The bride was already ordering security to remove the little boy when he pulled an old photograph from his pocket.
“Please,” he whispered. “I only need to speak to you.”
His jacket was too large for him.
His shoes were covered in mud.
The wedding guests stared.
The bride folded her arms.
“How did you even get in here?”
The boy looked toward the entrance.
“A man outside told me to find you.”
The groom stepped closer.
“What man?”
The boy held out the photograph.
The bride took it—and immediately stopped smiling.
It showed her as a little girl, sitting on her father’s shoulders.
Nobody else had ever seen that photograph.
“Where did you get this?” she demanded.
The boy lowered his voice.
“Your father gave it to me.”
The bride’s face went pale.
“That’s impossible.”
The boy looked confused.
“Why?”
Her fingers tightened around the photograph.
“My father died fifteen years ago.”
The room fell silent.
The boy slowly turned toward the glass entrance doors.
Then he whispered,
“But he’s standing outside.”
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The bride stared at the doors.
There was nobody behind the glass.
Only rain.
The groom placed a hand on her shoulder.
“This has to be some kind of cruel joke.”
The boy shook his head.
“He was there a minute ago.”
“What did he look like?” the bride asked.
The child described a tall man with silver hair, a scar above his left eyebrow and an old brown coat.
The bride stopped breathing.
Every detail was correct.
Even the coat her father had been buried in.
“What did he say to you?”
The boy reached into his pocket again.
“He said you were about to marry the wrong man.”
The guests began whispering.
The groom’s expression changed.
“That’s enough.”
He moved toward the boy, but the bride stepped between them.
“What else did my father say?”
The child looked nervously at the groom.
“He told me not to say it in front of him.”
The groom’s jaw tightened.
“Security!”
Before anyone could move, the boy handed the bride a small brass key.
A number had been engraved into it:
317
The bride stared at it.
The groom suddenly grabbed her wrist.
“Give that to me.”
She pulled away.
“How do you know what it opens?”
He released her immediately.
But it was too late.
Everyone had heard him.
The little boy looked at the bride.
Then he whispered,
“Your father said the truth about his death is inside locker 317.”
