Brian Reed

Little black book and a key

Walking alone on the beach, wondering if my life could possibly get any worse I see something washed up. It looks like an old shirt and as I only have the one on my back I pick it up. “My day just got a little better “ I thought to myself, as I shake it out to see what I got I noticed a plastic bag in the pocket. I pulled out the bag and inside is a little black book, surprisingly it wasn’t damaged. As I open the book I see that it’s a journal, and listed are dates and a line beside the date, things like “March 3rd, She smiled at me today” and “April 10th, our first kiss “ and I thought “that’s sweet”. As I was about to throw the little black book away I discovered a key that was taped to the last page. I thought that maybe it was a key to a house or something so I slipped book and key into my pocket.