HELPING HELPS 2

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Mark made so many visits to the house; eventually an elderly woman came to answer the door. She looked lonely, depressed and haggard. “What do you want from me” she shouted. “Ma, I was just wondering if you need help to clean your environment”, Mark replied. “I don’t need your help ,get out of my face before I hurl things at you.” She retorted.
Mark walked off but still felt like helping her  despite her initial unpleasant attitude to him,so he made it a point of duty to visit her when he had the time even when he was not on his cleaning round in the neighbourhood and cleaning the surrounding of the house for her from time to time. This endeared Mark to the old woman. She thought to herself, “I think I should have a chat with this lad one of these days, he seems to be a pleasant and persistent young man”.
Meanwhile Mark’s classmates in the college had all graduated and were working in different places, Derek had a job with an accounting firm but he got into trouble due to some fraudulent transactions he was involved in.
Back to Mark and the old woman.
Mark continued with his visits and cleaning of the surrounding of the woman’s house even when she didn’t answer to his call at the door. One day the old woman decided to let Mark into her house. “Hello, young man you seems to enjoy cleaning my house for free?  asked the old woman. “Yes ma, provided it makes you happy”, answered Mark. “It sure does”, the old woman responded. So she let Mark in her house.  Guess what, the interior was equally as unkempt as the exterior, so Mark cleaned and tidied up the whole house after so many visits due to the size of the house.
Did Mark stop at cleaning Mrs. Park’s house?
Having gained the woman’s trust to an extent, Mark decided to find more about the woman. From their conversation, Mark knew her to be Mrs. Park, the woman and her family members were displaced during one of the natural disasters that occurred several years ago in her own country. All her efforts to reunite with her family members - that is if they were still alive - proved futile so she gave up trying.
How did Mrs. Park end up in the gigantic house? Stay hooked for upcoming continuations. Have a lovely week.
Written by Isma

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