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Her parents, who had been married for fifteen years, were sitting quietly in her impersonal room at the time. This was the closest they had gotten at that time. A few days before Deborah attempted suicide, the marriage had almost irreparably broken down. Mrs. Mahultze was tired of her husband's adultery and the fact that his numerous children openly discussed his promiscuity but were kept quiet because of the applicable customs. old-fashioned patriarchal structures!

Deborah questioned whether this perception of her partner would endure. "Perhaps there really is a brighter day through every dark night, huh?"
The well-trained hospital nurse entered, and her parents returned a smile before having to leave. She treated Debbie with compassion while working effectively. She greeted Deborah politely and put on her gloves before removing the strap from the drip injection and setting Deborah on an IV so that she could receive medication for a few hours straight into her veins. Debbie slept peacefully after the rosy-cheeked nurse left.

That evening, Mrs. Mahultze questioned whether trying to get a divorce from her husband was a hasty decision. He prayed and lit some sage in an attempt to win her over. He said, "Lord." "If there is a god, he will realize that from the time of Eve until the present, all of these women are to blame. My wife will forgive me if there is a god, and he will protect my daughter from affiliation. Amen." Added Mrs. Mahultze: "Why do you reduce God in that way? You're a man of little faith; I ask you again."

"Wherefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not then much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?" -Matthew 6:30

The abuse took its toll again, and Mrs. Mahultze resorted to thinking of leaving her husband and taking the children with her. Her proxy possessiveness was quite evident. She had had enough of her husband's colonial patriarchy.

A system that developed from 3100 BC to 6000 BC in the Near East. Traveled a long journey into the times of Roman-Dutch Law and traced it down to indigenous African cultures. Fed down to the youth. A system in society that made men believe they had power and women were excluded from such power. Which made men believe that showing emotion was a sign of weakness and that certain duties were assigned to women and women alone. They reckoned that to be the men of the house was considered an achievement, and to have the last say was deemed a privilege.

When Deborah finally opened her eyes, the afternoon seemed to last forever. Her cheeks were drenched in tears. She was furious that she had lived; she couldn't believe it. If she didn't exist, her friends, her family, and Mohammad would all be happier. 

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