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Who is to blame?

Date: August 24, 2021 Author: Sequoia *Mothers are the children's greatest blessings. For most of them, they are their miracles and superheroes that doesn't wear any capes. A mother will always prioritize their little ones over their personal pleasure and happiness. In fact, their kids are their source of joy. And they will never exchange it with anything else.* Just for the information of everybody and fulfilment to my promise in my previous article. This is the continuation of my piece entitled **In just a blink of an eye.** **Disclaimer**: *Most of the information that I'll be spilling out in here were based on my observation and what I hear from the people involved in the incident. Aside from that, forgive me if I can't stop myself from ranting along the way. I just need to let this out to lessen the heaviness in my heart.* ________________________ Actually, I haven't really expose everything in my latest published article and even dropped questions that I am sure you guys also want to know the answers of it. **What happened before that?** According to my mom, which happens to be there that morning. The mother of the victim told her that she'll be attending a birthday party in the beach. My mom disagreed with her and even told her to just stay and care for her daughter Elay (the victim). However she didn't listen to my mother and still insisted to go without the knowledge of my cousin and mother. Anyways, the victim's parents were already separated. **Where are her parents?** The victim's father was working in the City and he even visited the kid that morning before the incident happens. Her mother? Well obviously, she just want to satisfy her wants and didn't even care for her daughter. She went to the beach and got drunk. **What causes the fire?** The mother left Elay to her big sister Maica (nickname). The mother told her older daughter (Maica) to take care of Elay. According to Maica, Elay asked her for some snacks around 3 pm. Their mother didn't left even just a penny for them and so she decided to go for her mother in the beach to asked some money. Maica locked Elay to their room. Yes, they usually lock the kid inside their house because when that kid got out, she's really hard to find. Did I mention in my previous article that Elay was a special child? I really don't like the idea of the kid being locked inside the house. But what else can we do? It was her parent's decision. Maica left Elay in their house and locked the main door also. She forgot that she was heating water using the botaine gas stove and maybe it explode. **Why she wasn't save?** As what I have said, the main door was lock and as well as the room where Elay was confined. Aside from that, it was too late already since the whole house was already burning when the people saw it. However, her uncles still tried their best to open the door but the heat from the fire is already unbearable. When Maica arrived, she fainted the moment she saw their burning house. The mother was informed and she didn't even showed herself in the scene because she was afraid that the people might hurt her. According to her, she couldn't watch her kid in that situation and even attempted to suicide. ________________________ **Own Opinion** Remembering what happened just leads me to an idea about who should be blame. Was it Maica? Or the Mother? In my own opinion, I really want to put all the blame to the mother. In fact, I am so mad at her during that moment and I am not alone with that. She is so selfish and irresponsible. The thought of locking the kid in their house was already wrong. However, it already happened and blaming will never help at all. Maybe, all we can really do now is to accept Elay's death and pray for the bereaved family. Disclaimer: Lead photo isn't mine. It's from unsplash.com

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