Friday, January 18, 2013

in exchange of working abroad

"Why are you so bad at me?"

This was the question left unanswered  by Lukas after walking away towards forever.

At 45, Evelin cannot imagine that her husband has done things rupturing the vows they have made together for around 2 decades. It never crossed her mind that Lukas  has had this other person, dark and cunning. In their married life, she thought she has almost perfected the roles of a wife, a mother, and a partner altogether. In the end, she found out she was fooled. She was used. She was abandoned.

Evelin, returns to her country for good. After 10 years of being flayed in a place of an unknown family, she comes back at her house. She ponders deeply, "Is it my fault that I wanted to have a better life for my family by rendering my service to another family?" It has not sunk in yet that her house is not a home anymore. Now, she just sees a mere edifice-- built from love, but marred by animosity.

Ever wonder where is Lukas? He has got a new home.

In a country where women are forced to work abroad to sustain their family's need, many of them come back home losing their family. After enduring long sleepless nights living in a family not of their own, they return to their country hapless and hopeless.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I would have wanted you to build this up into a full blown novel. Heh. :)

Sad reality.