Dis-ease

Posted on by Reena Saxena

How I wish the book was never found…..

It contains recipes for potions used to cure village folk. The healers were worshipped, and charged a king’s ransom for healing poverty-stricken patients.

Amanda, the oldest maid in the palatial household, mentions boxes full of gold bars in hushed tones. She’d earned the honour of visiting the secluded basement, with her unflinching loyalty over decades.

The potions caused muscular atrophy, and none of the villagers recovered from it.  It was a ploy to keep them indebted.

How I wish my moneylender grandfather’s name did not appear as author of the book…

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