“My father passed away when me and my brother were still small kids. My mother never thought that there would be any need to be qualified beyond school education because she belonged to a financially well-off family, my grandparents weren’t bothered by this as well. My father didn’t mind my mother becoming a house wife because he had very a promising career ahead of him and he visioned a family which will never face lack of anything. So, my mother never worked a day in her life she was a house wife.
When my father expired, the situation took a turn for the worse. My maternal grandparents were no more in this world and my mother’s brothers refused to support her. My father had invested a large portion of our savings in the new house we were going to live in, but he went away without getting to live in it. We had to change our home to one which was not in the kind of area we ever thought we would live in.
My mother had to work to earn a meagre income, it was factory work and not a very comfortable one. But, she made sure me and my brother got proper education and she gave us example from her own life about how qualification and proper working experience was required. My brother got job in the same company my father worked for and I have done fine myself as well.”
My colleague had stopped speaking and proceeded to finish the rest of the tea in the cup which he had previously placed on the table.
No, I am not a good judge of character. By what I had just heard, I wanted to believe this person sitting in front of me was actually a good person who had experienced a life more challenging life than the rest.
But, sadly this person was not good at all. He had manipulated and betrayed people for his own gains. He had pretended to be a person of trust to the troubled to feed on their weakness. He was the person of least productivity in the company yet he had manipulated his way in such a way which secured his position from any form of challenge. There are probably more, not that I would love to recount
The main issue was that even after everything I knew about him, I still wanted to believe this person had good in him and maybe most of the things I knew about him could be false. I just cannot get comfortable with the idea that there are such people in the world. Sometimes I am surprised, how naive I truly am.
Early Morning Memories 
10 responses to “Injudicious”
Your story had me confused for some time but by the time I finished reading and knew something was not right and went through it again and then only did it dawn on me that the initial statement was your collegue’s and not about yourself.
I think a few others might initially struggle to comprehend what you are trying to say, but well written to explain the Blog Prompt.
Don’t know, but starting the story with just these additional words, should do the trick, thats what I feel:
He said,”……..” or
He continued,”…….”
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Thank you so much for giving honest feedback. Actually blog prompt gives us option to generate writing based on promt these are hence a bit shorter .. yes it was about the colleague who narrates the story to me as the listener.
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Your life journey is a testament to resilience and strength, overcoming unexpected challenges. It’s inspiring how your mother’s determination led to your success. Life’s twists shape us in unexpected ways. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Absolutely maam. Mother’s are so divine always.. thanks for reading ma’am and wsh you and your family a very happy and Merry Christmas 🎄
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Wishing you a joyful and Merry Christmas too! 🎄
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NICE POST 💚💖💓
Blessed and Happy afternoon from Spain 🇪🇸
Greetings 👋
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Happy Christmas 🎄
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Well express your emoticons.
I feel sad about your earlier tough time.
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Sir, the initial paras have been written in the form of lines spoken by the person with whom I was speaking. Thus the issue of misjudgement has been on my own behalf of this same person who has also been associated with actions or activities which may put him in a negative light.
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