Grandma's Last Three Walnuts
Silly Cat
Before my crazy grandmother died, she gave me three walnuts.
According to her last wish, I cracked open the first walnut on my twenty-fifth birthday.
Inside the walnut was a slip of paper.
'Go to the skybridge and grovel at the first beggar you meet' was the instruction written on it.
When I looked at the note, I could feel my cheeks burning with embarrassment. Still, I did as told. To my surprise, the beggar turned out to be an undercover cop.
Only later did I learn that I had long been targeted by human traffickers, and the bow had saved my life.
As for the second walnut, my grandmother told me to crack it open before I got married.
When I put on my wedding dress, ready to marry the policeman who saved me, I happily opened it.
This time, there was a crumpled old photograph inside.
In the photo, my fiancé was smiling as he strangled another bride.