Carina's life is affected greatly if not negatively by her facial flaws, as nobody wants much to do with her. Yet, they say don't judge a book by its cover.

   In a world where physical appearances are highly revered she finds herself struggling to keep up with these preferences which gets worse when she decides to take a job in the city, the melting pot of cultures-much to her father's chagrin.

  A few new people in her life, a wicked twist of envy and deceit and that's all it takes for her world to start crumbling all around her.

  Can she weather the storms that threatens to drown her therein and will her faith be rekindled along the line or will she lose it entirely?

Scar Red

It had been almost two years since I'd been in the city and I had stayed in the convent for close to a year. I was then in speaking terms with my family and by family, I meant my older brother, Nicholas. 


Every now and then, we'd talk and I'd fill him in on what went on in my life, and in return, he would inform me of how our family fared. 


There were a plethora of things I hid from him—things I wished I didn't have to hide and I would have to make up something every time he asked. 


Initially, I had to plead with him to keep our interactions over the phone secret, not to let our parents—most especially know that we were in touch. 


It was hard...knowing that they were worried sick about me, not to talk of the absurdity of such a request. However, he agreed to it but not before much persuasion. 


A queer sensation lingered within me as I prepared for work that day. I had been working with P&P's maids' cleaning services—a residential housekeeping company—for months then. 


One Good Turn...