The Obeah Man- Chapter 1
As I watched from the window of my second story office, I could see the fear that was plastered on their faces as they approached the entrance of my facility. This was my moment. This was my opportunity to pull off my biggest heist yet. The cold sweat that washed their faces and armpits left a watermarked trail as they slugged themselves to the location. In the blink of an eye, I was at the gate ready to welcome them, which tortured them with terror as they tried to fathom the quickness of my movement. The smell of weeks old grapefruit washed with jeyes had perfumed the passage way, as the candles directed them in the darkness; white, black, red in that order. “Stop here!”…I instructed…”one by one, make your way to my voice,” I continued in the most obscure voice I could possibly generate. As the first person made their way to my voice, the silence was disturbed by the sound of their knees shaking just below the intense pounding of their hearts. “Yuh fraid?” I questioned as he timidly ...