DAHIL sa kaniyang pagtakas nung gabing 'yon ay mas lalong lumabas ang pagiging malupit ng kaniyang asawa. The little kindness he once had was gone. Dahil kung dati na tamang i-lock lang siya sa loob ng kuwarto, ngayon ay ipinosas na siya nito at ikinadena. Hindi lang mga kamay niya ang may kadena kundi pati mga paa niya.
She was treated worse than an animal. Even when she needed to relieve herself or take a bath, she had to call for the maids, beg them to unchain her for a few minutes, then endure the sound of the lock snapping shut again.
Palagi na siyang tulala, halos ayaw na niyang kumain kahit tudo pilit na sa kaniya ng mga katulong.
Parang gusto na lang niyang magbigti. But even that was impossible. The chains wouldn’t let her.
Her husband never came back after that night. Not onc
