Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Task 3 - Confessions of a Ex-Convict

Turning 25 this year , i was released from Prison a few months back after serving 7 years of a 8-year sentence for kidnapping . I had no one to blame . I brought it upon them and myself . I didn't think of the aftermath and took the risk . Negative emotions ran through me . It got me .

A week before i was put behind bars , i was fired after working for a month as a salesman for a company which sells health products . Pete , the company's general manager, looked down on me . He thought i was delusive and i'm wasting my time working as i'm not contributing much to the company by bringing in just a few sales . I had been patient with him from the beginning but , he stroke my last nerve .

I needed the job . He doesn't understand my situation . It was my responsibility to take care of my younger siblings . We lead a hard , awful life . Our parents left us as they're hunted by loan sharks and was nowhere to be found . I came up with a plan against him , a delinquent one . With the help of my friends , it worked out . I was vengeful , full of myself .

Caught , handcuffed and interrogated . My own wrong-doings put me under pressure . All i could think of was my siblings . I couldn't defend myself anymore . The truth was obvious and i admitted guilty for my actions . I spent my youth away in prison . It was worth it , after all . I've changed into a matured man who think before he acts and learnt from mistakes too .

I'm currently working as a salesman , at a different company , to support my family . As for my siblings , they grew up under the care of our handy neighbors .

There's a way for every problem .

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