Making bad choices once doesn't make people bad

One day my father was going home from work. He worked in a hotel as a clerk and his house was near to it. So, he always returned home on foot. That day he could hear a crying baby in the nearer trash can. He went near it and saw me. That's how he met his adopted daughter, Ketty.

He became sad for the baby's luck and didn't know what to do. He had no children but loved them a lot. He wanted to take the baby at home but then he thought about his wife who doesn't like children at all. He took a night to think what to do with the baby. He didn't sleep a wink all the night. Then he decided to take her to an orphanage.

He signed for every paper and left the children there. But he promised the baby that he would go to meet her everyday. And he used to do so and thought that the baby might a good and kind family. But every child in the orphanage were getting adopted except Ketty. Because she had a birthmark on her forehead and for this no one wanted to adopt her.

John continued to take care of the baby until one day his wife noticed that he was always late from work. She asked him where he went every single day and why always late at home. John tried to pacify her and told her that it was not that what she was thinking about. But she was furious and wanted to know the truth unless she warned him that she would leave him. He had no choice and so had to tell the truth about the baby. He added that he wanted to adopt her but he was afraid that his wife would be against that.

His wife thought for a while and told him the most unexpected thing. She said that if they receive social assistance for the child from the state then she was going to be agreed. John was over the moon as his wife had agreed to take the baby in. He at once went to do all the papers done. But he could never imagine what a dangerous plan her wife had. He also couldn't noticed her greedy motives.

Completing all the documents John brought the baby at home. He gave it to his wife. Every day he worked hard at the hotel and his wife took care of Ketty. But she was losing her temper. She realized that taking care of a baby isn't an easy task. The baby yells always and needed constant attention. She was getting tired of it as the baby never stopped. She also noticed that she had to spend all their money on the baby. Then one day her patience ran out and before executing her greedy motives she quit. She told John that she didn't need the baby. This was not the baby they were expecting for and spend their money on.

This was the moment of their long marriage life when John could realize that his wife was materialistic, cruel and didn't have a kind heart. He didn't notice it before. So, he strongly said that he never would abandon Ketty whatever the situation is. His wife became furious at this and packed all his staffs and asked him to leave the house. John had to leave because the house didn't belong to him. It was his wife's parents' home.

He took the baby and went away. He had no money and he couldn't live with a baby on the street. He went to his hotel and it was late night so no one was there. He settled in one of the empty rooms. They lived there for several months and John worked so hard and soon they got enough money to buy a small house for him and the baby.

Ketty was growing up as a sweet girl with that birthmark on her forehead and began to help her poor adoptive father. One day Ketty home in a smiley face. Her father was there. She told her happily that she had got a work in a wealthy house of an old couple. Her father was also happy like her and asked where she was going to work. She replied that she had been hired as a maid for a rich elderly couple. He became happy however and suggested her to cover her birthmark while going to work.

Ketty did so and went to work. She found out that the couple was very kind to ketty and it was kind of fun to work in that house. Soon she also could know the reason. She was serving snacks to the table one day. Then the pleased old lady told her that she reminded them so much of their daughter. Ketty politely asked if she came to visit them often. But she said sadly that their daughter had died many years ago. The old lord added that they had no children or grandchildren.

But one day everything changes when Ketty was mopping near the pool side. The old couple was there and suddenly she slipped and fell into the water. He cap fell into the water and consequently her birth mark was revealed.

The couple was shocked at this and helped to get her out of the water first. They asked what was on her forehead. She was sad and thought that she must be fired now. She replied in tears that it was nothing but her birthmark. They again asked her the reason of hiding it. They didn't wait for her reply and said that it was incredible mark.

The old lady at once asked her to tell about her family and who had raised her. Ketty had no idea about what was going on and so she told them the truth. She told them that her father found her in a trash can and he himself raised her. She was confused and asked them why they were asking those.

The lady told that they had been looking for Ketty for last 18 years. Then they told their stories to her.

They raised their daughter in a very strict way. She was afraid and so she hid her relationship with a poor guy. She also hid her pregnancy from us and acted as if nothing had happened. She gave birth a daughter in the hospital in secret and tried to get rid of the baby. After few hours of this she felt extremely ill. They took her to the hospital but it was too late. Their daughter passed away. But suddenly the doctor came to them and informed that she had gave birth to a daughter having a birthmark in the forehead. They desperately looked for their grandchild. But they were unable to find her.

They told to Ketty that they blamed themselves for their daughter's death and had been looking for our grandchild all our lives, but to no avail. Ketty got furious when she heard that. She asked the reason of telling that to her. They replied that their daughter had the same birthmark as Ketty and so they could identify her. They told her that she was their granddaughter. Ketty got even more furious and said that she never would forgive them for what they had done to their daughter. She at once left he house in tears to her father.

She told him everything that had happened in that house. He tried to pacify her and suggested her that she must understand her relatives and forgive them. Ketty was trying to refuse by saying that it was that old couple who was responsible for her mother's passing away. Her father assured that they had paid full for that mistake.

Ketty found it difficult to heed her father's advice. She continued not to going to the house. But one day a doctor phoned her and told that her grandparents were sick and were admitted in the hospital. Her father reminded her that it could be her last chance to talk to them frankly.

Ketty gather all of her courage and went to the hospital in a smiley face to visit her grandparents. They were glad as she went. She spent several hours with them and soon she was able enough to forgive them.

We should always remember that sometimes good people make bad choices too; but it doesn't make them bad people.