At this point in her life Mira resorted to always going out alone...at whatever time and to any type of event, well with an exception of the time she spent and places she went with her sons. Before, her circle comprised of many female and male friends. Apart from the death of her best friend she started 'rolling solo' because of many ordeals involving people that were covetous , bad -minded opportunistic or jealous towards her and her best friend Sandra, even by those she had put much trust in , therefore Mira learned to be on her own. Mira remembered walking through the club , holding the hands of her three girl friends ; they used this mechanism of holding each other's hand to move about in the night clubs to get safely through the thick crowds and also to enable them to do things like use the wash room or buying drinks. This way ,they wouldn't loose sight of each other among huge numbers of other party animals. It had also turned sour with a lot of the he-say , she-say, which Mira thought was exceedingly immature and mind draining so she kept away. Plus now that Mira rolled solo to events or clubs one good advantage was that if the boys gathered around her all the drinks , or hand out of pocket change of fifty or hundred dollar notes in their aims to impress her, would be all to her. After all it was mostly Mira and her best friend Sandra who would cause the guys at the night clubs to surround them like honey makes bees gather together. Mira and Sandra were head stoppers, in fact neck turners. Not only on account of their American style of dressing though they had never traveled yet and lived on a Caribbean Island but also on the account of their figure or bodily structure, striking beauty , joviality , loving nature , humbleness and equal rights for all mentality. The tag team of their alluring eyes and smiles that could influence someone to sell their soul for caused many to think that they were blood relatives often asking them if they were sisters and they both often laughed after responding as they knew their response was a lie. Additionally , the two always smelled like perfumed fruit . Mira and Sandra had a custom of hanging ripe pineapples in each corner of their rooms at home for the great scent to permeate through their rooms. If you were to enter their rooms it would be like a blast of fresh fruit scent almost giving one a high.They would also lace the primary covering of their bedding with cinnamon, bay leaves , cloves after putting them in the sun soaked in ras oil bought from 'The Black Amigo ' local perfume store. You could get an ounce vial with applicator cap or roll on applicator from $5.00 and upwards at The Black Amigo. Mira's favourite was the 360 Degrees by Perry Ellis. Like A n F Valmont , R J Clarke and Company , M & C , Johnson' s Hardware and S&S , The Cell , The Black Amigo local perfume store had survived operations for more than fifteen years in St.Lucia but this was not a custom. Stores usually had a life span of about four years in St.Lucia until the curse of closing down came upon them usually due exceeding sky high rent. Mira always thought that in an effort to aid the thriving and prosperity of local businesses , government leaders should intervene in the amount that locals are charged or can be charged by property holders to rent a building for business purposes. In this country greatness was very very difficult due to much fight down and prejudice in every aspect of life in this country. Any achieved greatness , by any one was often or mainly associated to people who sold their souls to Satan or to the Devil as some called him or her. As in some modern day religions it is taught that Satan whose former title Lucifer , the bright and morning star was actually the former wife of Tata Nzambi Yah Mpungu which is a translation of Bantu Hebrew language which means 'Supreme Creator of Heaven and Earth. It is believed by this sect that like all brat wives, Lucifer had revolted with one third if the angels in her anger against The Almighty God after God decided to make the race of human kind and set them above the angels which these certain sect of believers use Ezekiel 28 verses 13 to 18 especially the word beauty used in verse seventeen , to make their argument more solid. Also the book of Sirach or Ecclesiasticus 25 verse 24 even that entire scripture speaks about wickedness being a woman's egg. Therefore this is the basis by which they believe that Lucifer who after was demoted to being Satan was actually formerly a female, the wife of Elhoim ...turned Butch as the Brits entitle the male counterparts of lesbians.
In St.Lucia any time some business person or some establishment that was small expanded , extended and started booming they would be associated to being a Free Mason , Illuminati or someone using occult books or taking deals with the 'Jab' to prosper . 'Jab' means ' the devil' in creole terms . There were even some interesting success stories like that of the place in St.Lucia called 'The Devil's Bridge'. This is a sight where it is believed that an individual made a deal with the Devil to construct this bridge for him as he had taken up this impossible contract to build this bridge for millions of dollars. The story goes that after the devil built this impossible bridge for this road contractor who did not want to seem a failure to his hire and the general public , who gladly received his portion from Satan was supposed to in exchange for the completion of the construction of this bridge by the Devil, leave his first born at a certain place at this bridge as payment. ' The Jab' would then come at a certain time and take this child as payment but smartly the man had dug a part where the child was to be offered and cemented the child there in the ground to safe guard the child from the same 'Jab ' that the same Jab that was supposed to pass and grab the child as his agreed payment. Therefore when the Jab swooped with his hand at the appointed time for the child to be taken and at the appointed place the child was not able to be taken by the Jab, as the road contractor , this child's father had this cementing mixture used to cement the child sanctified and blessed with holy water and holy oil by a Priest after a bible after reciting the bible verse psalms 91 seven times and offering up on an altar two young pigeons according to Luke 2 verse 23's command that every male shall be counted as Holy unto the Most High calling on the Holy Spirit of God to possess the child as the sacrifice was made would make the child be protected from any evil bargain. The road contractor had properly secured the child from his waist down properly in the ground there and this cementing had been done after the sanctification and blessing of the cement and mortar mixture by a Priest. Therefore the grab of the Jab and payment to him was outsmarted but here in St.Lucia it was nothing to outsmart the Jab. We are the Nine Ethers as they say; it is also highly rumored that the many huge constructed houses , that only stood with foundation and pillars fully constructed but with incomplete concrete surroundings and roofs, were solid proofs of deals with the Jab for money , wealth , prosperity by outsmarting him. It is believed these men and women who owned these incomplete marvelous wall structure had entered into a blood or life bound deal to get riches of money , their own lavish luxurious home , high status or high position in society from the Jab . To which the Jab's agreement would be ' Yes' give them the riches and allow them the status but the benefactor's soul would be taken upon completion of their own home as payment. So the is trick to this deal with the Jab for these individuals was ; after they received their riches , success, fame , higher status in society and prosperity from the Jab , since the deal was on the basis that upon the completion of their luxurious home in exchange for their souls ; the recipients would smartly construct the foundation of the house , then after drag the completion of construction of its surrounding walls , finally completing the structure when they were in their elderly years of their life. By that time they would have had time enjoy all the pleasures of this world and then were usually haunted out of their mind by the Jab for their rude delay, in order to complete the structure. One would hear that these individuals would suddenly or horrifically pass away due to the raging attacks derived from the Jab's disappointment with them or anger at their betrayal , hence the explanation of their sudden demise in the form of a nasty car accident, heart attack or a perplexing health issue. There was even another very intriguing story of a St.Lucian man who sold his soul to become a millionaire in exchange for the later half of the years he was given on earth to live. This St.Lucian man and his family had been a victim poverty for many generations and for far too long. Therefore in his view of life he had decided to be the sacrifice for his family so that they would be elevated from poverty into a wealthy life and had taken this the deal with the Jab to accomplish