SimranThe Letter
A few days after Sue’s death, when John came back home one evening he found a letter in his letterbox. He picked it up and threw it on his desk without even looking at the sender’s address. He just wanted to be with his father because it was his presence that could soothe his unrest soul. Who might have sent the letter and what was written in that letter?
Next Morning
The letter was still on his desk, the man thought it might be some collaboration request so he didn’t open it. The next morning, when he came near his desk he remembered about the unopened letter. He picked it up with no interest. But something inside his heart prompted him to open the letter. What was written inside the letter?
Finding Out
John tore the envelope from the edge and took the letter out of it. He first looked for the sender’s name. It was written by a man named Robert. This name was completely alien to John, he had never partnered with a man named Robert. This aroused his curiosity to read the letter further. Who was Robert and why did he send the letter to John?
Strings Attached
It seemed like the man knew his mother. They both were colleagues when she used to work at the toilet-seat factory. John speculated as to why Robert would have sent him this letter. He thought that the person might have wanted to come to pay homage to his deceased mother but somehow wasn’t able to come. So he might have written a condolence letter to him. Was his speculation true?
Revisiting The Past
He didn’t want to read the letter because the past few days had been so difficult for him and now he wasn’t in a situation to bear more pain. He kept the letter aside but he wasn’t able to concentrate on anything after that. So he went back to his study table and picked up the letter in his hands once again and started to read…
Reading The Letter
He didn’t have any courage to read what was written inside it but somehow he made up his mind to read it. Robert’s letter started with the following words: “I just wanted you to know how much my family and I appreciate what your mother has done for us for all these years.” John wasn’t able to make out anything out of this. So to clear his doubts he continued to read further.