Back in Jamaica
"Where is that mother-fucker!" Anthony demand grabbing Evan in his shirt collar. "What the fuck man? Get your hands off me!" Evan growls shoving Anthony roughly away from him. "Ialready tear through Joseph's house so I know he's not there, so where is he? Where are you hiding that pussy?" Anthony barks. "Who? Wait? Michael? Michael is gone?" Evan ask his eyes wide
"Don't act so shocked, I know you helped him escape, so where did you stash him this time?" "Nah man, Evan was patrolling the road with us all night." One of the other men says. "Hold up...hold up, let me get this straight, you dragged Michael back to the base and from what I heard gagged and tied him to a chair and then he escaped, as in left the base on his own? Wait...did he...? How many men survived? Is the base even still there?" Evan ask, his tone panicked.
"him neva hurt nobody, him just left, taking him weapons and him sword." Anthony grumbles. "His sword? The sword that was at the head of your bed? That sword? "Which other rass sword you know bout?" Anthony snaps.
"And where were you when all this was happening?" Evan ask Anthony. "Asleep on the same damn bed." Another answer with a laugh.
"What the rass you a try tell me say? Michael free himself, walk into your room, tek up him weapons and a sword that was right beside your damn head and leave that room without even touching a hair on your head?" Evan ask in disbelief. "Yep." One of the men answer while chuckling.
"And you out ya a hunt him down for what reason exactly?" Evan growls. "Him can't just walk away, him have fi answer fi what him do." Anthony barks. "With all due respect, you out a you rass mind or what?" Evan ask then adds.
"You were the one that says if him draws bigger than yours then him fi come tek the sword from you. Words I never repeat to him by the way, so he has no idea you actually said that but guess what? Him tek it from right under you blasted nose proving to you that his draws is indeed bigger that yours...
He could've killed you right there in your sleep and he didn't which also proves that even though you said he wasn't one of us, he does see himself as one of us, otherwise you would be a dead man right now, so instead of hunting him down, you should be counting your blessings, dawg, I swear." Evan shakes his head while glaring at Anthony who had his arms cross, his chest heaving up and down as he huff and puff.
"All your mind tell you is that me afraid a dis pussy." Anthony snaps. "If you had an ounce of sense in your head you would be! Or has it not hit you yet just how close you came to meeting your maker last night?" Evan snaps then continues.
"And another thing yesterday Jack says that Michael got his sister pregnant but think about it, if he got your sister pregnant while staying at your house then where and when exactly did he hook up with Jack's sister? Because if I remember right he couldn't leave your house while he was there and Jack's sister never came to your house during that time...
when he left your house you personally escorted him back to the base where Razor appointed him leader after which he couldn't go anywhere without us..." "What the rass all a that have fi do with...?" Anthony began but Evan cut him off.
"Zip it, I'm not done, now if it was after he step down which was just over two weeks ago then she wouldn't be far along for her brother to even know she was pregnant, hell even she wouldn't know yet that she was pregnant so, for them to know that, just how far along is she?" Evan ask.
"How the fuck would I know?" Anthony barks. "Then I suggest you find Jack and his sister and get some damn answers." Evan snaps back at him. "You blind or what? You no see that something not adding up about all this?" Evan ask. "Him have a point boss." Another man points out.
"Not to mention that Jack and David are good friends and the fact that Jack and his sister are now mixed up in this shit makes me wonder if Michael could be right about David been the one that is actually trying to set him up as payback for stealing his girl...
now as far as I can see you have two choices, one, find out what the fuck is really going on or two, keep provoking Michael until he kills your ass. Call me a coward if you want but I would go with choice number one." Evan says walking away.
***
"From what you've told me your story more line up with Joseph's than Moses." The pastor says as they sat eating lunch. "Joseph?" Michael asks confused. "Not my nephew, Joseph in the Bible, you see as I told you last night among all the other things Joseph went through, he was also framed by Potiphar's wife for a sexual crime he didn't commit but since he was innocent God's favor was with him as it will be with you." The pastor says.
"God's favor won't be with me." Michael snorts. "Does that means you're guilty of what they're saying?" "No I'm not, but I've taken lives, not because I wanted to, they forced me to but I'm guilty of that and I did touch Liah inappropriately even though I know it was wrong, it was much harder to resist her than I first thought." Michael says biting his lips, a sad look on his face.
"But that was consensual, wasn't it?" "That doesn't make it any less wrong in the eyes of her God." "True and you will both need to repent of that, but he's not just her God, he's our God, God is available to anyone who seeks him...
and if you're worried about God not been there for you, then remember the stories I told you last night about David and Saul in the Bible. They also did bad things but they repented and God forgave them just as he will forgive you and Liah if you asks." The pastor says.
