PROLOGO
When love does not only hurt emotionally, but becomes abusively draining and toxic. Will you still try to save the marriage? Kahit kapalit ay ang pagkawasak at pagkawala sa sarili mo ay iyong gagawin para lang maisalba ang sagradong kasal at pinangakong pagmamahalan na panghabang buhay?
Hindi kailanman magiging katanggap tanggap ang pisikal na pananakit. Lalo na galing sa mga taong mahal natin. Ngunit ilan sa atin ay walang magawa, dahil tuluyan na ngang nabulag ng pag-ibig. O maaaring nasanay na.
Why is it hard to leave? Dahil ba sa nararamdamang pagmamahal? Kinasanayang sitwasyon at relasyon? O kawalan ng pag-asa para mabago pa ang buhay nila mula sa pang-aalipusta?
She fell in love.
She had been hurt.
Then she was abused.
She is Aubrey Alcantar, the Battered Wife.
She is a battered wife. Entangled by the sacred promise of marriage. Suffocated to follow the traditional perspective of society when it comes to marriage. Behind a woman’s smile, there is a hidden pain and sorrow. All she wants is to be loved and build a happy family. But a home that she has been dreaming of, turns into fearsome and violent.
Kung ang bahay na nagsisilbing pahinga at kaligtasan ng iba sa kapahamakan, hindi para kay Aubrey. Dahil dito niya pala mararamdaman ang bangungot na hindi alam kung paano matatakasan. Sa mapang-alipustang asawa na kanyang lubos na minamahal.
Mula sa masiyahin, pilya at puno ng kulay na buhay ni Aubrey ay hindi niya inaasahan na mapupunta siya sa madilim na mundo. Makukulong sa pagmamalupit, magagapos sa pang-aalipusta. Ang pagmamahal na binibigay niya para sa asawa ay pananakit at pagdurusa ang magiging kapalit.
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Author's note:
This story is not like the other novels I wrote, this is going to be short, precise, and in a fast-paced storytelling. Dahil ito pa ay hindi mahabang nobela, maikli ito at mananatiling libre na mababasa. Part pa rin po ito ng series na ‘The Fallacy of Marriage’. This is Aubrey’s story, one of Ninya and Rico’s friends. The woman that we saw who can lighten the group, bring joyful jokes and undeniable laughter, is a strong woman with a fragile heart inside. Who is willing to give and surrender anything for love. And we know, some of us… comes to a point that despite having many reasons to leave and walk out of a relationship. We still choose to stay for a single reason, becoming blind to what is the real beauty and meaning of Love. Blinded by many external factors and internal emotions.
I will write this story together with THE SHOTGUN MARRIAGE. Paunti-unti at medyo mabagal po ang update nito. Thank you!