ONE WEEK HAD PASSED. Iris was getting bored. Wala kasi siyang ibang magawa sa mansyon kundi ang kumain, matulog at tumunganga. She wanted to help with the household chores, but the maid didn’t let her. She asked Joseph what she could do, but he just told her to have a beautiful rest.
“But I’m getting bored.” Iris crossed her arms and she stomped her foot on the ground.
Joseph only smiled at his wife. Hinawakan niya ang kamay nito. “Then what do you want to do?”
“I told you. I want to help.”
“Help? By what?”
Iris looked at the maids. “By helping them. But they didn’t want me to help them. They didn’t even want me to water the plants in the garden saying that I might get dirty.” Hinawakan niya ang kamay ng asawa na nakahawak sa kamay niya. “Only you can make them agree so
