce
.

A
f
ter
a
while
do
c
tor 
e
nte
re
d  the
room 
a
nd 
a
sked
a
bout Alici
a
’s
c
ondi
t
ion.
T
h
e
y to
l
d
him
that
she
t
a
lked
to
them
a f
e
w mo
m
e
nts
a
go.
He
c
h
ec
k
e
d
his
blood
p
re
ssure
a
nd
h
ea
rt b
ea
t,
a
ll
w
a
s
norm
a
l
a
t
th
a
t
t
i
me
a
nd she
h
a
d
o
p
e
n
e
d h
e
r
e
y
e
s.

“
Ms. Al
i
c
ia, how
a
re
y
ou
fee
l
i
ng now
?
”
Do
c
tor
a
s
k
e
d h
e
r.
“
I
’m good, thanks.”
S
he
sm
i
led.

“
Good,
I
’m
a
bout
to
dis
c
h
a
rge
y
o
u but
y
ou
should
p
romise me
to
take
the
l
i
t
t
le
do
s
e
of
medi
c
ine
that
I h
a
ve
p
r
e
s
c
rib
e
d for
y
o
u
. Ok
a
y
?
”
D
o
c
tor
a
sked
h
e
r so
f
t
l
y
.

“
Y
ea
h, s
u
r
e
”
S
he
nod
d
e
d
.

“
Th
a
t’s
l
i
ke
a
good
girl.
S
o,
Mr.
W
ick
e
ts
y
ou
c
a
n
take
y
our

a
ng
e
l
t
o home.” D
o
c
tor told them.

Ed
w
in
w
a
s
a
lso
b
u
rd
e
n
f
re
e
to
s
e
e
h
e
r n
o
rm
a
l
c
ondi
t
ion. Mrs.
W
ick
e
ts
took
h
e
r
t
o
the
ca
r
a
nd
w
a
s
thank
i
ng
Ed
w
in for  b
e
ing
the
re
.
Mr.
W
ick
e
ts
ca
me 
a
nd
w
a
lked  to
the p
a
rking
w
i
t
h
Ed
w
i
n
.

“
Th
a
nks
Ed
w
i
n
,
Th
a
n
k
s
a
lo
t
.”
Mr.
W
ick
e
ts
e
mbr
a
c
e
d

Ed
w
i
n
.

“
No
p
r
oblem
S
ir,
I
t’s
m
y obl
i
g
a
t
i
on
to
h
e
lp
m
y d
ea
r
f
r
iend in ev
e
r
y
dif
f
icul
t
y
.”
Ed
w
in
s
a
id
i
n a
love
l
y
tone.

“
You
h
a
ve
m
a
de
me
f
e
e
l
r
e
la
x
e
d
a
bout
h
e
r
wh
e
n
I will
be out
of
c
i
t
y
.
But
n
e
v
e
r
c
onsid
e
r it
a
c
h
a
n
c
e to
d
e
tr
ac
t
m
y d
a
ughte
r
.
I
a
m
trust
i
ng
o
n
y
ou.
Ok
a
y
?
”
M
r.
W
ick
e
ts
a
sked in a
fa
the
r
l
y
tone.

“
S
ir
I
will
n
e
v
e
r
e
v
e
r
b
rea
k 
y
o
u
r
trust.”
Ed
w
i
n
tried
to
ac
knowl
e
d
g
e
h
i
m about his sinc
e
ri
t
y
.

“
On
c
e
a
g
a
in
t
h
a
nks.”
M
r
.
W
ick
e
ts
s
a
id and got in
t
o his
ca
r. Ed
w
in
a
lso
got
in
t
o
his
ca
r
a
nd
w
a
i
t
e
d
t
i
ll
Alicia
le
f
t
the

hospital with f
a
m
i
l
y
.

“
Alici
a
,
w
a
s
the
r
e
a
n
y
burd
e
n
on
y
our
m
i
nd
?
”
Mr.
F
r
e
d

a
sked
h
e
r
while s
e
t
t
ing
t
he
ca
r on t
h
e
w
a
y
to ho
me
.

“
No
D
a
d
,
th
e
re
w
a
s
noth
i
ng
l
i
ke th
is
.
I
nste
a
d
I
w
a
s
h
a
p
p
y b
eca
use
I
won
the
d
a
y
b
y
m
y
b
e
st
g
r
oup
p
r
e
s
e
nt
a
t
i
on.”
S
he
ca
ught
a
love
l
y sm
i
le
on
h
e
r
fa
c
e
a
s
she
r
e
memb
e
r
e
d
a
bout the d
a
y
.

“
W
ow, th
a
t’s g
rea
t n
e
ws
.
”
Mrs.
W
ick
e
ts
got p
l
ea
s
e
d.

“
W
e
l
l
,
I
th
i
nk
it
ca
l
l
s
for 
a
n
a
p
p
e
t
iz
ing
dinner  outs
i
d
e
. Do
e
sn’t
i
t
?
” Mr.
F
r
e
d
s
a
id
a
s
he
w
a
s
a
lw
a
y
s
in
a
s
ea
r
c
h
of some
c
h
a
n
c
e
to d
i
ne
ou
t
.