Chapter Twelve
They dated for four years, and on November 11, 2008, they tied the knot. The wedding was witnessed by the staff of Louisville Shipping Company, friends, and other well-wishers.
Paris, France, would be their place of honeymoon for the next two months. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Maya Young had no idea what would be lying ahead for them, until they returned from their trip. It was a plan known only to Van Brussels and his long-time friend, Henry Racks.
When they returned from Paris,...
Chapter Eleven
September 30, 2002 was the date that Maya left for the United States. She boarded a South African Airways plane at the Durban International Airport and flew to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. From there she took a connecting flight from New York to Louisville.
When she arrived, she was taken on tour around the city and the state of Louisiana by the institute’s representative, who received her at the airport. Maya got admitted into the Louisville Institute of Secretarial...
Chapter Ten
All eyes were fixed on Maya. Mama said to her: “You’ve heard our stories. Now it’s your turn. As you can see, we want to hear your story. All of this will help us to live in hope as we serve our jail terms.”
Maya knew it was time to confess what she had done. With remorse written all over her face, she began:
I am Maya Isaacs. Born to Samuel Isaacs and a woman, who, according to my father, was named Cynthia, I am the only child of my father. Born and bred in Durban and raised by a...
Chapter Nine
They took their places on the bunks. Maya and Mama sat on the lower bunk to the right while the two other inmates sat close to each other on the lower bunk to the left.
All was set. Mama was ready to tell the story of her life; the one the other inmates had never known about her:
“I will start the ball rolling. Our stories will be told in this format. It will begin with me, followed by Fatimah, then Mercy, and finally, you, Maya. I decided to make it this way based on the number of...
Chapter Eight
At the Johannesburg prisons…
A ceiling fan was the only source of ventilation for the three inmates, ‘Mama’, Khadijah, and Mercy. The four-bunk arrangement and dressed-in-blue gown outfits were what they had to live with. Under the watchful eyes of the longest serving inmate, Mama, the group had gotten long well together.
Until Maya was thrown in with them. After that, altercations and bitter fights were now common. Not long after, Mama had had enough.
Bringing her “family”...
Chapter 7
Chapter Seven
Maya’s world of crime became the center of her life. “This,” in her words, “is a pathway to my destiny.” She didn’t question what she was doing, because all that mattered to her was unveiling who she truly was—to find her destiny. Under the watchful eyes of Ms. Diana, Craig, and the other initiates, she was able to pass her other assignments by following the necessary instructions in the same way she’d had success with the first one.
The projects in assignment two were...
Chapter Six
Three months later
Craig was pacing back and forth, still not believing his good luck. “I’m the happiest man on earth! I have the most precious jewel living with me!” He stopped and beamed at Maya. “In fact, I’m your guardian angel!”
Unmoved by his agitation, Maya was more interested in continuing the search for her destiny than in what he was spouting. She looked him in the eye and said, “That’s all well and good, but I would like to know what’s next in the ALC’s agenda.”
Her lack...
Chapter Five
Her next challenge was to upset the man she would have sacrificed anything for before this, and to completely separate herself from him: her father, Samuel Isaacs. It took Maya six months to actually figure out a plan to make her way into becoming a true ALC member. She planned to stage a fight with him, one that would be bad enough that it would give her an excuse to leave the house forever.
Samuel never knew what would come at him. He was busy making complaints to the police and...
CHAPTER 4
Chapter Four
Next Day at School…
During the break between classes, Maya sought Craig out. He was seated alone on a wall, and with great deliberation, Maya sat down beside him.
Before he could get a word out, she raised a hand to stop him. She shook her head and said, “Craig, this is break-time, and I think this is the right time to discuss this issue with you. I need you to listen, because to me, it’s very important!
“I know you were surprised to see me sit beside you, because...
Chapter Three
Five Years Later…
Maya experienced a lot of success, especially in her academic pursuit, in her final year at the senior secondary school. Her excellence earned her a social prefect status, and she was made chief organizer of the school’s extra-curricular activities, like the twice-yearly inter-house sports. She was also an active participant at the school’s annually-held Parents and Teachers Association meetings. In the eyes of Steven Beak Comprehensive Secondary School, Maya was...
