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I WA S I N S C H O O L T H O S E DAY S . W E W E R E A G R O U P O F T H R E E G I R L S - I , R A K S H I TA A N D S O H I N I . A M O N G A L L T H E R E O F U S , I WA S T H E Q U I E T E S T O N E W H I L E T H E O T H E R T W O W E R E N A U G H T Y A N D O U T S P O K E N . W E P L A N N E D T O G O O U T S H O P P I N G M A L L N E V E R B Y. I T WA S G O O D E N O U G H T O P R O V I D E U S W I T H S O M E E N T E R TA I N M E N T. W E P L A N N E D T O G O T O D I F F E R E N T S H O P S , TA K E S O M E T H I N G S A N D T H E N F O O L T H E S H O P K E E P E R S B Y N O T PAY I N G T H E M . W E A L L W E N T T O A B O O K S H O P. T H E R E I F O U N D T H E B O O K I H A D B E E N L O N K I N G F O R B U T C O U L D N O T B U Y I T B E C A U S E N O T S A B E E N O U G H M O N E Y. T H O U G H I F E LT G U I LT Y B U T I S T O L E T H E B O O K . W E A L L W E N T O U T O F T H E S H O P. W E D E C I D E D T O G O BA C K H O M E .

JUST AS WE WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE FROM THE MALL, A GIRL COMING OUT OF A

SHOP. AS SHE WENT BY OUR SIDE WE TOOK HIS PURSE . IT WAS LIKE A

TREASURE TO US.

W E O P E N E D T H E WA L L E T A N D D I S T R I B U T E D T H E L I T T L E A M O U N T W E F O U N D I N S I D E , W H I L E I K E P T T H E E WA L L E T A N D T H E N W E H E A D E D BA C K T O T H E H O M E .

THAT DAY, WHEN I WENT TO HOME, I OPENED THE WALLET TO SEE WHAT ELSE WAS IN THERE, I WAS SHOCKED TO READ A PRESCRIPTION ALONG WITH A LETTER. AS I READ THE LETTER, I COULD NOT STOP MUSELF FROM CRYING. THE MONEY THAT WE HAD, WAS ACTUALLY MEANT TO BUY THE INJECTIONS FOR THE MOTHER OF THE WALLET’S

OWNER.HER MOTHER WAS SUFFERING FROM A RARE HEALTH DISORDER AND WAS ON THE DEATH BED.

THE GUILT AND SHAME OVERTAKEN ME, I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO AMEND THE MISDEED WE JUST DID AS THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE IN THE WALLET THAT COULD LEAD US TO THE OWNER.

T W O Y E A R S W E N T B Y A N D I S TA R T E D G O I N G T O H I G H S C H O O L . O N E DAY, U P O N R E T U R N I N G H O M E F R O M S C H O O L , I S AW M Y FAT H E R Q U I T E D E P R E S S E D A N D T E A R S W E R E R U N N I N G D O W N H I S C H E E K S . M Y G R A N D M O T H E R H A S B E E N D I A G N O S E D W I T H A L I V E R D I S E A S E A N D I T H A D S P R E A D T O S U C H A N

E XT E N T TAT T H E O N LY WAT T O S AV E H E R WA S T H E L I V E R T R A N S P L A N T.

M Y FAT H E R T O L D M E , DAY B E F O R E H E R L I V E R T R A N S P L A N T H A D T O B E C A R R I E D O U T, S O W H E N M Y FAT H E R WA S R E T U R N I N G F R O M T H E BA N K A F T E R W I T H D R AW I N G T H E M O N E Y N E E D E D F O R T H E

T R A N S P L A N T, S O M E O N E S N AT C H E D T H E M O N E Y. A S I T WA S A H U G E A M O U N T, H E C O U L D A R R A N G E I T A G A I N A N D T H E N A N D T H E C R U E L H O S P I TA L M A N A G E M E N T R E F U S E D T O D O T H E T R E AT M E N T

W I T H O U T T H E M O N E Y A S I T WA S A G A I N S T T H E I R P O L I CY A N D M Y G R A N D M O T H E R D I E D !

DIED

DIED

T H AT DAY, I C R I E D A L O T, N O T O N LY M Y G R A N D M O T H E R B U T F O R T H E M I S D E E D W E D O N E . T H E W H O L E M A R K E T S C E N S E T H AT H A D H A P P E N E D T W O Y E A R S BA C K C A M E BA C K T O H A U N T M E . W H AT I H A D D O N E W I T H S O M E O N E H A D B E E N R E T U R N E D T O M E . T H I S I N C I D E N T TA U G H T M E T H E L E S S O N F O R A L I F E T I M E . “ W H AT G O E S A R O U N D C O M E S A R O U N D ”

M O R A L T H I S I S T H E L AW O F U N I V E R S E , W H AT E V E R W E D O , W E G E T T H E S A M E I N R E T U R N . G O O D D E E D S

W I L L B R I N G U S G O O D T H I N G S A N D D O I N G BA D W I L L C A U S E U S H A R M .