11.7 Instant mommy
Mark is a widower with his one-year old daughter. It has been a year since Anette died. It’s been rough but they’ve been strong. Mark leaves Frances (1.7) to their neighbors every time he goes out to work. Everyday the same routine. He still had debts to pay, along with the ones for the funeral at the home. He didn’t expect it to rise so much just because he was overdue. He takes care of Frances well enough. He uses most of his salary for the milk of Frances, it’s one thing he can’t really provide for himself. He always eats pancit canton (5.3) for dinner, because that was what he could afford. It also reminds him of Anette’s curly hair.
He receives a letter of repossession for their duplex. (4.3) Years of saving, gone in a flash. They had a month to find a new home and settle in. There was nothing else to do. He carries frances into their room and turns on the TV, and sets it to play the Rapunzel DVD (7.3). It was Frances’ favorite, she didn’t understand the story but she loved the soundtrack. She giggles each time Gothel would say: “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair”. Mark proceeds to the bathroom.
An hour and a half has passed, and the movie has ended. Although it was the Grimm’s version that Mark plays. Rapunzel does not wake up with the kiss of the prince, but with the birth of a child. She is awakened by the child feeding on her breast. Mark returns to her side and lifts her up. He tells her that she was the child of Rapunzel, but did she not awaken when you feed on her. Frances stops crying but he tells her: “But I am not your King”