Murder
She was sixteen and innocent. Her mutilated body was found in
a desolate park behind her school. Police were able to find some clues to
indicate that the crime had been committed by a local resident.
The murdered girl lived with her father’s mother; her parents
had divorced and moved out of the town five years back.
It was a small town and everyone knew everyone else. The town had
not witnessed such a heinous crime in many decades. But now the town was
reeking with distrust. Everyone was acutely conscious of the fact that
one of them was a brutal rapist and murderer. Everyone was suspicious of everyone
else; everyone was scared of everyone else.
But this distrust somehow did not touch the old woman; the
grandmother of the murdered girl. She knew everyone intimately; she firmly
believed that they were all decent, easy going and tolerant people; she
trusted each one of them.
As was her wont, she would go to the church every day; she
would pray for everyone every day; light a candle every day; ardently hopeful
that investigation would eventually clear everyone, for she was unwilling to
believe that anyone known to her could have committed such a crime.
She died without losing her faith and trust.
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A post for Three Word Wednesday
Word prompts- Distrust, Tolerant, Hopeful
And as well for ABC Wednesday T for Trust