becoming rich within only three months. After becoming a great millionaire the deal was for him to die at thirty eight years old leaving the remaining half of his years on earth as the devil's exchange for his short lived gain . Short lived but it would endure for generations. "Vanity upon vanity saith Preacher !" It is claimed that one Midnight many years ago, after receiving his portion of the deal from the Jab, 'generational wealth' that exactly on his thirty - eighth birthday he held a grand celebration party including all his relatives, children , friends and affiliates that he had over the years endowed with h money , cars , university education , luxury houses and businesses to celebrate his wake and death. It was the first and only live funeral/birthday ceremony and celebration party ever held in Saint Lucia. Like all ordinary wakes , celebrations and funeral he sat in a special chair on the church altar. Everyone present had been given a chance to say their last words of appreciation and admiration ,some expressing their love to him with tears , two world wide famous singers at the time were hired to do a rendition to him and all.They all especially his loving children got a last chance to speak with him one on one. About thirty minutes to midnight the predeceased St.Lucian also gave his final words of love and gratitude , his will was read out to the crowd and copies of the testament of the will were given accordingly after he hugged , kissed and bid farewell to everyone . At ten minutes to midnight , a loud gong of the church's grand father clock's bell rang and his favorite song was played but funeral service style ' If I won a Sweep Stake ' by Attila the Hun whilst his children circled him even down to grands dancing , some were crying profusely. At exactly midnight this man watched the clock and barely blew a kiss goodbye , the grandfather bell rang out loudly , everyone witnessed a great gush of wind rushed through the church and this man's face was struck with terror as they noticed wind had taken a grey form as if the wind became as men that rushed and pulled at him to drag him across to the land of the dead , he shouted ' No ! ' and his lifeless body collapsed before them all . The two men that were hired especially to hold him and place him in the coffin after his passing after the stand-by pathologist checked that indeed this man had died verified his demise and the burial proceeded . In other St Lucian folk stories , in the part of the island called the Barre D'Isle , it was also said that most of these prosperous people on island had the ' The Magic Bamboo Seed ' which was a very potent dark treasure that could enable one to receive or become anything in this world . To back this deal up the Obeah man would even recite Isaiah 45 v 3 which quotes "I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, That you may know that I , the LORD, Who call you by your name, Am the God of Israel ." As this reading was a passage of right , a universal law for the individual to possess this treasure. These individuals had gotten this seed by ' completing ' the ritual of bringing a rooster as sacrifice and a plain white bed sheet at midnight where the Jab is , in the groves deep in the heart of Barre D'Isle. Many would not have completed this ordeal and had resorted to taking off crying or screaming out in fits of fear and temporary insanity when they witnessed the Jab's goat like hand appear over a white bed sheet and a loud roar of a he - goat . Well the reason the Obeah man was to be the medium of contact as he could directly access the Jab and he would accompany the person that wanted to perform the ritual of obtaining this seed in case of have to banish any wrong spirit conjured. The Obeah Man would then summon the head Jab himself , Satan , after opening a white bed sheet , some distance between the grove and the bamboo , then the person who wished to take the seed of the heart of the Bamboo from Satan's hand would have to stretch out his own arm to start this tug of war for the seed. He or she would hear hear a roaring goat sound followed by the appearance of huge ,muscular, goat-like humanoid hand as it appeared he or she would wrestle the hand of Satan after the ritual was completed and then he or she would witness a goat like tough humanoid like hand would appear and he or she would have to wrestle the hand of the jab for the fallen bamboo seed that would fall out from thin air bouncing of the white bed sheet. If the individual got frightened , the seed would disappear and the Jab would possibly even break this person's hand as a repayment for daring challenging him and loosing but if successful the person that came to wrestle with the devil's hand for this magic bamboo seed and did not scream or get afraid and was able to take this seed from the Head Jab's hand , then that person would be able to use this seed to be successful at any plight of success they would pursue. For example, even going from a bus driver to becoming a Prime Minister was possible, with this dark treasure the skies were the limit.
As for Mira she did not know or believe in such evils , even if they were indeed true or possible . All Mira knew was the power of the words of the bible, using olive oil to pray, the power of prayer , the power of the anointing of Yah /God that breaks any yoke and the power of the blood of Jesus Christ. She now termed the Messiah by his Bantu Hebrew title 'Yissa Yah Kongo' which means ' Son of the Most High of the High places'. Mira had been raised up by her mother , grandmother , aunts and uncle going to church, having in-house prayer meeting and bible studies, deliverance prayers at Morne Fortune where the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College and The University of the West Indies is located. As a matter of fact Mira started being possessed by the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues only at nine years old , which her family , church members and especially her mother was astonished and proud of. Mira was filled with God's power and anointing and on these deliverance get-togethers she loved to bind and cast out the demons and devils , give them a true spiritual beating and send them off to hell well bound. Mira was the only child at age nine among the adults that would anoint people and pray for people of all ages. Some were even ten times her age or those in her same age group and pray for them , using scriptures binding and casting devils and demons which they usually came out as spittle or vomit , or some would start a protest stating why they wouldn't leave the abode of that individual' s body . At age nine, many people had fallen under the power of the anointing when Mira would lay her hands on them of course Mira would spend days during the week fasting and praying even leaving lunch packs home to aid her fasting to be endowed with the power of the Holy Spirit but these past twenty seven years Mira had back slid. She had back slid ,very far back from the presence of God , which her mother always told her ; 'It is not God that leaves our presence but is we that draw away from his presence when we sin and disobey his words and his commands'. Hence the reason the past twenty years the demons were literally using the bodies of men she had been in relationships with to return her every blow that they received from Mira back in the days of her true holiness , righteous , purity and anointing from God to her on account fornication, reviling and other sins.Just as with normal laws of life the access of demons getting authourity and ability to attack God's children or chosen was through the spiritual default called sin. Life is truly a battle field between evil and good but most did not understand this . One thing that is sure to know , if you are going to kick a demon's butt, using prayer , fasting and scripture, you should never give those demons an opportunity to get even through temptation and sin. Mira knew there was a God and she knew God's presence and power was real but what caused her prayer life and righteousness to get cold when she become a young adult is that she had issues with why he allowed certain things to occur. Like the death of her best friend who was more than a sister to Mira as they did everything together , even bathe together sometimes. It was from the day of her best friend's demise that Mira accused God Almighty , after having a big argument with him and took to the clubs and sometimes the bottle from since then but Mira's mother had never given up prayer for her . Mira had taken to going to clubs and partying after great enticements from Sandra her best friends and several hoaxes for Mira to join in. Mira would later realized that the death of her best friend was punishment for her trampling the precious blood of Christ by following Sandra to clubs which was Satan's open door to personal attacks to her. Mariel always prophesied and believed that one day God would bring Mira back between his two feet and Mira would serve him truthfully and faithfully than ever before. Mira truly believed this phase of Mira would be over ...One day.
