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Emma's Little Black Book

Secrets or Truth?

By Ruth DurhamPublished 3 years ago 5 min read
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Emma's Little Black Book
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Emma grew up in Darlington South Carolina. She was uneducated yet extremely intelligent.

By the time Emma was 17 she well known in the south. Some say she was a witch, some say she was connected to the underworld and others say she just knew all the dirty little secrets of the entire town.

Every weekend Emma would have large gatherings in her backyard. People came from all parts of the south. There was music, food and lots of moonshine.

At these gatherings Emma would tell people personal things about their lives that she had no way of knowing. Emma was so accurate people in the town showered her with gifts and money.

This went on for many years.

One night at the gathering a man approached Emma and said I noticed at every gathering you have that little black book. Are you keeping tabs on us or are you conjuring spirits?

Emma belted out the loudest laugh ever heard. It seem like it traveled across the field. Emma replied my young man what would ever make you say that?

The man said you always have that book and you know everybody's business. How is that?

I receive money and gifts just about every day. in fact the book along with twenty thousand dollars just showed up at my door years ago.

The first page of the book had the word POWER on it. It must be true because I've been lucky since I received it.

So what's in the book the man asked once again? Emma placed her index finger up to her lips and said shhhh it's a secret. The man looked startled and quickly walked away.

All day long the man wondered what was in that book and was any of his secrets in it.

Emma's stepfather was the town physician. He was best friends with all the high power officials in the town. Was Emma getting her information from him?

A few weeks went by and the man could not stop thinking about Emma and her little black book. He contacted some friends and they devised a plan to steal Emma's book.

The plan was to grab the book at the gathering tonight. If that did not work they would break into her house later on.

As the day went on the man became very anxious. He told his friends I am not going down like this. I did not come to this hick town just to have her ruin it for me.

The man who's name is Frank is a dangerous criminal. He came to Darlington because he is in the Witness Protection Program. Frank testified against the most notorious mob bosses on the east coast.

Darlington was suppose to be his safe haven but now he has Emma and her little black book knowing way too much. He told his friends I am getting that book by any means necessary.

Frank and his friends arrived at the gathering around 8:00 p.m. As usual the music was blasting and the people was having fun.

Emma made her way to the front of the crowd and started talking to the people. The music went silent. As Emma spoke it was as if she was reading from their personal diaries.

Frank and his friends decided to move up closer. As they started walking Emma gestured for them to stop. She locked eyes on Frank and boldly said by mid night one of us will die. A cold chill went through the air. It felt like when Jesus told his disciples he would be betrayed. The crowd became eerily quiet. With her eyes still locked on Frank she once again said by mid night one of us will die.

Knowing how accurate her predictions were the crowd became scared and started to flee. Frank and his friends quickly followed.

Thinking Emma was just crazy Frank and his friends started working on plan B. As the night went on Frank became paranoid. He suddenly remembered Emma saying she received the little black book and twenty thousand dollars.

Was this a gift or a payment from the mob bosses he thought.

The thoughts continued to race until he could not take it anymore. He looked over at his friends and said it's time.

Frank and his friends arrived at Emma's house at exactly 11:45 p.m. The house was pitch black. Frank quickly picked the lock and they went inside. A light was coming from the back room. As the entered the room they noticed a large grandfather clock. The clock gave forth a bright light which showed Emma sound asleep.

As they walked towards the bed Frank hit his foot on something. Emma immediately woke up and yelled who is that? When she realized it was Frank she started screaming. She screamed so loud Frank slapped with the butt of his gun.

Frank said look I don't want to hurt you so just give me the book. Emma was crying as the blood streamed down her face. Frank kept yelling give me the book. Emma did not respond.

Frank began savagely beating Emma and all of a sudden Emma started staring at the bright light coming from the clock. It was just like earlier when she locked eyes on Frank.

All of a sudden Emma tried to stand up but Frank hit her so hard she fell and hit her head on the edge of the night stand. At that exact moment the clock struck 12:00 a.m.

When Frank realized Emma was no longer moving he shook her several times but it was too late. Emma was dead.

Frank became very nervous because Emma said earlier by mid night one of them would die. Did she predict her own death?

Frank found Emma's book on the night stand. He opened it up and just like Emma said the first page had the word POWER. Frank turned the page and read the following.

The contents of this book are eternal and spiritual. It can only be read by the one to whom it was given. Anyone else reading this book will only see blank pages. POWER

Frank started flipping through the pages and quickly realized he made a grave mistake. The pages of Emma's Little Book were in fact completely blank.

Frank and his friends never left Emma's house nor were they seen or ever heard from again.

The End.

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