"In that case I wish he would favor me by returning my memories, it's been months, the drugs are no longer in my system so why won't my memories return?" Michael's fingers curls into fists and his heavy breathing told the pastor that he was getting angry.
"Calm down, everything in due time." He said patting Michael's shoulder but Michael shrugged him off. "No, I'm sick of this nonsense. I want my memories back and I want to go home. Those men forced me to take their lives and Liah?" He growls.
"I can't close my eyes, meditate or sleep without seeing her face or smelling her purfume or hearing her voice whispering erotic words in my ears, or remembering how her hands felt when she pleasured me. My entire body becomes sexually aroused whenever I think about her and I don't know how to make it stop and it hurts, she's the only person that can make it stop and she has turned her back on me...
she told me that as long as I'm on this Island I belong to her, she made me fall in love with her, then she turn her back on me because of her sister's lies! She said she was in love with me, yet she believe me capable of something such as this? How...why? And how long will I go about not knowing who I am or where I come from?" Shoving the bowl of fruit roughly away from him he stand and push the chair he was sitting on so hard it flipped over then without saying anything else he storms from the pastor's house.
***
"Are you freaking kidding me right now? She went to the retreat with David?" Jody screams in shock and anger. "That's what I heard her mother telling someone. She says that Liah and David were going to use the two weeks to work things out and possibly get engaged before returning." Joseph says, they both jump when they heard the back door slam shut.
Their heads snaps to the door where they saw an hostile pair of very dark eyes glaring at them. "Shit," Joseph swears under his breath. "Okay now I know what that sound like but..." before Joseph could continue Michael hold up his palm cutting him off.
"She used me to explore her sexual desires then dismissed me and went back to her ex? Michael ask his voice so cold and deadly both Jody and Joseph had fear in their eyes as they glance at each other.
"Um, we're not sure that's what really happened..." "That's what you heard her mother say, correct?" Michael asks. "Yes...but..." "Don't," Michael's tone told Joseph it was best for him to remain silent. Without another word Michael turned and storm from Joseph's house.
"He really wasn't suppose to hear that, how did he get in here anyway?" Jody asks. "I forgot to lock the back door." Joseph sigh. "Shit, I can't believe Liah would do this, she swears she would never go back to David and now she has run off to the damn retreat with him? Leaving Michael back here to deal with all this shit on his own? What are we going to do to help him baby?" She asks.
"The better question is, what can we do?" "Maybe you could go after him and calm him down a bit." She suggest. "Ain't no way I'm going near that man right now. He looks about ready to murder someone." Joseph snorts.
"Okay then, we stay out of his way to ensure we're not the ones he kills." she says. "My thoughts exactly." Joseph reply as his phone rings. He checks it then answer. "Hi uncle."
"Have you seen my very angry house guest?" his uncle asks. "Yep he just storm out of my house fuming like a dragon." "How will you be handling this?" his uncle's voice was full of concern. "Not sure yet, I'll just leave him be for now, so he can cool off." "Alright, call me if you need me." "I will uncle."
Michael was about to step through Joseph's gate when he saw Evan running towards him. "Hey, hold up a sec, I need your help." Evan says stopping next to Michael as he tried catching his breath. Michael narrows his eyes at him but said nothing.
"I just got word that Anthony and two young girls were kidnapped by men from the other side, they plan to behead them later today to send a message to the rest of us." "And?" Michael ask in a dry tone. For a second Evan was taken aback by Michael's cold attitude. "I'm waiting for the reason why I should care." He adds when Evan remain silent. "Please man, I know Anthony can be an ass sometimes but please, you're the only one that can save them."
"Why me? Should I not consider myself fortunate that they got to him before he got to me? Seem that he was destined to die either way, at lease now it won't be by my hands." Michael growls.
"I know you're angry man but...." "Damn straight I'm angry." Michael snaps cutting Evan's sentence short. "Why should I risk my life to save the man that gagged and tied me to a chair? And who was threatening to do all manner of evil to me...?
Why should I risk my life for the brother of the woman that ripped my heart to shreds, while his other sister frame me for a crime I didn't commit. Why should I? He made it quite clear that I'm not one of you." Michael's tone was so cold it send shivers of fear down Evan's spine.
But he couldn't give up, Anthony and those girls were in serious danger and this man was the only one he knew who could get them out of that place alive, but how was he going to persuade him to help the man that not too long ago wanted him dead.
"You're angry and you don't mean what you're saying." Evan says in a nervous tone. "Don't I," Pushing pass Evan, Michael storms off down the road.
Thank you all for reading
words of encouragement
Always remember, no matter where life takes you
God is always with you, keep the faith and know
he has a greater plan for your life.
Riddle from the last ch: what's the hardest thing about learning to ice-skate?
Ans: The ice
Come on people that one was easy, alright stop grumbling, here's another. This one is a brain teaser.
What is once in a minute, twice in a moment but never in a day?
Good luck guys.