Even the stone Mira passed at the bottom of the stairway to her mother's house on her way to the Karaoke was proof there was a ruling God in heaven looking over us. This big circular rock about two meters in dimensions was the three fifth to the two fifth portion , positioned in the front of Mariel's house , that was left to her by her mother to her by her Mother IE when she died. One of the neighbours had written on it using can spray 'The Local Beverly Hills' ; as here in this part of Pavee where they lived was very quiet , with decent and respectable residents. Actually, in St.Lucia the constituencies were designed as such; there would be the 'ghetto' part and then ' the quiet decent part' where the decent , 'minding my own business' minded people lived. Mostly all residents there were church goers, employed within the public sector and owned their own top line vehicles too. These two - piece fragment of rocks come to be here during the time of Hurricane Allen. Her Grand Mother whom many of the neighbours believed to be one of the Angels themselves, as anything she prayed for shortly came to pass, was bed ridden and in her home when one of the huge rocks from the river nearby that come off from the head of the river had decided that it would just take a quick stroll or fast relocation and Hurricane Allen was convenient for this move. A rumbling, shaking and shifting of a loud , rolling, roaring sound commenced and it was the set of neighbours that occupied the houses a little higher up her grandmother's home that brought this to her mother IE's attention. Mariel was an only child to her mother , who had become cripple when Mariel was age fourteen and her Father was deceased by that time . She never really knew her father as he had passed away when Mariel was only three years old. Her Mother never gave much details about her father's death to her and Mariel barely asked. The rock was rolling at a medium pace at first. Mariel , her daughter and three neighbours in this wind ,rain ,thunder and lighting were trying quickly to shift Mira's grandmother out of the house saying " IE we have to escort you out this house quick quick, a river rock is coming directly to the area of your home , in fact your very bedroom , it will smash you onset and destroy you and the house and all !" In spite this appeal , Mira's grand mother protested the more saying that the faithful God she served , The Saviour The Lord Jesus Christ would never allow any demon to hurl a rock at her house and damage it as according to Luke 10 v 19 we had been given power and authourity over all the works of Satan . After Mariel's Mother had said this to her neighbours , and had vehemently pushed them away ,this sixty two year old woman still had all the strength of her youth in her, even in her condition. The neighbours had abandoned the cause of getting Mira's grandmother out the house , shaking their heads at her disobedience to their words . They also left Mariel there because Mariel was cleaving on to her mother hugging and saying if you go , I go with you, screaming that the neighbours should leave, her , her mother and their home to their fate. The neighbours departed holding their heads and shouting "Woy!" They departed with melancholy because IE was like a light , a voice of reasoning and a Mother to the entire community of Pavee and they all thought in their hearts that she did not deserve to go like this. Plus what would the community be without her presence and what inspiration would passing away this way by a great prayer warrior leave behind? There is nothing worst than a general dying by disaster instead of with his sword in his hand in victory ! Her grandmother started quoting scriptures of protection and help like Isaiah 54 v 17 then started crying out in a loud voice , "Have mercy upon our souls , save me and let me not see my wretchedness Almighty living God!" This great stone which had come loose from the river was, at full speed and was now at a distance of one meter away , from their house . In fact, at this position of where Mira's Mother and Grand Mother and Mother were hugging each other shouting, "We plead the blood of Jesus Christ ! " repeatedly and loudly at the last when this great rock had reached four feet away from them and their home. As if shattered by the sword of their unseen guardian angels had just cracked and split in two ; their neighbours were screaming saying " God have mercy !" to the top of their voices with the same effort of voice level of Mariel and her mother used , frantically, just before the miracle occurred . A gust of powder and small rock particles went in many directions when the rock was shattered, making them all to cover their faces with their long ' jipons ' which means skirts in creole and the long A line flowing style they wore then was a usual dress style for ladies at that time. The smaller portion of this rock landed directly in front of the bedroom with open backdoor where IE and Mariel were , falling flat like the slice of a hamburger bun , with the flatter surface of the rock fragment buried about two feet into the ground. This was a sign and a wonder. The bigger portion of this rock rolled unto where the steps lead into the entrance of Mira's grandmother's house. It landed in the same way as the former portion of the rock , with the flatter side buried two feet into the ground making a booming sound. Their onlooking neighbours who were with their hands on their heads and waists prior to this turning of event screaming " Bohdiay have mercy on IE and Mariel, have mercy ! ' were now rushing back into the house to find Mira's grandmother and her mother trembling and tightly holding each other , both of them holding a bible in their left hand clenched to the area of their hearts, with tears of joy , streaming down their faces, they all burst into great laughter and also due to their amazement and awe of the power of the God of IE and Mariel that was proven to be the same power just as in the days of old then they all started hugging each other like friends who had met after being away in a foreign land for a very long time. Just as now, every time Mira passed the rock fragment with 'The Local Beverly Hills' inscription which is positioned there until this day she sighed remembering the story of how it ended up there, proof that there is Supreme Protector and Carer. To Mira this was a memorial of a true story but to her Mother Mariel, the community elders and their children this rock was a symbol, sign of a miracle, a wonder an emblem of a living testimony
Mira was now waiting on the bus stop and also recalling her own personal encounters of the reality of the existence of The Living God . Mira was now remembering a time when she and her deceased best friend Sandra were about twelve years old, one day, they went out by the 'Iva' which is a local term for rivulet along with Sandra's younger sister Shyan , to pick mangoes, make juice and eat their lunch which that day was rice and tuna and each having a boiled pack of sausages covered with ketchup as the meat of this cook up. Mira and Sandra were same age as eachother and were both four years Shyan's seniors and in spite of this fact, Shyan was more agile and quick at climbing trees and picking mangoes . Shyan could also always climb to higher points on those huge mango trees, that this gang of three usually scaled up in order to pick mangoes, way better and faster than Sandra and Mira . Shyan was even so confident at climbing them that she made a sound like a monkey, turn ,flipped over from branch to branch or clinging to the bough of the trees. Mira was business minded from a young age , she had even thought of using Shyan for profit by getting tourist to pay to view Shyan pick mangoes 'acrobat style' but Mira never did forward this idea because she could imagine the great protest from both their parents as if it was a crime for children that twelve years of age to have their own business in the tourism industry ,well, that and the fear that Shyan's parents would pose as to if Shyan were to ever have a fatal accident during this business venture; but in countries like China children could be business owners at any age as long as they had the idea and mental capacity to . Sandra and Mira would always just stare and watch Shyan do her tree flipping and mango picking stunts in amazement . On this particular day, Mira had observed that as usual , Shyan had picked and gathered her mangoes at the foot of the tree. Mangoes that were riper , sweeter, 'more juicy and more rosy' and even more red than those she and Sandra picked . Mira had immediately planned to covet them as her own . These mangoes were positioned higher up and were closer to the rays and heat of the sun hence why they were riper , sweeter and ' more rosy ' than the others when Shyan could reach. Sandra sat on a convenient tree branch eating the four juicy mangoes she had picked and eating the lunch they brought, so Mira took the opportunity as Shyan 'played acrobat' whilst they both were unaware and they were not looking and she started taking the rosier coloured mangoes of Shyan's pile and was exchanging it hastily with those of her