No Word

You don't question faith. Not unless you like to risk doom. You don't doubt where you find strength, not if you're wise. Naomi was both faithful and wise. Three weeks now. Three. This last week, long, day by day. No word from anyone. The local authorities have been useless. Her fiancee, Kushal, was so exuberant before leaving to his new ministerial position in Kashmir district, a hundred miles away. But he never arrived at his new job, and no one has heard from him. Except for Naomi's youngest brother, Jamaal. A week ago, he saw Kushal board a train in a nearby town. His sister's fiancee was not alone. The young lad couldn't break his sister's heart, nor could he lie. Finally, he tells Naomi, but she isn't surprised at all. Faithful, wise, yes, but after the very first day, no ones fool.