Christina McIntire

Little Black Book

After a long night of working, I was exhausted. When the bus I arrived, I headed to the back so I could stretch out. Normally at 6am, there were few, or no people on the bus. I set my alarm to wake me up in forty five minutes since the ride home was an hour. When my alarm went off it startled me, my phone dropped. When I bent over to retrieve my phone I noticed a little black book. I looked around to see if anyone dropped it, but I was still the only one on the bus. I stuffed the book in my bag. After I got to my hotel room, I got myself together and sat down to relax. I opened my bag and looked inside the book to see if there was any information to let me know who this book belonged to. After reading it, I became a little curious. The contents of the book went like so, “Every 24 hours from the initial time after you have found this book, $20,000 will appear. However, there are four rules you must follow each day or there will be consequences. You will still get the money as long as the book is in your possession. However, if you break the rules, you must accept the outcome as well. The first rule is that you must always have the book on you. The second rule is you must be in before sunset. The third rule is you cannot speak to anyone while in possession of this book. The last rule is that you cannot spend any of the money until you put the book back. You cannot destroy the book. When you feel you have had enough, you simply place the book back in a place where someone else can find it. If you are willing to participate, follow the rules and you will be fine. Remember the RULES!” At first, I thought to myself this can’t be real. Then, on the other hand if it turns out to be true, I knew I needed the money to help Stacey (my daughter) to get the surgery she needed. I already had $150,000 coming from the sale of the house. Her surgery is $250, 000, So, if I keep this book just 5 days, I will be able to get my daughter back. After some thinking, I just put the book on the table and went to bed.