pile. "Shyan would never find out " Mira thought . After the three decided that they had passed enough time on their outing , they then decided to return to their homes. As it was their custom to eat mango in sauce on their way out ,Sandra commenced to make to make the mango-in-sauce , as it was her turn to make it. Sandra had come with the celery,parsley ,garlic and peppers already grated from home and she had also cleverly premixed the three table spoons of cooking oil,three table spoons of black pepper,a table spoon of curry , a large cooking pot spoon amount of the best local Baron's table pepper, four bottle caps fulls of vinegar, three table spoons of salt in a one litre bottle filled with half litre of clean water . She had already peeled about twenty to thirty half ripe mangoes cut into small bite size slices,placed them in a huge calabash and used clean water from the stream to wash them and then drained the water out. She had all the ingredients after shaking the bottle with the contents in the bowl of sliced mangoes. Whenever they leaved the Iva they passed the calabash from person to person until they finished off eating it on the great stone that was wide enough for them to cross over to reach their homes on the other side. AS they passed the bowl they were so much indulged in the taste of the mango mixed with the sauce that ate whilst sipped from the mount of the calabash they did not realize that Shyan was not with them. Minutes ago they had called out to Shyan who was too busy enjoying herself to acknowledge them so since she was taking up time they walked ahead of her. Mira and Sandra were ahead with their mangoes in their shirts but Shyan who had refused to hear their calls to leave had just come to her mango pile. What made them realize that Shyan was not with them and not had not accepted or passed the bowl of mango in sauce was when Shyan let go a long shrilling cry saying " My Mangoes!" As Shyan ran from place to place then to them and scanned Mira and Sandra to see who the possible culprit of the abduction of her rosy ripe mangoes could be, she noticed Mira had instantly turned her head away. "It's you! It's you! Mira ,give me my mangoes back, right now! " Shyan demanded . Heavy waves of tears were falling from her eyes down to her cheeks and she was holding her hands out towards Mira in protest for her precious juices more so she had picked some for her mother and father . As she approached Mira demanding that Mira loosened her shirt so she can identify those among the pile that she worked very hard to pick, Mira insisted that she would do no such thing . Of course no ! she would never ,ever ,ever ,ever,ever ,ever do any such thing! Aye Aye! . To make this declaration appear with all assurance, Mira now dropped to her knees , holding her mango pile in her shirt 'Patchay'. Well a shirt patchay is when one piles a good amount of fruit or any item in the middle section a shirt most times bigger than their size then tying the top of it to hold it there secured so they can transport a huge sum of items at a time. Sandra sat on the ground holding her own shirt 'patchay' laughing profusely due to Mira who was holding her own shirt patchay ; Mira looked like a pregnant woman with an over sized belly kneeling and asking Shyan for mercy. " Gassuh Mira give de girl her mangoes for us to go at our homes" Sandra said playfully to Mira . Mira had drawn closer to Shyan under the mango tree by now . As she knelt ,holding her shirt patchay to balance her stance and continued to say holding her right hand in the sky , with the sincere tone of a priest at the church altar in a raised voice, " Almighty Father God in heaven , You are great and you see all things if I am the one that took Shyan's mangoes as soon as I finished praying let a great breeze of wind blow, let the leaves raise and start swirling and circle around this very mango tree where we are standing and we picked these mangoes and let a big green mango fall and hit me on the head as punishment right now! "
Mira knew that God heard and answered for things like healing , salvation of life, lack of food , protection but not for nonsense like taking people's mangoes. Even though she was the culprit God would never use his awesome power to entertain a nonsense like this ! Surprisingly, before Mira could get up off her knees, like an epic scene from a movie , suddenly a great and heavy gust of wind blew , the leaves raised slowly like the slow motion of a Matrix movie , then those fallen dried and yellow leaves raised from the ground , circled around the mango tree and a fat green mango Julie fell and hit Mira smack on her forehead causing her to get a 'zeekak' which is a local term for a lump on one's head caused by a blow. At this point Sandra was laughing so hard that she lay on the ground just before the crossing of the Iva , still holding her shirt patchay in place. "Shyan jumped up saying its you, it's you that took it , give me my ALL my mangoes Mira!" Shyan was laughing saying God had judged the thief , already untying Mira's shirt patchay to retrieve her luscious mangoes. Mira was laughing at this point and said "Okay, Okay, Shyan you can't carry all those mangoes, I will drop them home for you . "Saleh! Saleh! Sandra was saying as she walked back with them meaning that's good for you . So this was another event that made Mira definitely know that God was real. Real real ! The bus had now stopped in town , Mira giggled as she payed the bus driver who looked at Mira hoping that everything was okay with her as in this country insanity was such a plague that if someone saw you laughing alone or speaking to yourself they would naturally just conclude that you were insane. Sadly , maybe be most likely due to the fight down between locals and hardships of certain individuals on the streets of St.Lucia , at least every other week a new face of an individual who was insane or mentally ill showed up with all types of nick names. Some were even more famous than singers and politicians known by persons nation wide because the stories of their funny acts of insanity that circulated the nation for years . There was Brhum Brhum, Jahlovf , Ashbi , JahKohkay who was JahLove's younger sister which were among the popular ones . Ashbi wore several different layers of clothes with a huge head bandanna and collected any type of metal so he could to sell them off for his next fix of crack cocaine . Jahlove and JahKokay insulted ,mocked and disgraced any body they could get to in the streets, if the passer-by would refuse to give them the coins or food or any item that the two made polite requests for initially. Brhum Brhum would lay down in front of stores and shops and would be shirtless with a torn pants with his posterior exposed, smelly and always muttering to himself . There were only two solutions for him to leave the entrance area for business owners to access their businesses apart from police assistance, who took long too attend to every report except for reports drug stashes like cocaine. The first way was to throw a huge bucket of water on him by which he would even scatter from the area just on the sight of the bucket of water as he hated water to touch him to an extent that he would burst into a epileptic fit, if as much as an ounce of water ever touched his skin. The second was to simply pay him some coins or give him food and a drink. Such tokens would make him retreat from the area with a huge smile muttering to himself ; or else Brhum Brhum would just squat and defecate right in front of the area if his demands were not met ; well for those business owners who knew not that this villain's weakness was water.
As the bus driver now placed her change in her hands Mira said "I am okay you know , you looking at me like I mad ? Something I remembered that's why I giggled" Mira explained to the bus driver, who smiled in relief upon her explanation. This one was too young and beautiful to be insanity's victim. Whilst walking to the Arcade through the capital city , Castries to get to the Kareoke at Andrew's Place located in the Arcade, Mira pondered on another event that was a next piece of sure evidence of the existence of God Almighty. At age sixteen Mira started praying alone on the beach on Saturdays as it is known to be the original day of Sabbath. Sandra was always absent whenever was into her prayers and fasting due to her family not believing in the bible neither in' God but her family believed in Mother Nature and that was who run the world. Apart from being indoctrinated by her parents Sandra and her opinion from a young age that the proof that there is no God and it was the power of nature through us all made all individual Gods of our own fate and destiny was the fact that many evils existed on the earth. If there was a God things like rape, murder , pedophile cases, poverty could never exist on earth and why had this Great God allow it for so long? For sure if there was a big man upstairs these things would not exist, he would surely intervene against the injustice, abomination and unfairness on Earth by now. A good God could never allow bad things to befall good and innocent people. Impossible!
