Line of Trust

Our immediate neighbour may be the most trusting people of all time, more trusting than me perhaps. They are installing their kitchen cabinet at home after extending their kitchen area. Nothing extraordinary about installing a kitchen cabinet, I'd admit, but they have left their 16 year old niece, 14 year old daughter and 1 year old son at home while this is happening.

The wife called my housemaid to tell her to 'tengok-tengok' while she goes to work. I get worried when young girls are left alone in a house where a few grown men are working with sharp tools. No doubt they have us as neighbours to look-see what's happening but we can never be too safe. And we can only do so much- we do have our own house to look after.

Maybe the parents' rationale is that the contractors are a trustworthy lot. I'm just hoping that the girls' guardian angels are working double-time to avoid any untoward incidents.