“The Mystery person behind the LITTLE BLACK BOOK”

A Knock at the door startled young Elizabeth as she got up from her reading nook and scurried to the front door, she peeped through the keyhole and saw nothing, she slowly opened the door and to her surprise there was an envelope laying upon her doormat with the writing saying TO ELIZABETH❤, no postal address or stamp, someone had placed it there she thought.

She walks back over to her reading nook and lays down, her heart is racing as she slowly uses her fingernail to open the envelope and read what the letter reveals:

"Dearest Elizabeth,

I hope this letter finds you well.

You do not need to know who I am or why I did what I did.

Please find the cheque enclosed in the envelope, but before you do make sure you arrive at the address below as more instructions will be present.

More will be revealed soon.

ADDRESS: 32, The grand boulevard, be there by 2.30pm

Kind regards

The mystery person behind this letter"

Elizabeth didn’t know how to take the letter,

where did it come from?

Who sent it?

And why did she need to be at the specified address mentioned?

More importantly a cheque was enclosed, Elizabeth was too busy reading the letter she had forgotten about the cheque, did she dare to look?

Hands held onto the cheque, shaking a little as she turned it around to reveal "$20,000".

Eyes wide open Elizabeth couldn't believe the numbers she was reading on the cheque held in front of her, that is a lot of money but WHY?

She checked the time it was 2.00pm, she had 30minutes to get to the destination. She put on her sweater, grabbed her handbag and keys, and she was out the door.

30 minutes later Elizabeth has arrived at her final destination, she parks her car, turns off the lights and the engine.

Its dark and quite, Elizabeth was wondering whether this was a good idea as she gets out of the car slowly walking towards the abandoned building, no-one is here or around, it is completely deserted.

As she reaches closer to the front door of the building, she finds a little black book perched at the door, she picks it up and scurries back to her car and gets in locking the doors.

"YOU FOUND ME" read a post-it note upon the little black book.

As Elizabeth returned home, she kept thinking why did she receive this letter, the cheque and most importantly what did the little black book contain inside?

She needed rest, time for sleep she thought as she took herself to bed.

Throughout the night she kept tossing and turning, wondering what this all meant to her. She opened her eyes, curious and intrigued by the little black book.....

Ding, ding, ding

Her phone went off, startling her, as she jump with fright in her bed. She grabbed her phone and carefully unlocked the keypad revealing a message from an unknown number.

"I see you found my little black book, are you intrigued?

Do you want to know more?"

Elizabeth did not know what to do, she thought maybe I should reply and get some answers.

"Yes I did, I want to know more, I want to open it, should I?" She clicked send

No answer at all, she was left on READ.

Elizabeth did not quite understand why she was put into this scenario, if she was not getting any answers but she was determined to get answers and answers is what she was going to get, no matter what it took; she was going to get what she had been searching for.

Elizabeth decided to open the little black book, and to her surprise it was empty. The lead up to opening the little black book had been nothing but disappointment, she decided to leave a message inside the book and place it on her doormat awaiting to see if the mystery person would return a message, now the waiting game had begun.

She waited all day and all night, no-one had come to collect the book or write a message for her, did she scare the mystery person away or was the GAME that had been created finished before it even began.

Elizabeth decided to go the sleep, ready to start her day all over again tomorrow, maybe then she will get answers.

The sound of chirping birds and brightness of the morning sun had woken Elizabeth from her slumber as she stretched her arms and lay for a while in bed, enjoying the stillness and peacefulness of a Saturday morning. Sometimes Elizabeth wished she had a butler or anyone to make her coffee and breakfast in bed, but she knew that was not happening today and got herself out of bed eventually to make herself a coffee and some delicious choc chip banana bread as she sat at the table, scrolling through her phone, and sipping her coffee whilst she nibbled onto her banana bread.

As she was finishing up her breakfast, she came to the realisation that she had left the little black book on her doormat and needed to see what the outcome was, she got up from the table and slowly walked over to the front door, she peeped once more through the keyhole and yet again no-one was there but the little black book on her doormat.

She slowly opened the front door and bent down to collect the little black book and walked back inside, as she walked over to her reading nook and lay down, ready to see what was waiting for her inside the little black book.

Holding the little black book with her right hand and strumming her left fingers along the edge of the little black book, procrastinating, and stalling herself in opening the little black book.

Okay she thought, what is the worst that could happen? She needed answers and this could quite possibly be her only chance to get what she was waiting for. It is time to open that BOOK, NOW!!!!

Slowly she grabbed the edge of the cover, as she slowly opened the little black book, she noticed there was writing inside; did she dare to read what was written upon the page.

“Dearest Elizabeth,

I see you have found my little black book; you do not know the power this book entails, and this will be how we can communicate between each other, the money that was enclosed will reveal soon why you have been selected and given this sum of money. In the meantime, I wanted you to know this letter finds you curious, intrigued, and ready to play a little game of find the missing word, once you do it will lead you to the next destination.

Are you ready for the clue? If you dare….

The clue is as followed:

I can be found anywhere outside, but a place you visit daily and near a tree you love to admire, can you guess or find me?

Kind regards

The Mystery person”

Something clicked in Elizabeth’s head and knew exactly where she needed to go, the one place she felt at peace. She got her shoes and was out the door in a hurry, with no time to spare.

She finally reached her destination, the creek down the road from her house, this was her sanctuary, her peace. But the real question was, how did the Mystery person know?

She walked over to her favourite spot, the big hanging tree where she sat every day after a long day at work, breathing in the fresh air and clearing her thoughts from the busy day that was. To her surprise there was another letter taped to the tree, written upon the letter “To Elizabeth”.

“Turn around” was all that the letter had said.

Confused Elizabeth sat at the tree wondering, should I turn around. Slowly she got up and turned around, there standing behind her was Jake her neighbour.

“What are you doing here?” Elizabeth replied still very confused.

“You know why, this is me showing you how much you mean to me. You have known this for years and I wanted to surprise you and show you I care so much for you. I will explain everything you need to know, as for the money, you need to turn to the back of the book and you will have your answer.”

Elizabeth opened the little black book and to her surprise it had revealed the story behind the money. Jake had recently lost his father and inherited his funds as he was an only child, he decided to share it with someone he considered special and someone that meant so much to him, he remembered his dad’s last words “share your life with someone you love”

And He did.