Lucy Black Series

Book 1 - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 - The first if many

Here was where me and Jessie played. The first time we discovered here was well when I was crying over Danny one day. A boy tried to kiss me and I cried for Danny would have stuck up for me Danny would have protected me. I ran into the forest into this place. It was the perfect place to play. Me and Jessie from then on made it our spot.

I dried my eyes and looked around to see the tree where we hid our toys. I looked inside the hollow bit in the inside where the toys still where there. One toy caught my eye in particular. Our secrets toy. It held our secrets, this toy was made with a secret department where we kept notes to each other in it. The toy was a girl the button to open the compartment was on her stomach covered by her dress. She was made of plastic. When you pressed the button her back opened up showing a place to hide notes in.

I wanted to see if the notes were still in there from our childhood so I took the dolls dresss off. I pressed the button and looked in...

The notes all had disappeared and a new one was laying there inside the doll. Jessie wrote it I just know it. I knew she would have left me a clue but this caught me off guard a little. Out of all places she hid a clue in a doll. That was strange but maybe she only wanted me to see it.

I grabbed in fingers slightly shaking with worry as I grabbed the note. I unfolded it and started to read it.

Congrats to finding the note Lucy. I knew you could do it. I knew you would come here. I have a task for you to do. Since your such a good detective I've given you a mystery to solve. Why I committed suicide. I am sorry it had to end this way. All will be explained soon. To find the next clue solve the riddle. Start at the end not the beginning. Don't tell anyone else what you are doing not even your partner find out the mystery by yourself. Solve the clue even if you do Lucy the mystery has just begun. Jessie xoxo

This seems odd. Something is nagging me at the back of my brain. This is not like Jessie. Actually this was nothing like Jessie. It was her hand writing though. It was even wrote in her special pen out of a page out of her special note pad. What's with the riddle? Start at the end not the beginning. What did that mean. I had a feeling I would find out. The nagging feeling came back. The mystery just begun. I gulped afraid of what I would find on this mystery. It was creative like no other.

I walked back the note in the back pocket of my jeans hidden under my coat. Drying my face I help my head up high as the crunching under my feet of twigs shot up to my ears. I was going to hold my head up high and keep myself together and apologize about my dramatic moment. More importantly I had to keep myself together to figure out this mystery alone. No other way.

"Miss.Black we have been looking everywhere for you where have you been ?" O shit what should I say I know. "O sorry officer seeing my only other child hood best friend die I needed time to think. As I was thinking. I was also thinking I would like to do my own investigation with this one. Do you understand ?" My voice sounded authoritative and controlling. I knew I was in control. He nodded firmly and answered my question in a respectful tone. "Yes mam I do understand. I shall tell the others." I nodded and turned away then I was stopped by his voice sounding panicked. "Miss.Black where are you going the body is this way?" I turned around and smiled and replied. "I have to go and figure out some clues." He nodded obviously not wanting to fight with me to stay I trailed off my car to drive home. I needed to figure out this stupid god damn riddle.