Chapter Two
St. John’s Baptist Primary School held a special assembly to start the New Year. The pupils, teachers and other members of staff were ready to get to classes and to work, and the school drummers were on hand to usher them to their appropriate places after the various announcements. After the school’s and country’s anthems were recited by the pupils, in a twenty-by-seven space arrangement, with each teacher present standing opposite each column of pupils (except for one, who stood...
BACKGROUND
“Maya: Initiate 39” is an adult work-piece that explores the ordeals of Maya Isaacs. An over-protected single child, a victim of a broken home, Maya was raised singlehandedly by a man whom she knew as her ‘father,’ Samuel. He had divorced his wife, Cynthia, years ago on grounds of infidelity, before Maya turned three years old. Growing up in Durban was a heady mixture of good, bad and ugly for Maya.
Through the influence of wrong peers, Maya went into the underworld endeavors of...
CHAPTER FOUR
Again, the stage was set for Tom to find his way out of the most sensitive labyrinth he found himself. When he yelled at his voice, saying: ‘when am I? How do I get out of here?’
He heard a completely different reply which sounded as: ‘I am here…please do not make me move’. Unknown to him, he never knew what he was saying meant an activated but direct opposite of he requested for. And as such he was stagnant for eternity.
It was done on him that he would roam through the fore-walls...
CHAPTER THREE
“Where am I?” asked Tom, who had no idea of where he was. A response, this time, came in a direct language Tom could relate with. It was done on him that he’s level of consciousness had come alive.
It responded, hmmm… do you know who I am?
Tom, whose ordeals have been obliterated by his consciousness, replied in an insensitive manner; “I don’t give a damn about who you are. My business is to get out of here! Nothing more!”
“Hahaha”, it laughed, saying: maybe you will understand...
CHAPTER TWO
Tom was extraordinarily teleported to the Land of Plenty. Indeed, Tom arrived but was very fatigued. Consequently, sleep took a hold of him. In a deep sleep, Tom was able to activate his emotional energies which gave room for the esoteric voicing of the TRUTH, revealing to him more about the land. Fortunately, Tom’s interpretation gave an insight into what he would encounter subsequently.
The Land of Plenty is really an abode of blessings and curses. You dwell in abundance and if...
CHAPTER ONE
Tom saw himself teleported to a place where his perplexity became an understatement; the generality of the anonymous location he found himself was a wonder to him. Moving about the place was akin to moving in circles with no co-ordinates-north, south, east and west parameters as direction guidelines.
To get rid of his panicking emotions, he yelled: “Can someone help me?! Help me! Help me! I do not know the way out of here!” Alas, his voice echoed back at him-an indication of the...
HOW IT ALL BEGAN…
Tom came back home from school, feeling tired. He managed to switch on the TV and tune in to his favorite TV program, Celebrity Timeout. His tiredness soon disappeared as he saw the program’s anchor present his favorite actor, Dan Dunne as guest for the program. Tom’s eyes were glued to the TV with his ears paying rapt attention to the interview.
Anchor (Dressed in white gown with a complementing high-hill pair of white shoes sits to the left of the screen. She begins the...
FOREWORD
‘Wake up, Dream boy!’ explores the ordeals of a young teenage man, Tom, through a dream he had. It combines geographic names, conceptualized characters, metaphysical locations and various thought realms.
Things took upside-down positions as Tom, who, at the time was in High school, took to ardent viewing of horrific movies and especially, frequent reading of books containing diabolic undertones, instilling in his mind the imaginations of evil deeds and all manners of diabolism....
Chapter 3
The Age Difference
In the village of Hugglesworth….
“My dearest daughter, I know you are fast becoming of age. As you approach the age of 18, I want you to please, when you want to settle down, marry a man who is at least ten years older than you. You can see how happy your father and I are living for the past twenty-one years.” the thoughts of Monica passed to her seventeen-plus, daughter Sandra, during a one-on-one counselling session at Nike’s place, friends with Monica, Sandra’s...
Chapter 2
Marriage; The Way Out?
“I’ll never forgive my mother for leaving us alone at the hands of father. Because of a little misunderstanding with him, she left us when we needed her presence the most. Father is married to Agnes who hasn’t been fair to me ever since she came into our house. My step-brother, John Jnr., who is just 6 years of age, is being given the best of preferential treatments because he is Agnes’ only child. Yet, my younger ones can barely find three times daily. Ashley...