Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 11

I rolled my eyes, Reverend Julian had a nerve calling me at this time of the night!  “Aren’t you going to answer your phone?” asked Maud with a puzzled look on her face. “You know I don’t answer my phone after certain hours!” I retorted. When the phone stopped ringing I turned off the ringer and put the phone in my pocket. I asked Maud if she had anything else to tell me? She said she had told me all she knew but if she

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 10

“Reverend Julian told you to take Cassie and the children here?” I asked incredulously. “Maud you are lying!” I shouted. “No, I am speaking the truth.” she said tearfully. “ I wanted to tell you the truth but Reverend Julian begged me not to say anything to you.” "Tell me the truth now and nothing but the truth!" I said to her through clenched teeth. Maud began to spill her guts. She told me something that I was unaware of, that Reverend Julian

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 9

“Forgive me for being selfish but I never told Cassie or her Grandmother about you at first because I wanted her all to myself." said Maud. "Weren't they ever curious about where you were staying?" I asked. "I just told them that I was staying with a very strict aunt who did not allow me to have visitors. However, when Cassie found her birth certificate in the letter that her Grandmother had hidden for so many years she was adamant that she was going to find her father. She said she had a friend

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 8

“Conroy is my nephew too.” she repeated. “I heard you the first time! What do you mean by that?” I asked her. Maud sat down in the chair across from me and started to cry. “I promised Great-Aunt Charlotte that I would never say anything to you.” she said between her sobs. “What! What the hell did you promise Great-Aunt Charlotte that you would never say to me?!" I exclaimed. “What did you promise not to say?" I asked again, much more quietly because I did not want Conroy to wake up. With tears streaming down her cheeks Maud told me that she was

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 7

I woke up with the intention of taking Conroy to spend the day with me at the Hope Zoo so I went into the kitchen to prepare some sandwiches to take with us. What seemed strange to me, however, was that there was no sound coming from the yard outside. I wondered why it was so quiet as normally Maud would be up washing or hanging out clothes to dry on the line, singing at the top of her lungs and the dogs would be up and about chasing the stray cats that every now and then would come into the yard. I peeped

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 6

I could not shake the feeling I had of seeing Maud with Conroy. I never knew I had a jealous bone in my body, but here I am fighting a strong urge to go and snatch Conroy away from Maud and bring him back to stay with me! I sighed deeply, I really have been learning so much about myself these past weeks and it all started with Charmaine’s diaries. Speaking of which, I needed to go and catch up on my reading. I made myself comfortable on the bed and opened the diary. The last time

Border Secured (A Scenario) Section 5 - Part 5

Thank God it’s Friday! I said to myself as I got out of bed. As much as I loved my job I wished I could stay home because I woke up with a splitting headache! Finding out that Cassie was my sister and that I was an aunt was finally sinking in. I took two painkillers and got ready for work. While waiting on Ricky a lot of memories of when she was here came flooding back. I remembered how Conroy had taken to me and was always asking me a lot of questions. I thought it was just his childish curiosity but now it seems that he knew instinctively that we were related! He was such an adorable little boy and I really did not want him to be placed in a Children’s Home but there was no way I could keep him. Apart from the fact that I had no clue how to raise a child, I was too old to be taking on this kind of responsibility! Oh God, I prayed, help me with this situation! It was the honking