The Urging Ordeal
~THE URGING ORDEAL~
Eva was heading for a jog on a Friday evening beside a
nearby lake. She could see the hills fading in the fog and to her surprise
there were no birds in the sight. She was certainly thinking of the dream from
last night and only she could recall was flashes of her miserable days in the orphanage
and the harassment she went through. But then she tried to abolish those
thoughts by feeling grateful for the parents who adopted and raised her.
Her phone rang interrupting her stream, it was an
unknown number.
“Hi, am I speaking to Ms. Eva Holmes?”, the unfamiliar
voice responded from the other side.
Trying to recognize, she replied with a pause. “Yes,
you are! Who’s this?”
“I’m Josh from Merry Orphanage. As you are currently
an incredible lawyer and most of all you grew up in this orphanage itself, it
would be an honor to invite you to our 30th anniversary to encourage
our children and share your experience”, he offered.
Eva hesitated and said, “umm… can I have some time to
think about it?” because her childhood there was a gloomy nightmare to her and
was something, she didn’t like to talk about.
“No problem, I’m looking forward for a positive
response till tomorrow morning”, and he hang up the phone.
As she returned back home, she was restlessly thinking
about her decision because her childhood ordeals were taking shape. She spent
whole night to keep those glimpses away and get some sleep.
She couldn’t realize how late she fell asleep until
was woken up by Josh’s call.
“Good morning Ms. Holmes, I’m expecting that you’ve
made your decision.”
Drowsily, Eva replied, “I guess so. I think it would
be a bliss to join your celebrations.”
“Oh! That’s spectacular, but it would be an icing on
the cake if we receive a pleasant donation from your side to retain the smiles
on our children’s faces.”
“Sure. Please
provide me with the details, I shall make the arrangements by the evening.”
And there was again an abrupt ending to the phone
call.
The next days flew swiftly with the busy schedule,
court hearings and client meetings that even the slightest hint regarding the
orphanage wasn’t in Holmes’s mind.
But the day of anniversary celebrations was knocking
on her door like an alert and she could sense some gnarly vibes in her
surroundings.
“And it is my pleasure to introduce to all of you Ms.
Eva Holmes, I would request the cook to present ma’am a token of our gratitude
and the maid along with the kids to welcome our guest of honor.”, announced
Josh.
In her experience, the speech was made every
reluctantly because she could picturize her own self in the eyes of the
selfless girls standing in the crowd of the orphans.
After the formal function she headed to Josh’s Office
for the farewell tea. During which she asked him regarding the working of the
orphanage and the usage of the donations.
“Mr. Josh can you please bring it to my information
how my donations are going to be utilized and how the orphans will be
benefitted?”
“Y…y…yesss ofcourse, m..ma..madam Holmes.” He replied
timidly and tried to change the topic of the conversation.
“Would you like to distribute some sweets amongst the
kids?”
“No, can we first discuss upon the topic I just
opened?” she refused strongly to Josh’s question.
However, she left the chair and accepted to interact
with children and somehow the thought of inquiring about the functioning of the
orphanage went back to the back of her head.
That day’s interaction, rather than making her content
made her agitated to inquire deep down about Josh.
She took out his call history and with the help of her
lawyer license she called Josh with the number of his most contacted person.
“Oh Mrs. Malkins I was about to call you; everything
went as planned. The donation made by foolish Ms. Holmes and the earnings
through our human trafficking makes us capable to leave this country and head
to start our business in the next country on our list. The children have been
put to bed with the use of sleeping pills in the dinner, we are ready to leave
on your command”, he blabbers out rapidly.
“Hello? Mrs. Malkins, are you on the line?” he suspected
Not trying to create any doubts Eva faked a cough
“Ohh, no problems Mrs. Malkins. Kindly order us what
to do next?”
“Yes Josh! Next you just have to live a miserable life
behind the bars” Eva declared!
THE END
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