“He hit you again, didn’t he?”, I asked Ela, catching sight
of the bruises she had been trying to hide with her scarf. “Why do you put up
with it? Just leave him.”
“You don’t understand”, she stated. “If I resist, he will go
after my Princess.”
Try as I would, I could never understand. Why did she have
to put up with the abuse when she was the only earning member in the family?
That was five years back. Today, her daughter is a software
engineer, and Ela lives with her. Maybe she was more empowered than I
thought.
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A Drabble is a story told in exactly 100 words.
3 comments:
A satisfying ending. I'm glad it's fictitious but sadly I know that this happens in the world.
Rosalind Adam is Writing in the Rain
Very glad that turned out alright. Sorry to hear about all the tragedy in Mumbai in the last day or so.
Chuck at Apocalypse Now
Natasha - Such a tribute to t he way mothers feel about their children! I am glad that you focus on the way Ela was actually more empowered than we might have thought. Still, it's so awful to know that this happens in real life all the time...
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