AN INVESTIGATION

"Yes, master. I am referring to Ruth."

"Ruth?" Edwin jumped out of his chair with wide eyes.

Rees looked troubled as he didn't understand why his master acted that way. 'Did I said something offensive?', he thought.

"Master, did I say something wrong?" Rees asked nervously.

Edwin's mind was like a stirred ocean at the mention of the name that he was thinking of for weeks. The fragrance that the brown piece of the cloth held made his heart beat a little faster than normal. It was kept safely in his chamber. He had spent days and nights while holding it near him.

It had become a cure to his every problem. It had become redemption of his crumbling world.

Ruth... he heard that name for the first time on the night of the celebration. He could never forget those hazel eyes which had bewitched his mind and heart. And every time he thinks of that name, he felt like those hazel eyes were haunting him all the time.