On one of her lone fasting sessions on the beach Mira would prepare herself a sort of a picnic basket for after breaking the fast and prayer which usually comprised of light pumpkin soup, fruits, especially grapes or apple,coconut water , water and a Vita malt. She chose a different beach every time and one time she had chosen Trouya beach. Mira had arrived there at six o clock on the morning, on the dot , that day. She had prayed until 3 pm along with praise and worship but as she noticed two individuals male and female tourists , most likely a couple who were leaving the beach. Mira now felt the urge to urinate. For some privacy, Mira chose to go the part of the shore under the grove area where the strong ropy vines were because the line of ropy vines made a sort of like curtain sheltering her from being seen.Today, apart from Mira only these two exiting individuals had visited. It had been one of these days where mostly all citizens had decided ' Nope ,I am not doing the beach today.' The spot Mira chose to urinate was a two minute walk away from where her bag and things were positioned. Mira didn't understand how she had not notice this very huge hanging vine and also the humped tree root that burst from the ground . As Mira walked forward she felt herself falling and in pain . The vine had gripped her right arm and twisted and pulled her simultaneously her foot hit on the humped root extending from the ground and she ended up landing on her right shoulder dislocating it for a second time. Mira was in great pain now and she tried as best as she could to get up from the ground . Mira then scanned the beach in hope that two individuals that she noticed exiting beach had notice that she fell or were anywhere close by. The two individuals were there just minutes ago but now they were no where in sight. The pain of a dislocated shoulder was like secondary to the pain of giving birth especially if one did not know how to pop their arm back into place. It also started drizzling and the urine she tried to hold back from wetting herself, started drizzling down Mira's inner thighs; due to Mira's compromised position she could no longer withhold it. The devil is a bastard liar Mira thought , tears were now coming down her eyes . Help! she wanted to shout but Mira was in so much pain that she couldn't and who would she cry out to ? Surely, there was no one here now but her. Every nudge or budge or small movement sent strong shots of pain from her shoulder blades to her heart area and she felt like she would have gotten a heart attack and pass out . Mira felt as if she was blacking out ...Mira felt as if she was going to have a heart attack due to panic ...Mira knew that she was going to die. She thought the first time she dislocated her shoulder was bad but at least it was more convenient as she was assisted by the Principal of the Anglican Infant School , Mrs.Perry who escorted her to the hospital and all . That time, it's dislocation was due to Jude pulling away as she tried to hit him and catch her bag which was falling off her shoulder at the same time and her shoulder blade and joint did 'a shit' as it would be expressed in their local St.Lucian slang terms. Her arms and her shoulder had totally malfunctioned and thanks to Mrs.Perry the Head Teacher of the Anglican Infant School , she was well taken care of as Mrs.Perry coincidentally had just locked her office to make her last round through the school compound alongside the school's security officer so that she could head out after but instead Mrs.Perry found Mira grimacing under the steps leading to her office with her two sons in tears also. Now, no one was around to call an ambulance or assist her in getting to the hospital. Dr.Alcindor , the chiropractor on shift the last time had taught her how to put it back in her self but Mira couldn't even shift much less move her hand because every attempt to do so caused shots pangs of pains through her body. Mira was now convinced that she would die here. Oh what a tragic death it would be and who knows which psycho rapist that would meet up with her near death corpse and begin to have their pleasure with her one final time before all breathe exited her human body. Several bad thoughts made Mira afraid . Laying there,traumatized with pain , Mira suddenly remembered the reason why she came to the beach ; it was to pray. Mira was now asking God to have mercy on her and spare her her life quoting blood scriptures like Revelations 12 v 11, Hebrews 12 V 24 and Exodus 12 V 13 saying I drink the blood of Jesus Christ I eat the flesh of Jesus Christ Mira through these word now felt strength to raise her body up . Well this was before Mira learned the true name of the messiah in Bantu Hebrew was 'Yissa Yah Kongo' . After meditating and saying these words Mira finally got strength to raise her body up which she did but she then felt intensified pain, a bit of sand had entered her eyes which she kept squinted , to keep her vision in good contact but after some seconds she fell back flat on her shoulder area again. The pain was now excruciating. This relapse brought memories to Mira and she could now hear clearly her mother's voice saying potent words of instruction into her mind " If at all you esteem your prayers to fail with faith keep meditating on believing whilst calling on the name Jesus Christ" like the words of wisdom of a Master that came to the failing student in on of these Chinese of Martial Arts or Kungfu movies , confidence rushed through Mira's being. Mira knew that she had been praying for about two to three hours extra now, because the sky was getting dark, the sun had set. It could possibly six pm and she couldn't determine time by using her phone as this task was now impossible for her to accomplish. There was still no sign of a good Samaritan. No man or woman passed by. Mira then said out of faith " Almighty, God you said in your word the name of Jesus Christ is powerful and before I call you will hear and answer me." Mira called out repeatedly and possibly five hundred times the name of Our Lord and Saviour 'Jesus Christ' Maybe by now thirty more minutes had passed because the sky was dark now. Mira who was now short of breath now, felt the bones , marrow, tissues and ligaments contract sharply readying themselves to come back in to place ,she felt two heated oily hands one holding her inner arm and the other on the back part of her shoulder and within a split minute after this she heard a slight popping sound,her shoulder blades, ligaments , arm socket made a harmonizing move inwards swiftly and her shoulder blade, arm and joints snapped back painlessly into place. Mira knew that she was the only here and this made her enter into fight and joyous fear that consumed her former despair. How could her arm and shoulder blade even have gone back in place and especially the feeling of two warm sort of electronic or static feeling of hot and large sized hands that performed this procedure , where did they come from? As she looked around in shock she wondered where was the person who these hands of healing belonged to? Mira cried praising the name of God whilst walking and scoping the area for the sign of another human present. Looking all around in disbelief , searching to see where this helper came from but there was no one she knew there was no one. As her eyes streamed more with tears as she started worshiping and saying "God Thank you, Thank you Jesus Christ , Thank you father!" Mira shouted to the top of her lungs , which made her words echo and the impact of her shout caused her to feel some sensitivity in the area of her right arm that was dislocated minutes ago. She stood up now and was already changing her clothes to head back home. It was a good thing that Mira also always brought a change of clothing along with her on the beach as she would often be tempted to take a shoot in the nice turquoise to aquamarine coloured sea water after fasting and prayers. Though her shoulder blade area was still sensitive her pain was relieved by ninety seven percent. Mira being sort of still fear she poured out the olive oil on that spot ,anointed the are , using mostly all the remainder of the olive oil from the bottle. Mira felt the presence of the Almighty increase through her entire being and in that area as she did this gesture of thanks giving to God and wrote 'Thank you Jesus Christ' with her finger through the sand and olive oil, bowed down kissed the spot saying "Great are you O Yah for your Mercy endureth forever!" repeatedly five times whilst on her knees as she always ended her prayers with these words . Her phone read 7:07 pm , as she left the beach , she was still looking behind still believing she would see the person, Angel or God responsible for helping her and putting her arm back in place but there was not a trace of anyone. Colossians 1 V 15 reads ; The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation' and Mira knew and believed that she had witnessed the REAL love and the REAL power of the 'Invisible God' that day.
