Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 4 - Part 11

Charmaine wrote that she panicked when Florence said that Stanley Wharbucks was nowhere in the house. Where could her Grandfather be? She started to cry and said it was her fault because she was rude to him the night before and if anything happened to him she would die! “Well I don’t think anything happened to him because my heart never leap!” said Florence. Charles laughed and said that was something his mother would have said. Charmaine was not amused, she just wanted to see her Grandfather. “Did you

RATS ON A CHEESE FARM

A colony of rats lived on a cheese farm owned by Farmer Swiss. One day, three of the rats decided that they wanted to take over the cheese farm so they sat down to devise strategies on how to effect this takeover. Rat number one, the ringleader, said that

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 4 - Part 10

It was the sound of the alarm on my phone that woke me. I glanced on the clock on the wall, it was 6:00 a.m.  Strange, I thought, how come I didn’t hear the usual crowing of the roosters next door? Anyways, I must have fallen asleep reading Charmaine’s diary again, because the room light was still on. I was about to get out the bed when I remembered that

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 4 - Part 9

Charmaine wrote tearfully about the embarrassment she felt at the way Stanley Wharbucks treated Charles. The stains of her teardrops were evident on the pages of her diary. She always knew that her Grandfather had a dark side but his vitriolic behavior towards her father was unforgiving! Charles left with Florence but Charmaine decided to wait until her Grandfather returned to the room. When he returned to the study she

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 4 - Part 8

“Lord! Have mercy! What is wrong with these people! They really did that? They really set the hospital gate on fire?” I asked Matron. Matron said that the protesters were determined to enter the hospital despite the presence of the police personnel on the compound. She had called the Minister of Health before calling me and he had promised to call and talk to the

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 4 - Part 7

Miss Verna was adamant that he was the Charles Whitmore who had employed her to take care of his daughter Charmaine, a daughter whom he still had no recollection of. She insisted that he return to St. Thomas right away with her. Miss Verna was initially on her way to visit her family in May Pen, Clarendon but she decided that he being home in familiar surroundings was more important than her going anywhere. Charles said that at first he was hesitant about going with Miss Verna but the more he thought about it the more it seemed to be a good idea. Furthermore, he had

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 4 - Part 6

I was curious about what Maud had to say. I was just not curious enough to be away from Charmaine’s diary for too long. I hope what she had to say was worth taking the time away from my reading. Maud was sitting, hunched over, on the bench on the verandah. She sat up straight when she heard me approaching her. I sat down in my favorite chair, across from her, and told her