A man’s will, upon his death, divided his two daughters against one another, giving one the house they grew up in and the other a dirty dish. Helen and Julia, his two daughters, made John a proud father. They were the love of his life, although he inclined to side with Julia because she resembled his late wife more. Helen was a teenager when Julia was born. Actually, before Julia came along, John and his wife had almost given up on having a child. They treated her even more specially as a result. Helen, who had previously been the only one to receive their loves, felt extremely neglected as a result of them getting her the best of everything and lavishing her with love and attention.
Her mother passed away when she was eighteen, leaving John to assume full responsibility for the girls’ care. It was a difficult assignment, and in the end he made Helen work as a dishwasher to help them make ends meet. At first, Helen detested it and questioned her father’s authority to make her do it. “Why must I perform that action? One day, Helen told her father, “I do not see other kids doing that; they are all going to college.” He said to her, “Helen, you are eighteen now. You have matured and you need to learn how to help other people.” Helen answered, “You mean you and Julia,” and turned to leave him that day.
That was how they sparred for two more exchanges before Helen eventually consented to leave for work. The fact that her pact was legally binding did not make her jealous of Julia any less. Helen’s perception of Julia as a spoilt youngster caused a rift between the two girls. Julia’s refusal to work was the main source of their constant disagreements, which grew worse as they grew older. While Helen grew accustomed to working to support the family, Julia’s teenage dreams consisted solely of going out to parties. Before being employed as a kitchen assistant and then as a cook, she spent a few months working as a dishwasher.
Over the course of her career, Helen overcame her jealously of Julia. She had hoped to party and experience life like her sister, but becoming older had shown her just how much more there was to life. Whenever she attempted to warn her sister about the life she led, Julia would always dismiss her, believing her to be merely resentful and envious. Helen received no assistance from John, who saw nothing wrong with spoiling his miraculous child, and finally gave up trying. But after John died, everything was different. When his lawyer read his will to the two girls, the outcome shocked everyone, Helen foremost. They discovered that Helen inherited an old, filthy dish from their father, while Julia was left the house.