Mira was now sitting at her favourite spot at Andrew's place taking a sip of the shot of Campari that she had ordered. She was now snapping back into reality. Campari is a special rum originating from Italy with a slight bitter taste that kicked in at the end , which tasted better served with some orange juice and ice or milk and ice but Mira always drank hers straight if no condensed milk was available.In fact it was the whack and sweet taste of the Campari that made come to her senses. No one ever occupied Mira's favourite spot once she was in the building because she was regarded as one of the famous top American celebrity singer due to her performing the songs like Listen , Halo and Freakum dress' by Beyonce here at this bar receiving standing ovation upon standing ovation from the small crowds of people that gathered here. Her live performances of entertainment of these songs earned her a lot of respect in these parts in so much that the owner Andrew and her had developed a close friendship and rapport with her because she pulled many people to patronize his Karaoke events. Even on his menu board was 'Campari Mira's way' this was the option with coconut and condensed milk added over ice.
Andrew the bar owner and others always called out " Hey Mira" or " Nice to see you again Mira" whenever she Waltz into the joint even dressed like a famous celebrity singer. Her effect on this place had swayed Andrew to make it known to his staff that Mira's first drink along with a fish or chicken and fries would be complimentary, just for Mira . In St.Lucia green fig and salt fish is known as the national dish but in these past years or end times as the elders called it , it had been replaced by chicken and fries as this is what the heavily influential Americanized generation would mostly purchase to eat. This was not a generation that could cook or even cared about a national dish except if it was being cooked by their Grand Mother or Mother for them to enjoy. As Andrew the bar owner and others who were regulars like herself appeared , Mira would kiss them on either side of his cheeks , the first sip of her Campari sent her buzzing then she chose the first song that she would sing for the night and it was always 'Don't walk away from me" by Whitney Houston and she always nailed it too with tears in her eyes in memory of her best friend Sandra , whom she had lost due to a very nasty car accident many years ago. Her performances were always accompanied by clustered clapping and blowing of whistles by the other Karaokers and patronizers. Mira also did dance moves and facial expressions along with cheeky body gestures, so her singing kareoke was like mini live stage performances . The reason why Mira loved singing karaoke at this particular karaoke bar because it edged the waters of the Castries Harbour especially where the Cruise ships ,ferries and water taxis docked and departed from. This place was always busy with all different races of people , locals as foreigners. The scenery of the harbour entrance was breathe taking especially at Sunrise and Sunsets, and when one had consume a smooth alcohol like Jhonny Walker it made this natural tourist attraction more alluring. Smoking cigerrettes and even marijuana was allowed in a small no smoking area. It was a very busy joint especially on Kareoke days as it pulled a customer pool of both locals and foreigners. Mira always felt like her favourite singer and performer Beyonce in the V.I.P section here and boy did Mira have the voice of a great singer too. It was also like a second home to Mira she felt like appreciated , accepted and loved here . The view ,the rhum , the scenery of the harbour, the sunsets , the mixed races of who visited here were like a whole other type of joyous congregation . Mira was always in tears when she chose this piece by Whitney Houston . Whitney Houston, Beyonce , Nikki Minaj , Doja Cat and Jada Kingdom were the song artists she mainly liked . She also like ' Always ' by the great Bon Jovi she would play it repeatedly before going to bed mostly every night when she was in her early twenties but Mira's favourite song artist was none other than the Queen B , no one could ever perform live like her. The other reason she admired Beyonce was that in all Beyonce's singing career Mira mostly admired the fact there was never once a sex scandal about Beyonce or like any other type of scandals ...ever . Mira liked her goofy and happy freed up personality off the set of music and the fact that Beyonce though being a great singer , unlike Mira , Beyonce had stayed in a relationship married to another giant in the music industry Jay Z til this date with children , without being separated and these factors made Mira love Beyonce above them all . We all know the norm was that a lot of female artist have a a good rapport of bad dating experiences or some type of sex tape or sex scandal. Excluded from this stigma Beyonce though she used much revealing costumes and outfits to perform , Mira viewed her as a respectable and phenomenal artist and every woman as Whitney said. Hence why Mira listened to her the songs 'Diva , Who runs the world -Girls and King Already almost every morning before leaving home for the shop or whilst opening her shop to give her a certain hype to carry out through the day after her usual prayers and praise to God for the morning. It was Mira's turn to be called to sing her song and she always cried whilst or before she sang this one as it was dedicated to her best friend Sandra. Every one including the owner would always be waiting in anticipation as this was the closest local version of this song 'Don't walk away from me' by Whitney they ever heard. Some people even cried along with Mira as she sang the song . They could see the tears falling from Mira's face but if only they could see the scene that always replayed in Mira's mind as she sang this song. Mira remembered her best friend Sandra driving her first Suzuki swift that Sandra's Dad bought her as it was her twentieth birthday . Sandra's Father Champy had even painted it Fuschia pink , Mira and Sandra with a unicorn print trail to the rear left of the vehicle.Sandra being overwhelmed at the receipt of this gift shrieked with gladness and hugged her father tightly without wanting to let go. Mr. Champy thought eyes buldged , he thought he might of stifled had Mira and Shyan not remove Sandra's hold from him . Sandra's words to her father " Thank you Daddy!' echoed then she held up the keys and made a fist shape lunging her fist in the upwards as Mira and Shyan shouted their famous achievement phrase ' By the power of the ancient Unicorns ' along with her . Sandra held her license for three years now and could even drive her father's truck and his tractor too, had started the Suzuki Swift and left with her girlfriends , Shyan and Mira that she summonsed that night to celebrate with her. It was her twentieth birthday party and they had booked the Zone Night Club , located in Beausejour Road the same place that the St.Lucia local Cricket ground and stadium to throw the party. Even the ribbon that Sandra's father stuck on the vehicle to show that this car was a gift was fuschia pink in colour and it fluttered in the wind as he drove off. Mira of course sat at the passenger's side of the driver's seat , Leanna , Sherise and her sister Shyan and her friend who squashed with legs over legs in the back seat. There was already a crowd there when they arrived. Sandra's parents and her brothers, her elder sister who though had left after them got there before them as of course Sandra made many stops along the way collecting birthday greetings ,hugs,kisses ,gifts cash , birthday drink upon birthday drink .So her family had organized the event, handled the door , the serving of food and drinks , cleaning and so on. It was an all in Fuschia pink, foam party both male and females were to dress elegant in Fuschia pink. As Sandra , Mira and the rest of the gang entered the club the MC had welcomed on Sandra on stage so that every body would sing happy birthday to Sandra wish her well . Sandra had noticed the gift table was stacked up well and this made her feel even more illuminated as Sandra had discreetly requested from all her invites and there were like sixty of them here by now . This party had to be thrown for Mira for her eighteenth birthday but business wasn't as booming for her parents like now. After they