Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 2

I looked at Reverend Julian, I had a sneaky feeling that I would not like what he was about to say to me. He cleared his throat and said that the names of Cassie’s harassers were not the only information that the Police had found in Cassie’s phone. In going through her text messages, they found evidence that the father of Cassie’s children was also a member of the TreTre Gang. “What!” exclaimed Maud. I was taken aback. Reverend Julian said the reason the children’s father was killed was because he did not turn over the money that he was sent to collect from a Businessman that the TreTre Gang had been extorting for years. They thought that he had given the money to Cassie, which was why they were harassing her.  It was never ever about any insurance money. I could not believe what I was hearing! I looked at Maud, she was so angry! “Cassie was

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 1

I took up Charmaine’s diary and tried to read but I just could not concentrate on the contents. This was the last of the diaries and I really wanted to know the rest of the story but my mind kept going back to what had happened to Cassie and her children. My eyes filled with tears once again. I put down the diary and went to the kitchen to make myself a cup of tea. Hoping to soothe my frayed nerves I decided to make some chamomile tea. After drinking the tea I went back to my room. I got into bed and took up my Bible and opened it. It so happened that it opened

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 4 - Part 14

When I came to, Maud had one of my shoe under my nostrils. I sputtered and gasped and asked her what she was doing?! She said that she could not find the smelling salts and ‘old time people’ always said that when persons fainted you were to let them smell their own shoe to revive them. “What!” I exclaimed. She grinned and said, “Well it worked! You are revived!” She helped me up from the floor where I had fallen when I fainted and I sat on the edge of my bed. All at once I remembered what she told me earlier that had caused me to faint and I started to cry.  I still could not believe what Maud told me. No wonder I kept having those uneasy feelings I told her. I asked her how she knew what happened? She said that Reverend Julian had called her and told her what happened. “But I spoke with him today and he said nothing!” I exclaimed. “When he was talking with you he hadn’t heard the news as yet.” she said. “When he got the news he was calling your phone and you were not answering so he called me and told me. He said I was to tell you what happened and he will see you tomorrow." I held my head in my hands, I just could not believe that Cassie

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 4 - Part 13

Matron sounded very ecstatic as she related what was taking place at the hospital. She said that the army had shown up at the Hospital like a boss! When the protesters saw the army tankers they ran from the hospital gate. I laughed, because one thing with Jamaicans, they will curse and belittle the members of The Jamaica Constabulary Force but they would never do the same with the members of the Jamaica Defence Force because they knew that the soldiers didn't play!  Onlookers nearby were ordered to remove every barrier and debris from in front of the hospital gate. This they did reluctantly saying that they weren't the ones who placed them there in the first place. The Minister of National Security had assured Matron that the soldiers