ABSENT. A housemaid has gone to a barangay captain to ask for advice on how to handle her husband who hardly ever comes home. She said her spouse in his absence never sends money for food for their five children.
PRESENT. She further told the barangay chief that if ever her husband shows up, it is not because he worries about the condition of the children or that he misses her so much. She said he comes home for a massage.