Trust

Guru Prasad

The moment the servant maid, Jayothi saw the ring, an evil thought passed her mind! A thought which she never experienced so far! Drunkard daddy! Sick mummy! Five-year-old sister, and less than two-year brother! For the past two days, nothing was cooked at her home! She looked around, grabbed the ring, and knotted it into her hem! And started sweeping the room! Her heart was throbbing violently!

‘What do you say? A ring of two sovereign is missing! You’re saying it so patiently! There is nobody at home except you, myself, and Jyothi! I didn’t take that ring. So it must be the work of Jyothi! Wait! I’ll call Jyothi!’ The furious voice of Sharda fell on the ears of Jyothi in the kitchen. She was alarmed! From there she came to the bedroom.

‘Sharda! Don’t be hasty! It’s possible I might have forgotten it in the office! That girl, Jyothi has been working here for the past two years! So many times we went out leaving the house to her care! Nothing is missing from here. I have trust in that girl! She’s not of that type! I’ll keep searching! Don’t ask that girl!’

Every word of the master was piercing her heart! She placed the ring from where she took it!