A mother's deep love for her expatriate son, Giorgis, and her grief and sorrow for the inexplicable murder of her other son, Christakis, is vividly illustrated in the short story by Georgios Vizyinos. The return of the expatriate somewhat relieves her pain but doesn’t alleviate her grief. She adjures, therefore, Giorgis and her other son, Michailos, to search for their brother's murderer and avenge him. She is ignorant, of course, of who her son's murderer is and anxiously searches for him, while her Turk protégé, Kiamilis, whom she had taken care of if he were her child, after a dramatic adventure, although not knowing that he is the one who has -unwittingly- killed the son of his benefactress. A shocking revelation with dramatic consequences, when it comes to light. Kiamilis loses his senses and begs Giorgis not to tell his mother. To atone for his sin, having ultimately gone insane, he devotes himself to working for the mother, who never hears the truth.

The investigator goes to the area where Giorgis' family lives and begins the investigation. He is accompanied by Michailos, as Giorgis has some obligations in the City. Perhaps his acquaintance with Demet, Kiamil's sister, also played a role. Their mutual affection is evident. Kiamil's behavior is a bit strange, and it puzzles the mother. When she learns of his ordeal before she found him half-dead, she will feel an even greater need to help him.

Kiamil had met someone his own age from their region, and they became blood brothers. He fell in love with his sister, Nazile, and they were preparing for marriage. Everything was turned upside down by a tragic moment. When Kiamil and his blood brother were returning to the latter’s village, they were attacked and robbed. His blood brother was killed, and Kiamil was left in a bad condition. The father of his beloved kicked him out, as he blamed him for the death of his son. He would have died if it weren’t for the mother taking him in.

Fate plays strange games. Nazile reappears in Kiamil's life, and everything takes an unexpected turn.