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The rain had stopped. The flood water began to subside.

Azreen went home and prepared dinner for his father. Much to hersurprise, they ate in comfortable silence. There was calmness

between them now.

At midnight, Siti came and

knocked frantically on the door.

She told Azreen that Nek had

passed away an hour ago and

Asraf and a few men were on their

way to the Old Ladys house.

The villagers had convinced

Asraf that the Old Lady had

poisoned Nek.

They were so angry and they

would do anything for revenge.

Asraf must be out

of his mind !

Please Kak, youmust do

something. Youre

the only one who

could help.

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Azreen ran through the jungle to the Old Ladys house.

There were several men standing there holding torches and

shouting terrible words at the Old Lady.

Asrafwas near the Old Ladys house and he looked very angry. Hehad a torch in one hand and a hoe in the other.

Azreen pleaded him not to hurt the Old Lady but Asraf ignored her

and pushed her away. She fell on a pile of gardening tools.

She found a spade and she quickly

grabbed it and stabbed at his foot.

He fell down and the torch rolled

towards the wall of the house. The

fire caught at the wooden wall and

spread fast.

Asraf was shocked. Azreen

pushed him away and crashed into

the house.

The fire grew fast and furious.

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Inside the burning house, Azreen looked all around for the Old

Lady.

Then she saw the Old lady was lying beside her stove. She

quickly rushed to her. The Old Lady died in the fire. Before she died, the Old Lady

reminded her to learn to forgive others.

Listen. When Im

gone, promise me

that youll remember

all Ive taught you.

You must learn to

forgive before its toolate.

Please dontsay that.

Please dont .

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Azreen went to Asrafs house to confront him. She kicked and

beat him in anger.

Asrafsaid he did not mean to burn the Old Ladys house.

In grief, Asraf told her that he did not understand why hisgrandmother and Madhurihad to be taken away from him.

When Azreen looked shocked, he told her that he and Madhuri

had been in love and had been planning to run away.

They met at the rubber estate on the

day Madhuri died. That was the last time

Asraf saw her.

In disbelief, Azreen ran away from him.

She ran and ran without knowing

where to go. Finally, she stopped at a cliffand slept off on a rock.

Next morning when she woke up, she

remembered that the Old Lady told her

to learn to forgive.

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She left the place and headed for the rubber estate. She

needed to find some answers.

Suddenly, she saw Awang was coming towards her. He told

the truth about Madhuri.

He told her that Madhuri was Azreensadopted sister and

Madhuris real mother was still alive and was angry over the

death of her daughter. She was out to seek revenge.

Azreen was really

shocked when Awangthanked her for

helping him when

she had taken the

blame for leaving the

farm gate open. He also told her

that it was he who

took Madhuris letter

when Azreen threw it

away.

I m sorry about

what happened to

your mother. It

was my fault, you

know. I dont

know why did you

take the blame. Itwas a very brave

and selfless act.

You mean, it wasnt ? I did it all for

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He also said he saw Asraf and

Madhuri were in the rubber

estate several times and he knew

something was going on

between them. He said Haji Ghani must have

found out about the relationship

between Asraf and Madhuri.

That might be a reason why he

had kept Madhuris murder asecret.

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At Haji Ghanishouse

Haji Ghani was in his favourite room, holding his keris.

He remembered sheathing the dagger within his clothing before

making his way to the rubber estate that fateful day. He was

informed that Madhuri was dead.

He knew Madhuri had been with Asrafher lover. He knew that

he would have stabbed the man with his dagger if he had caught

him there. But all he found was her dead body.

His men covered the whole thing

up. They made the villagers believed

that it was an accident.

He did not want the investigation

into the murder would shameMadhuris memory and stain her

innocence. He also would be laughed

at for not being able to keep his

young bride happy.

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