Chapter 101 INTO THE MOUNTAIN

I went back to the hospital and found Esther’s condition the same. Her father wasn’t there, but the mother was beside her.

Deborah was also missing.

“How is she doing?” I asked, moving close to the bed. Esther’s chest rose and fell, but her eyes were closed, shut in deep sleep.

“She is the same,” her mom said.

She looked older, with the lines on the face now prominent. And her hair was scattered, giving her the look of a woman who had not had her bath for two days.

“I think a spell has been casted on her,” I said.

“A spell?” her mom asked, looking at me with disbelieving eyes. “What kind of spell are you talking about?”

“A wicked spell,” I said. “There are bad people in the world. Such people invoke spells on others just to punish them and the people related to them.”

“Are you talking about witches and wizards and stuff like that?”

“Yes; there are bad people who cast spells on others and will make them sick or even kill them.”

She lowered her head on her palm.

“Are you okay, ma?”

She