By George!
From the 'Caribbean Short Shorts Series' by Charmaine Daisley.
Sandra loved the ocean; it was so powerful and yet so peaceful.
Today she was walking along Maracas
Bay with Michael and
marveling how the power of the ocean had brought them together. Two years ago
she had lost her husband, George, and her entire life seemed to come to a
standstill. Everyone tried to make her feel better, but the only thing that worked
were her daily trips to watch the ships leave the Gulf of Paria.
She would imagine they were going wherever her dear George was, and would send
her love and best wishes to him on board those love boats. Somehow she knew
that George would get her messages and send his love back to her. Six months ago,
Michael sailed into her life – literally. She was standing in her usual spot on
the Port of Spain Waterfront when his yacht berthed a few yards away. She
smiled as she saw the name of the vessel and was not surprised at all when its
captain, Michael, stopped to talk to her about his yacht that he had named,
George.
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Never let go…
From the 'Caribbean Short Shorts Series' by Charmaine Daisley
She was fed up of men leaving her, and had hoped the trip to
Blanchisuesse, the quaint fishing village along the north coast, would help turn her love fortunes around. She had heard that Papa
Duncan, the old medicine man in the community, could make any love wish come through.
She understood that she needed to be very specific in asking for what she
wanted otherwise, the magic would not work.
“I want a man who would love me so much that he would never
let me go” she had told Papa Duncan. After he had done his ritual he gave her a
love potion to bathe with.
The very next day, Gary showed up at her workplace. He was there
for a meeting with the Director. As she was showing him to the Director’s office
he asked her on a date – just like that. The love potion was working. And it
worked so well that in just two weeks Gary
had proposed to her. She had felt like she was in a dream world as she walked
down the aisle to meet her eternal love. Now tonight, they were going to make
passionate love. She felt warm and safe as Gary wrapped his huge arms around her. She
was finally with someone who would hold on to her forever. But something wasn’t
quite right. Why wasn’t he caressing her, stroking her body – why was his grip
so tight? It was getting tighter and tighter. She couldn’t breathe.
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