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Showing posts with label Jamaican novel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jamaican novel. Show all posts

Chapter 1: New Friends

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Carlethia James stretched sleepily across the backseat of the car. They had driven in from Mandeville and had just arrived at the university...
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Chapter 2: Face off

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Carli felt a bit overwhelmed with all the assignments she had to do. Her mother had warned her that if she had not gotten on top of things f...

Chapter 3: Maybe or maybe not

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  Sharon impatiently paced back and forth on her living room floor. Why was Carlos taking so long to get home? He said he would be home by 7...

Chapter 4: The fool can wait.

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Marsha sat at the edge of Jason's bed and watched him sleep. He was assigned to Taylor Hall on campus and received a scholarship in trac...
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Chapter 5: Fools rush in.

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  "Bwoy Missa Joseph, yuh know weh yuh a talk bout man!" Mr Brown said speaking to the building contractor supervising work on his...

Chapter 6: The paint job.

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 "Hey! What are you doing?! Yelled Carli's aunt as she supervised the mini repair and construction project at her house. Carli was ...

Chapter 7: Cheques and balances.

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"Yes, yes okay. Hold on a second," Carlos spoke into his cellphone. Sharon watched as Carlos jumped up from the couch to answer a ...

Chapter 8: Just the beginning.

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Carli lay in bed. It was 3 a.m. She had come home from her date with Jason over four hours ago, but she couldn't sleep. She touched her ...

Chapter 9: Family ties

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It was 6 a.m. Carli was already up. She wondered if Jason was awake and already preparing to come for his final day of work. Her aunt mentio...

Chapter 10: Tell no lies.

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Carlos parked in the driveway of their home. The lights in the living room were on. Sharon was home after all. This thing about fraud was cr...

Chapter 11: Finding paradise

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  Jason carefully stopped the car beside the sidewalk. He turned to Carli, leaned over and kissed her on the forehead. "Baby, you okay?...
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Chapter 12: Promises

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As Jason drove home he thought about Carli and what she said about her dream. He felt good knowing that she was dreaming of him in that way....

Chapter 13: Seeing Red.

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 Jason woke up at 6:30 a.m., did his sit-ups and push-ups, 200 each and then prayed. He had gotten into the habit of praying after he exerci...

Chapter 14: Laying foundations.

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 After Carli finished drinking the broth Jason made, she got up and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She turned on the faucet, gathe...

Chapter 15: Revelations

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 Sandra looked at Carli. Besides the fact that she heard what her daughter had said, she noticed that something was different about her niec...

Chapter 16: Christmas Wish

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  Jason stretched and yawned loudly. He reached for his phone on his new night table and pressed the power button to see the time. It was 5:...

Chapter 17: The Gift.

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 Carli opened her eyes. She stretched and yawned softly. The room was dark and cool. She looked around her, Jason wasn't there. She sat ...

Chapter 18: Like father, like son.

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  Jason stretched and lay flat on his back. He sighed. He wondered what time it was. He stretched over to his night table and grabbed his ph...

Chapter 19: Reconciliation and rescue.

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  Monday evening  Jason had finished his quota for the day and was about to pack up his gear, and meet the other men on the ground floor to ...

Chapter 20: Her choice

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Carli stepped out of the shower and went into the bedroom to towel herself dry. It was 6 p.m, four hours after her aunt had boarded that pri...