My mom always wore the same plain silver bracelet

Never took it off.

When I asked her why, she just said it was her lucky charm.

One day, after she left home to get groceries, I noticed her bracelet fell on the floor.

I picked it up and saw tiny letters engraved inside.

I squinted, and my heart began to race when I read, “Do not.”

Just those two words. Nothing else. No explanation. No continuation.

I turned the bracelet around and looked again, thinking maybe there was more on the other side. But no. Just “Do not” etched in tiny, almost hidden script, like a whisper sealed in metal.

I held it in my hand, confused and uneasy. “Do not… what?” I whispered out loud.