Mo'rals.
"You are a good man Mr Benson" the elderly man intoned as he shook his hands vigorously smiling to the camera..
The words echoed in Tom's head as he gave a wry laugh muttering under muffled tone "I am the worse there is."
The words echoed in Tom's head as he gave a wry laugh muttering under muffled tone "I am the worse there is."
Its been 12yrs since he started his philanthropic works after inheriting a staggering amount of wealth from his oil magnate mother who had passed on and left her legacy for him, he picked up like she was guiding his business decisions from the other side, he was indeed the son of his mother.
Tom met Clara in a farmers market and the two kicked off like they were meant to be. It was a few days to the eve of thier private wedding at the Bahamas when they got robbed and Clara's purse containing thier passports was taken. Rushing to the embassy panicking they met Joy who was about closing for the day, she was barely six months old in the embassy. "Please help us the couple begged, our wedding is in 3 days time and we have just been robbed"
Joy looked at her watch and it was 7pm, Clara knelt and held Joy by her legs wailing "please help us", with pity Joy dropped her bag.
She finished sometime past 2am and the elated couple were relieved.
They drove past her as she walked to the bus top to get a bus, none came and she had to walk home. That night changed the course of her life.
It's been 3yrs since the incident but Joy like her name choose joy instead of wallowing.
"Hello our friend" the voice rang a bell as Joy looked up to behold Tom and Clara. They had been robbed again at the eve of Clara's trip to France to give birth. Amidst the pleas, Joy couldnt come through like she once did pushing Tom to a desperate act by trying to bribe Wilson, Joy's subordinate. Joy caught in on the dubious act and fired Wilson.. Infuriated, Tom blazed into Joy's office and asked why she was being unjust to them.
"We are closed for the day and there's nothing i can do for you" Joy said.
But you have once gone out of your way to help us before, please yet again help us" Tom responded
"Oh!! You mean the night i broke my back for you and your wife and left around 2:15am? The night your wife was glued to her phone as i walked past her with no word of "Thank you"? The night you drove past me in the speed of light not offering me a ride or even asking if I'd be ok? The night i had to walk home cos I couldn't get a bus? The night I got raped and impregnated? The night the choice of motherhood was taken from me cos I lost the baby due to complications and my womb was removed? Are you referring to that night"?
Struck by a figuartive lightning bolt, Tom stared at Joy and couldn't mutter a word.
"I'm the worse person there is" he said again as the Photographer clicked away.
His marriage broke down irreversibly, Clara lost the baby. The journey of his philanthropic work begun when he trailed Joy home one day and asked how he could ever make things right. Her response, "For every kindness you show, for every tear you wipe, for every help you render and for every good you do to the least out there, you will be peeling off the scars of my life.."
Its been 12yrs and counting...
The story goes to a sister blog #MO'INSPIRE which you can reach on enoinspires.blogspot.com Have an inspire full day.
Tom met Clara in a farmers market and the two kicked off like they were meant to be. It was a few days to the eve of thier private wedding at the Bahamas when they got robbed and Clara's purse containing thier passports was taken. Rushing to the embassy panicking they met Joy who was about closing for the day, she was barely six months old in the embassy. "Please help us the couple begged, our wedding is in 3 days time and we have just been robbed"
Joy looked at her watch and it was 7pm, Clara knelt and held Joy by her legs wailing "please help us", with pity Joy dropped her bag.
She finished sometime past 2am and the elated couple were relieved.
They drove past her as she walked to the bus top to get a bus, none came and she had to walk home. That night changed the course of her life.
It's been 3yrs since the incident but Joy like her name choose joy instead of wallowing.
"Hello our friend" the voice rang a bell as Joy looked up to behold Tom and Clara. They had been robbed again at the eve of Clara's trip to France to give birth. Amidst the pleas, Joy couldnt come through like she once did pushing Tom to a desperate act by trying to bribe Wilson, Joy's subordinate. Joy caught in on the dubious act and fired Wilson.. Infuriated, Tom blazed into Joy's office and asked why she was being unjust to them.
"We are closed for the day and there's nothing i can do for you" Joy said.
But you have once gone out of your way to help us before, please yet again help us" Tom responded
"Oh!! You mean the night i broke my back for you and your wife and left around 2:15am? The night your wife was glued to her phone as i walked past her with no word of "Thank you"? The night you drove past me in the speed of light not offering me a ride or even asking if I'd be ok? The night i had to walk home cos I couldn't get a bus? The night I got raped and impregnated? The night the choice of motherhood was taken from me cos I lost the baby due to complications and my womb was removed? Are you referring to that night"?
Struck by a figuartive lightning bolt, Tom stared at Joy and couldn't mutter a word.
"I'm the worse person there is" he said again as the Photographer clicked away.
His marriage broke down irreversibly, Clara lost the baby. The journey of his philanthropic work begun when he trailed Joy home one day and asked how he could ever make things right. Her response, "For every kindness you show, for every tear you wipe, for every help you render and for every good you do to the least out there, you will be peeling off the scars of my life.."
Its been 12yrs and counting...
The story goes to a sister blog #MO'INSPIRE which you can reach on enoinspires.blogspot.com Have an inspire full day.
Wow, kindness means everything
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