yesterday my mama came to 'my room'. the few times that she does that is when she puts my brothers' folded clothes or to ask me if i wanted to have dinner. this time her hands were empty. she hovered around at the doorway as if she wanted to share something with me. so i asked her, 'what is it?'
'you know why Mel (my house maid) was so quiet for the past few days?' she said hesitantly.
i shrugged my shoulders to indicate that i was ignorant or even aware of what was happening.
apparently she was told off by her mother, who so happens to be my sister's maid who is currently living with her husband in Shanghai. the reason for that was my crazy sister in law, aka The Bitch, had been in touch with her.
The Bitch had asked Mel to get her a maid to babysit her baby. Gullible as Mel might have been, she got in touch with her aunt who runs a maid agency here. So a maid was arranged. one of the conditions is that she would have to stay here in our apartment. bearing in my mind that this is probably have been done without the knowledge of my brother the Bastard.
now this is the sore point.
long before we moved to this new apartment, the Bitch had done the same thing. when my brother stumbled on that fact he confronted my mother.
'what do you think you are doing,' he retorted.'i dont want a maid. do you know what will happen if anything ever happen to the maid!? i will get in trouble. and Aki (the eldest brother) will get into trouble. and you could land in jail!?'
how dare he spoke to our mother that way. it wasnt by any means an argument in which both parties have a stake at the issue. The Bastard was giving a dressing down to my mama. and you know what's the worst thing, the Bitch was quiet all along. she didnt even utter a single word in my mother's defence.
'i didnt want the maid, its your wife who wants a maid,' said mama defending herself.
'dont u think i would have known about it!? if anything she would have told me!? he said.
yeah right, you would have known about it alright...
when mama was relating this to me, she used a few vulgarities. i have never heard her used it. what i had related above is a watered down version. really. i've never seen her so worked up.
as i sat there in front of my computer, i felt sick to the stomach. a collection rage and visions of criminal deeds surged through my feet right up to my head. i could feel her pain.
but all that came out of my mouth was
'there she goes again.'
however what struck me was that my loving mama had said, 'we do not want to have to do anything with them.'
my god! those were strong words.