sang happy birthday to Sandra, being locals they all knew the customary song that would follow after. The local Denery segment music genre 'Happy Birthday ' song by two local song artists ' Drizzy and Bunun' this now sent the crowd into thrills and great joy as the intro just usually sent birthday crowds into joyous fits of madness whether it was played on a boat ride , hotel , club , house party ...anywhere. Sandra upon hearing this track was now with her champagne glass and 'taking a grind' on the MC who was also the guy she was currently dating called Nathaniel. They both started kissing each other and going off into fits of joyful shouts with the crowd. Nathaniel was dark skinned with dreadlocks , twenty four years old , a real stallion of a man , exceedingly handsome . Sandra pulled Mira closer to them which Mira would normally do something goofy to add to the joviality or raise screams and laughter for any crowd where they went out to and right now Mira 'wined' to the beat of the song with her back to either Sandra's back or Nathaniel's and she then shot under the two of them doggy style as she wined and twerked frantically to the beat beneath them. Well 'wining' is what they normally termed grinding in the USA. This sent the more screams and whistling out from the crowds, some knocked the wooden partition of the club and then everyone basically bust their own moves, even Sandra's parents started grinding on each other. It was Sandra's begging Mira to go out to the clubs that had caused Mira to take a liking to partying more and started having less interest in church, Bibles and prayer meetings. As usual Christians are easily convinced by sinners to turn from God his words and commands but it was highly impossible for Christians to turn sinners from frivolity and reviling and start attending church.That night ,what had cause Sandra to meet with her untimely demise was the fact that upon all the food here, that Sandra had tasted and enjoyed ; like the bread fruit balls ,green fig salad , corn pie , roasted fish chicken and fish fingers no one had remembered to bring Sandra's cake to the venue which had been custom made by a local cake baker and designer. The cake was made with a huge size like one third of the size of the actual vehicle gifted to Sandra for her birthday and it was made to the exact detail of it ribbon and all. Sandra who noticed that everyone was very occupied and how her parents looked extremely exhausted decided she would just collect her cake because she really wanted to have a photo of herself by both of her cars this evening. Nathaniel urged her not to bother and he reassured Sandra that he would go collect it on his own but Sandra would not listen . Who would listen upon just receiving a cute little vehicle as a birthday gift ? Being it was her birthday Sandra also had ordered her sister Shyan to accompany herself and Mira also to go to the 'Sweet Delicacy Cake Shop ' in Rodney Bay which had an available service of dropping client's forgotten cakes to venues up until midnight or would allow the client to come into collect if delivery was not possible. In this case tonight , it wasn't hence why Sandra insisted they collected it on their own. It was now 10:45 pm and Nathaniel urged Mira that he would use his white Hilux four wheel drive to go there but Mira had grabbed the keys from his hands and dropped it in her purse saying " I am driving my car to collect the cake Gassuh" . Gassuh was like a general unisex title for sir or madam or to address anyone in local terms. Nathaniel playfully ran after her and said " Boy that's a sweet lil ride Boss Champs get you there , Woy!" Sandra now blushed and replied "I know". After taking several photos in front of the vehicle , these famous fours, all dressed in Fuschia pink, 'the party's theme colour' , driven by Sandra headed to Sweet Delicacy at Rodney Bay to collect her protege birthday cake. Shyan popped on the track "Who run the world 'Girls by Beyonce' . Shyan and Mira who at either side with their elbow on the window pane rocked themselves to the track just like at the commencement of the music video . Nathaniel rocked his head also . They four sincerely looked like they were shooting a music video for this song. Sandra had gotten to the area of the round about in Rodney Bay Marina entrance which had a barricade from the Marina fixated there by the Ministry of Infrastructure so colliding vehicles would not readily plunge through or crash into the water . Sandra who was very good at driving was now daring that she could do a three hundred sixty degrees around the entire circle of the round about ...right now. Especially now that all lanes were clear and there was no sign of traffic on the road. Nathaniel protested and he was very upset at Sandra's suggestion, Mira also . Sandra did not believe that God was real but to build an argument that would get Mira to agree for her to pull her 360 % spin stunt around the round the bout reminded Mira of the time Mira had charged from the end of the patio and jumped off from approximately seven meters in the air from the patio down unto the concrete area to the floor beneath and patio entrance. Sandra digressed as she reminded Mira of how that instead of her legs ,feet or hip breaking on the concreted pavement below Mira had bounced like a ball from the concrete then landed loud on the concrete making a loud belly flapping sound , 'Ladies and gentlemen meet Mira the first female to defy the laws of gravity' Sandra would announce like an air hostess whenever Mira came to chill with her. At that time Mira had to take that jump because of the stubborn Shyan who had insisted on putting the ladder up on the patio that new years eve night after their barbecue on the patio, to avoid any "zobies" which is a local term for vagrant, from climbing the roof to access and have their way with them . Mira had protested that the ladder will most likely fall when they would try putting it down from seven metres to get down from their sleep tents in the morning and later the next morning that was exactly what happened. Every attempt by Sandra and Mira to put the ladder down to the seven meter level below failed them as they tried to position the ladder in a solid way for them to get down. They needed the ladder to access the patio especially as the stairway from the level seven metres below was not yet constructed. Mira had really needed to ease her bowels and she knew she would never hear the end the jokes of defecating in a plastic bag or defecating from the roof to the ground many feet below stooped down . This deadly gang of girls at this Patio barbecue would remind of it for years . Mira had chosen to 'long jump' from the patio to the distance seven metres below. Mira had gone far back towards the ledge of the patio so that she could gage to run and jump of the patio. Like a nerve wrecked athlete , she took a deep breathe and ran swiftly to the edge of the patio . Doing just that , she lunged from the edge keeping her legs in still motion as if she was about to settle on a horse's back, as she descended seven meters below onto the pavement away of the fear of Sandra and the gang steering in doubt on the patio. Instead of her hands , legs or any breakable part of her body getting fractured, her body miraculously bounced off the concreted area about a clear one metre from the ground and slapped back down with an echoing sound to the ground.Mira then heard the ten speculators from the ground and Sandra and Shyan exclaim "Whooohhyyii !" as their voices broke into crying. It was like witnessing a movie being filmed. Mira had laid on the ground for ten minutes straight 'unharmed' with 'no injuries'. Her body and mind took a moment of silence these ten minutes motionless, due to the recollection of her mind of how she had ended up face down on the pavement right now. Sandra and Mira were calling out her name fearfully 'Mira!' "Mira!" "Mira!" Mira laid there comparing this incident to the scene in the Jamaican film Cool Runnings, when the bobsled overturned and Derice calls out to Sanka "Sanka you dead?" Sandra and Shyan led this group of wailers and the recollection of the movie scene now caused Mira's body to tremble with laughter. Well the same God that made your body bounce off the ground and avoided you from being injured, will protect you and us all this time Mimi." Sandra and people at home often called Mira this nick name .
