L. is stuck at Bicol. She and her family had left to visit relatives. It seemed all wonderful to L.: for the first time she went on a trip with her family. Usually money was never enough to go anywhere and this time instead the mother and the father were able to organize this trip. When L. communicated her news to the nuns, they were very surprised: they did not expect that they would be able to leave. L. was happy. Then they arrived at Bicol and the whole country ended up in lockdown. L. didn’t even know what lockdown meant before this situation. She has learned now. She has learned that lockdown means not being able to go home, not being able to study, being away from friends while people outside die of a virus that no one can cure. L. is afraid. She is afraid of not being able to study again. She is afraid of dying. She is afraid that people she loves might die. She would like at least to go back to her house at Mabini. But there is a lockdown and they cannot move. Mum and dad are very worried: if they do not come home they cannot work. If they do not work, she won’t be able to study. Meanwhile everyone can die. L. has never been in prison but right now, with the lockdown that is like a prision for her, she feels like a prisoner.
