Nonnie’s Secrets
Flash Fiction Friday - 998 Words
Here we are at Flash Fiction Friday where I come up with a weekly short story based on a prompt I find somewhere in the world, maintaining a word count of 1000 or less.
I grabbed a prompt which I thought was from the
January challenge, but it appears I grabbed the wrong one. The prompt I grabbed - which I can’t find - said something like this…“There is a surprise at the reading of a will and testament.”
But since I spent the time writing this, I’m going to share it anyway. I’ll try to participate in the
challenge next month. For this Fiction Friday Post, here is “Nonnie’s Secrets.”
Ever feel like you don’t belong? Well, I did. My whole life, in fact. Like a transplant in a strange pot.
And never more than at the reading of my grandmother’s will. Everyone got envelopes but me. Instead, the executor handed me the tattered and dog-eared collection of my grandmother’s special recipes. I almost lost it. She was my home.
“But…” Aunt Sophia exchanged uncertain glances with the other Bonetti family members. “Where’s the rest of the money?”
I rolled my eyes.