Mira after replaying the patio incident in her mind said with a smirk "Sands this is different , you could get into an accident , chill and lets go get that cake..."No stunts ...Okay Sands?" Mira reassured that Sandra would do nothing silly. Nathaniel removed his hand from his face after laughing from this story and caressing Sandra's face to change her mind from doing this and protested along with Mira saying that " Yes not tonight Sandra , G, It's Friday the highway and round about here is too risky!" Shyan was of no opinion and she just wanted to be getting back with that birthday cake by now to continue enjoying the fun at the party. "Mira don't do it" Shyan said but loosely. Shyan didn't really intervene because she had seen her sister Sandra performing this stunt successfully and with their father's truck at that , she knew her sister could pull it off. Mira and Nathaniel continued protesting that in spite the road being clear that this was a busy night Friday night and that this stunt was not to be attempted. Sandra was a little tipsy and high off of the marijuana they puffed and passed in the vehicle earlier excluding Mira. "Okay,Okay" Sandra said as she simmered down laughing jingling both their car keys in her hands, "I will pull up to the side okay , come get out Nathaniel you will drive us. " Suddenly as Nathaniel was preparing to exit and exchange seats and roles with Sandra , Sandra pressed the auto lock for all the doors to be locked not pulling up to the side walk. Sandra pulled the ignition to reverse and hit the gas turning the steering wheel in the opposite direction which had now circled the inner circle of the round about and Shyan alone was thrilled and laughing .. she had done two hundred and eighty degrees of the three hundred sixty degree turn around the round - about by now. This swirl movement of the vehicle sent Shyan ,Nathaniel and Mira jerking in all different directions . Nathaniel and Mira were urging her to stop at the top of their voices, very angry at this point . " Sandra a shaking vehicle is coming!" Shyan shouted . Sandra pressed the gas and swayed the steering wheel the more. Sandra's vehicle had now completed three hundred and thirty degrees of the three hundred and sixty degree turn around the round about convinced that she would complete her stunt. She was lost in joy payed no mind to what her sister , Nathaniel and Mira were saying . Sandra believed that she would have time complete the turn instead of doing a clean pause and allowing the truck to pass without completing the turn. The truck driver that had drove into them had just revived from dozing off in his sleep hit them head on on the Sandra's side of the vehicle. " BOKKKK !!" the vehicles resounded as they clashed . All that they remembered was an extremely loud crashing sound which had dented into Sandra side . The fact that they no longer heard Sandra voice's who was laughing and exclaiming " Woy! Bad Gyal!" moments before was evidence that Sandra had surely been hit . Yes it was only her voice unlike theirs which were in shrills of screaming at the top of their lungs that was no longer heard. Nathaniel blacked out from bumping his head very hard on the dash board after thirty seconds." Mira who was at the back of Mira had scream so much her body seized as it plunged into the water ; ears and eyes active but her body very still. Shyan had luckily spun out the of the seat behind the driver's seat onto the road when the car had broken the protective barrier and had been plunged pushed in the water in the Marina. Two minutes had gone by and Nathaniel revived from the blow to his head and had managed to jumped off onto the edging of the slight shoreline. Picking up his memory quickly , he then jumped into the water and started swimming after the vehicle to try to pull open the door where Sandra sat in the driver's seat, cramped. Sandra was unconscious and her nose and entire had been under water for three minutes now as the car had just begun slowly sinking after surprisingly remaining afloat for twelve minutes straight. Nathaniel tried slapping her slightly on both he cheeks as he could only reach to her face which was now under the water. Nathaniel did so to try to revive her but she did not. Nathaniel tried to open the car door on Sandra's side which he was now extremely more aware of how dented crushing over unto her waist area. Nathaniel tried pulling the door open but the manouvre of getting the car door open was impossible the car started plunging further into the water. Mira who was strapped in the passenger's side witnessed all Nathaniel's attempts as he Nathaniel had probably forgotten her as he five minutes after was now assisting Mira out of her side. After failing four times to get Sandra out , I will save Mira for now atleast were the thoughts of Nathaniel. As Mira went into a shock as they docked into the water , eyes wide open , body stiffened to a point the breathing function had reversed and no water really entered through her nostril as she was balanced on the upper end as Mira weight pushed her side upwards, being on the side that had clear air still going through. Mira was there, still and eyes wide open like a lifeless doll which Nathan brought on sure but Mira was aware of all what was transpiring around her . Her body was just not responsive. Nathaniel had tried dipping under the water with the driver of the vehicle that hit them head on into the water to attempt get Sandra out of the water but they still failed because of the way the door dented inwards and over Sandra's torso area . Nathaniel was in tears and pain as he could only watch the pink swift delve deeper with Sandra.The ambulance,wrecker and police arrived on the scene fifteen minutes later due dealing with other reports and the distance to get there . They had attached the haul chain to pull the vehicle out of water and onto the road . After succeeding at this the Fire men started cutting through the roof of the vehicle and the door to remove Sandra from the dented vehicle as soon as possible. This process took thirty minutes. Thank God the vehicle had entered into the shallower part of the Rodney Bay Marina and this made it quicker to remove Sandra as it was thick with silt and stones. The crowd of people that had gathered inclusive of Nathaniel and Shyan. They all got hope went they saw the fireman carrying Sandra's body out of the vehicle onto the stretcher. The dispatch group of fire service personnel tried their best to resuscitate them and restrain Shyan and Nathaniel from disturbing the procedure at the same time. Mira would be there along with them but her body being still frozen in shock could only stare barely at her best bosom friend that lay a pending verdict two feet away from her and also on a stretcher. Nathanial and Shyan kept trying to save Sandra on their own as if they were part of the fire service dispatch personnel ; screaming and crying profusely. Now that the firemen were now successful at retrieving the vehicle from the shallow water of the Rodney Bay Marina using their vehicle hauler for accidents , which was a device, designed byChief Fire Service Lawson Joseph a Saint Lucian national years ago , a modification to what was use to haul vehicles from accident scenes; whereby a chain is wrapped around possible parts of the vehicle then hauled out to over eighty feet from the water, then they used their hydraulic claws cutter and safely cut the roof and side from the vehicle or transportation or vessel which has saved many lives in Saint Lucia since invented and designed in March 1971, of course it was the government that contract the Chinese Investors to bring this saving tool into existence. Sandra's mother and father were now on the scene with other relatives and friends stand by viewers . Seeing the lifeless body of your daughter being resuscitated was not an easy life experience, especially on the day you had thrown her a belated eighteenth birthday celebration party. The more they used the machine that is used is mostly in ER series to pounce on Sandra's chest to resuscitate her , it just wouldn't clear or read Sandra alive. After twenty minutes of trying she was declared deceased. Sandra's mother's fainted in the arms of her father. Mira and Shyan saw Mr. Champy shed tears for the first time. Champy looked at Mira the more with greater disappointment even as she lay motionless on the stretcher as if to say to Mira " You were here with Sandra this was not supposed to happen to our daughter ! " Mira felt bitter within herself because she couldn't even open her mouth to explain to Mr. Champy or share sentimence of sorrow. Mira and Champy held their peace with each other from that day really, their bright former greetings turned to a stare and long cold silence. Even when Mira would attend the funeral and the home during the wake period and mourning ceremonies things remained that way. It was always at the last chorus "Don't walk away from me " Mira would come into recollection of herself remembering on the day of the accident this is how her soul felt as her chest pounded repeatedly to hear no clear sound of revival of her best friend. This is part of this song and the way Whitney Houston sang it was exactly how she felt when the paramedics were trying to resuscitate Sandra to no avail. Since the occurence of that icnident , Mira knew, yes, there was really a God but maybe as written in Matthew chapter four and verse seven, he did not take those that tested his reality lightly at times. The song had ended , the crowd cheered and clapped and like Mira, some had tears streaming down their eyes but not with the same sentimental thoughts and feelings that Mira did. Hers were beyond , still feeling pains of the heart beat of her only best friend still choosing to walk away from her life...forever.