Clara returned from her vacation to find her prized lily garden destroyed, with only scattered coins left behind.
As she unraveled the mystery behind the young intruder, she never imagined how a simple act of compassion would change multiple lives forever.
Clara stepped out of the taxi, her skin tingling from two weeks in Bali. She breathed in the familiar scent of home, eager to see her beloved lily garden.
As she rounded the corner to her backyard, she stopped dead in her tracks.“What in the world?” she gasped, her voice barely above a whisper.
Where her vibrant lilies once stood, there was nothing but bare earth. A few coins glinted in the dirt, catching the afternoon sun. Clara’s mind reeled, trying to make sense of the scene before her. She knelt, picking up the scattered change with trembling fingers. Anger and confusion battled in her mind. Who’d do this
And why leave money?“This doesn’t make any sense,” Clara muttered to herself, pocketing the coins.
She stood up, brushing dirt from her knees, and marched towards her house with determination. “Gotta check the camera,” she said, hurrying inside. “Please let it have caught something.” In her study, Clara booted up her computer, her foot tapping impatiently. She pulled up the footage from the hidden camera she’d installed after a previous vandalism incident.
