Away in the Dark

Boarding school girls: in a hurry to have their honeymoon in advance.Segi, a senior student,spoilt daughter from a well-to-do family,entered into their innocence,too early.On a mid-term holiday,she led the girls to the river; waited patiently for them to have a bath before she threw a question that would redefine their virginity forever.

Nike, one of the girls deflowered at the riverside,would not wait for long to suffer the repercussion: her bedding smeared with blood,was mistaken for evidence of a "suspended abortion".And the school had no room for "stupid girls from useless,disorganised homes..."

Alero,Nike's best friend,who stood her ground,and refused to be deflowered by Segi,but kept silent in the face of assault to the virginity of her classmates,especially her friend,would later be haunted by the recurring sense of guilt.

Even Alero's parents would not be spared in the snow balling emotional pains.