Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (4 page)

“
I
’ve
a
lso
done
a
t
m
y
p
a
r
t
.”
He
s
a
id,
g
e
t
t
ing
out
of
t
h
e

c
onfusion.

“
Good b
o
y
”
she
p
r
a
ised
him
l
i
ke
a
n
e
lde
r
.

“
W
e
l
l
,
w
h
y didn’t
y
ou
t
e
ll
a
ll
th
i
s
to
me
in
m
y
last
ca
l
l
?
” Ed
w
in
a
sked
to
c
onfi
r
m
wh
e
ther
she
w
a
s
a
w
a
re of
h
e
r
a
wk
w
a
rd
c
onv
e
rs
a
t
i
on.

“
L
a
st
ca
ll
or
last
d
r
ive
Mr.
?
”
Alicia
te
a
s
e
d
him
a
g
a
in,
a
s she
wa
s not
a
w
a
re
o
f the
ca
l
l
.

“
I
’m
r
ea
l
l
y
talking
a
b
o
ut
the
ca
ll
a
ft
e
r
d
riv
e
,  don’t 
y
ou r
e
memb
e
r
the
mo
m
e
nt
I wo
k
e
y
ou
up
?
”
Ed
w
in
a
sked
ca
ut
i
ous
l
y
.

“
Come
on
Ed
w
i
n
!
You
didn’t
ca
ll
me
since
e
v
e
n
ing.
I
w
a
s

bu
s
y
in pr
e
p
a
ring
m
y
pres
e
ntable
a
nd then
I
w
e
nt
to s
l
ee
p
.
”

“
Oh,
s
or
r
y
I just
fo
r
got
a
bout
tha
t
.
A
c
tual
l
y
I
’
m
f
e
e
l
i
ng sle
e
p
y
,
a
nd
th
i
nking
of
f
a
l
l
ing
on
m
y
b
e
d
w
i
thout
a
n
y d
e
l
a
y
.”
H
e
w
ra
p
p
e
d his tension in a
pie
c
e
o
f jok
e
.

“
S
o
y
ou should go
f
or
i
t
.
”
S
he
rec
om
m
e
n
d
e
d.

“
Y
ea
h, 
Y
ea
h
I
’m  not
going  to  dis
t
u
r
b
y
ou
m
i
ss  bo
o
k wo
r
m” He
t
e
a
s
e
d hi
m
, g
e
t
t
ing r
e
lax
e
d on h
e
r
a
ns
w
e
r.

“
Th
a
nks a
lot
f
or
th
i
s,
b
y
e
.”
S
he
said
w
i
t
h m
i
nor at
t
i
t
ud
e
.
“
Ok
a
y
,
B
y
e
.”
Ed
w
in
la
u
gh
e
d
a
nd dis
c
onn
e
c
ted t
h
e
ca
l
l
.

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

“
S
ometi
m
e
s
it
s
ee
ms
l
i
ke
I
’
v
e done
the
s
a
me
ac
t
b
e
fo
r
e or h
a
ve spok
e
n
the
s
a
me
wo
r
ds
in
the
s
a
me
si
t
u
a
t
i
ons,
but
a
lw
a
y
s
f
a
i
l
e
d
to
disc
o
v
e
r
the
p
r
e
vious
pla
ce
.
” Rihana (Alici
a
’s
f
r
i
e
nd)
w
a
s sp
e
a
king
t
o h
e
r
a
f
t
e
r the
c
l
a
s
s.

“
Y
ea
h
the
s
a
me thing
h
a
pp
e
ns with a
number
of
p
e
ople, but I
th
i
nk
we
do
n
’t
p
e
r
f
o
r
m
the
th
i
ngs
r
a
ther
th
e
y
a
re
in
our sub
ca
ut
i
o
u
s
or
h
a
ve
b
e
e
n
s
ee
n
in
a
d
r
ea
m,
that
we f
o
rg
e
t
a
bout a
f
ter
w
a
king up”
A
l
i
c
ia p
r
opos
e
d a
log
i
c
.

“hm
m
m…
Your
w
o
r
ds
ca
r
r
y
me
a
nings
Alici
a
;
i
t
m
a
y
be the
rea
l
c
a
use
b
e
hind.” Rih
a
na
a
g
r
ee
d with h
e
r.

“
H
e
y girls!
W
h
a
t
a
re
y
o
u
goss
i
ping
a
bou
t
?
”
E
d
win
sprung up f
r
om so
m
e
wh
e
r
e
.

“
H
a
a
a
ssshh!
You
just
s
ca
r
e
d
us
E
d
win”
both
o
f
the
girls

s
a
id
i
n a
sing
l
e
voic
e
.

“
G
r
ow up
ladi
e
s,
y
ou
o
u
ght
to
g
e
t
used of
a
ll
th
i
s.”
Ed
w
in te
a
s
e
d them.

“
You,
y
ou
should
g
r
ow
up
a
nd
stop
doing
su
c
h
c
hi
l
dish

ac
ts.”  Alicia
str
u
c
k
a
b
o
ok on his
h
ea
d.

“
Ah
a
ha…
y
ou
g
e
t
a
n
g
r
y
in
no
t
i
me,
a
nd
I
e
nj
o
y
it
e
v
e
r
y time.”
Ed
w
in
c
hu
c
kled.

“
W
e
l
l
,
w
e
l
l
,
w
e
l
l
..
Now
stop
te
a
sing
eac
h
other
a
nd
c
ome to
the
poin
t
.
Ed
w
in,
we
w
e
re
discussing
a
bout
the p
re
s
e
ntation.
Make up
a
plan
to i
m
p
re
ss
P
ro
fe
ssor
tod
a
y
.” Rihana
show
e
d d
e
t
e
rmin
a
t
i
on.