Even after the warnings from my mother and words from my colleague, I was still interested in knowing about it. Then suddenly I remembered, there used to be an old lady who babysat me and my sister. I thought of giving it a try. I went to her home, but unfortunately, I found out that the lady had passed away. After that, I nearly gave up my hopes. Then the lady’s daughter offered me a warm cup of tea, and she was curious why I might be interested in her mother. I explained everything. No wonder she had the same expression. She said that her mother used to tell her stories about that graveyard as well. Then, I got even more interested to know the story.
Then she started, “The event took place around 8 years ago when our town had new appointed mayor. He had a wonderful family with a beautiful wife and three children. He had a great fortune. He had many helpers around his house and office as well, and one of them was a beautiful young lady Janet, who became a new talk of the town because of her angelic beauty. According to my mother, she used to meet her around the market, and indeed, the rumors of her beauty were true. My mother invited her here many times. She was just a young lady, but she had very mature thoughts, and so she bonded with mom very easily. They were very close.”
After a pause, she continued, “With such beauty, of course there was jealousy, gossips, about her all around the town. My mother was the only one who was close to her. They used to share their stories. They used to gossip for hours and hours and I used to stay silent and listen to them. Despite her beauty, she faced many challenges in her life. She was a wonderful young lady. Her behavior, her innocence made my mother so happy. She was very friendly and open-minded. She had no family and hardly any friends. Every women around the town were either jealous of her and men used to stay away from her. But then she was in love with one person, with all her heart, but betrayed her.”
“Loved and betrayed?” I was shocked. I had never heard of these things from my mother. We had a very phone calls, however such a huge thing happened and I didn’t even had a single idea. I continued “Who was it?”
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