Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (6 page)

Alicia
ca
me f
o
r
wa
rd
a
n
d
hit
the l
i
s
ten
e
rs
a
s
e
x
p
ec
ted
a
nd
a
nsw
e
r
e
d
the qu
e
st
i
ons
with
c
onvincing
log
i
c
s.
Ult
i
mat
e
l
y Alici
a
’s g
r
oup won the
d
a
y
.

Th
e
y
a
ll
w
e
r
e
qui
t
e
h
a
p
p
y
while
l
e
a
ving
the
c
lass.
“
S
o, wh
a
t
is
y
our
opin
i
on
a
b
o
ut
m
y log
i
c
s
Ed
w
in,
S
h
o
uld
I
st
i
ll r
e
f
r
a
in
m
y
s
e
lf
f
r
om
por
t
r
a
y
ing
them
?
”
Alicia s
a
id
with
a l
i
t
t
le
a
t
t
i
t
ude
a
nd a
victo
r
ious
s
m
i
le.

“
No,
no
not
a
t
a
l
l
,
I w
a
s
just
s
a
y
ing
that
y
ou
s
hould
not spe
a
k
a
bout
them
b
e
fo
r
e
the l
a
y
man l
i
ke me,
y
o
u
know.” Ed
w
in
fl
a
t
t
e
r
e
d.

“
Alici
a
!
I
would
’
ve
p
ro
p
osed
y
ou
the
w
a
y
y
o
u
a
r
e
, if
I
w
e
re a
b
o
y
.”
Rihana
s
a
id,
g
iv
i
ng
a
side
hug.
And
th
e
y 
a
ll laugh
e
d togeth
e
r.

“
H
e
y ladi
e
s
it
r
e
a
l
l
y
c
a
l
l
s
for
a
p
a
r
t
y
a
s
it
w
a
s
l
a
st pr
e
s
e
ntation
of th
i
s
s
e
mest
e
r, do
e
s
n
’
t
i
t
?
”
Ed
w
in s
a
id
in
a
n
e
x
c
i
t
e
d tone.

“
S
u
re
, it
do
e
s.” Rihana
a
g
ree
d with h
i
m.

Sa
y
ing
th
i
s
th
e
y
a
ll
w
a
lked
to
the
p
a
rking.
Me
a
nwhile

Alicia
got a s
e
v
e
re di
z
z
y
a
t
t
ac
k
a
nd
f
e
ll
down to
the
f
loor.
“
H
e
y
!
Alici
a
!”
E
d
win
got sho
c
k
e
d
a
nd
f
e
ll
f
or
h
e
r
.
“
Alici
a
!”
Riha
n
a
a
lso got
a
sho
c
k to s
e
e
h
e
r.

“
Alici
a
! Alici
a
!”
Ed
w
in
tried to
g
e
t
h
e
r
ca
ut
i
ous
a
ggr
e
ss
i
v
e
l
y
.

“Ed
w
in 
we   should 
t
a
ke   h
e
r   to 
t
h
e   do
c
tor
.
”  
R
ihana sugg
e
sted.

G
e
t
t
ing
a
g
r
e
e
d,
Ed
w
in
n
odd
e
d
a
nd
t
h
e
y
took
h
e
r
in
t
o
t
h
e
ca
r
a
nd
d
rove
f
o
r the
m
e
dic
a
l c
e
nt
r
e
of the
c
ol
l
e
g
e
.

“
W
e
l
l
, the
r
e
is noth
i
ng to
wo
r
r
y
a
bout.
S
h
e
’
s
just
got a li
t
t
l
e shock
due to
some
m
e
ntal
d
e
p
re
ss
i
on.” T
h
e
d
o
c
tor
s
a
id while
e
x
a
m
i
ning Al
i
c
ia.

“
I
s
she
a
lrigh
t
?
A
n
y n
ee
d
of
medi
ca
t
i
o
n
?
”
Ed
w
in
a
sked
the do
c
tor.

“
I
’m
p
r
e
s
c
ribing
some
low
poten
c
y  med
i
c
ine
but
she should
be
k
e
pt
a
w
a
y 
f
rom
a
n
y  kind
of
men
t
a
l
str
e
ss.” Do
c
tor s
a
id.

Me
a
nwhile
Alici
a
’s
p
a
r
e
nts
re
ac
h
e
d
the
m
e
di
c
a
l
ce
nt
r
e
. Ed
w
in
to
l
d
them
a
bout h
e
r
c
ondi
t
ion
a
nd
th
e
y
f
e
lt
a
bit r
e
lax
e
d.
Th
e
y
w
e
nt
t
o
the
do
c
tor
a
nd
a
sked
a
bout
the medi
ca
t
i
on
s
c
h
e
dule.
A
l
ici
a
’s
mo
t
h
e
r
w
a
s
st
i
ll
d
e
p
re
ssed for
me
e
t
i
ng
h
e
r.
But
the
do
c
tor
a
sked
h
e
r
to
h
a
d
p
a
t
i
e
n
c
e

a
nd let h
e
r t
a
k
e
re
st.
S
he
s
a
t beside h
e
r
a
nd p
r
a
y
e
d
for
h
e
r.

“
Y
ea
h
I
kn
o
w
I
’m
re
a
l
l
y
v
e
r
y
s
o
r
r
y
hon
e
y
!
”
K
e
vin
w
a
s t
r
y
ing
t
o
c
o
a
x
his wi
f
e
.