45 Years a Slave

Once upon a time in a far away land along boulevard...there's a small kingdom ruled by an ungrateful queen. She had been a widow for so long and has left with four adopted children. June 2010 came when a young woman entered such kingdom as a worker. The woman's career began to rise when the Queen gave her the leverage. Little do the woman know that she's never allowed to open her mouth. And that all the workers are meant to nod their heads.

Years passed, the poor woman began to notice how poisonous the environment is. The queen has her favorites who are untouchables. She also had sidekicks who are blood related to her and all of them claim to be "believers" but behave in a way that you could see fangs in their mouth.

A day came when the woman couldn't help but retaliated. She opened her mouth and spoke her mind because she believed she was treated inhumanly. She was accuse of being proud, was never forgiven after a 3-page apology letter, she was put into sanction without any feedback, she was demoted without due process...to sum it up, it was a constructive dismissal.

The woman would have chose to stay despite the struggles because there was a contract that binded her and the queen. She chose to resign from her post and opted to be at another office. The queen allowed her but perhaps just whispered to a messenger to let the woman know that she has to settle something before getting her 30th pay. That significant information never got to the woman. So when payday came, she went to the cashier's office. To her surprise, she was denied from the wage she should have because she's never told that she had to comply something first. The woman begged for mercy. Literally begged. But they all let their fangs out and just shooed her away.

It was the day that marked the breaking of the law by that woman worker. She walked away and never came back. She'd been called number of times by some other administrators to settle her debt but she never bothered to respond.

Until...in a restaurant one evening, the woman was shaken by the prince's presence. After almost a year of being out of sight, their way has crossed in a place where everyone can be so closed that the prince could have just reached out and slapped her face for walking away like that.

But the prince never did anything. At least at that moment.

So the poor woman is kinda bothered now. :|