She wasn’t raising his children right, and the memory of those boys festered in his mind… He couldn’t take the issue to his supervisor his supervisor was part of the problem. He couldn’t talk to his parents they shunned him when he fell in love with Marcia. It had become a job that made him uncomfortable, and there was nothing he could do about it. Farouk came when he needed Marcia, when another baby was born, to leave money, or because he could.Īnd that situation might’ve continued forever, if it wasn’t for Farouk’s position on the force. World War II was over, Trinidad was in the midst of political unrest, he was the father of two more children – Jacqueline and Wesley – and there was another on its way. He was there for her when the boys disappeared, and he was there a year later when their daughter was born, but he left soon afterward because there was something about those boys that just didn’t add up.Įight years after Farouk left, he still hadn’t actually gone. He wanted her enough that he visited the obeah woman for some special tea, guaranteed for love. He wasn’t sure why he fell so hard – as a policeman, he could get any girl in Trinidad, but he wanted Marcia. He came around, asking questions and fetching water for her.
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