Her Past

The Retreat

David was a well known businessman in the tristate area of New York. After graduating high school he migrated to the US for engineering school in Michigan. He was accepted for a scholarship and he worked hard to maintain it for the 5 years of school. Life was good. He left his mother to live with his dad and returned to Jamaica once - for her death and burial.

He remembered her voice and instructions clear in his head as he turn the blue 2018 Range Rover out the parking lot and on to the busy street.

'D, don't be sad son, give your life to God and he will right all your wrongs and clear up your mistakes. You dont worry bout Jessica, wah God have for you it is for you and no one else'

'Ok mum'. He looked in those dark eyes that use to be bright and glistening now droop with heavy sleep. She placed her frail thin hands in her son's and hummed. He recognize the tune, and tears filled his eyes. After a while, she asked him to prayer with her and at that, she fell asleep smiling. David knew she went home to be with the Lord.

Jessica Blake. The name that still stir up him up after all these years.

When he visited his mother, he came to learn that Jessica and her mom moved to Kingston. Migrating without seeing her was the hardest, most heart wrenching week of his life.

Jessica didn't show up in school after the incident nor was she present at the graduation. Fact is, all the 11th grade knew why. Jason had sent out a picture of how he seduced her for her virginity. A stupid bet 11th graders make every year as tradition. Of course this was not known to the school staff, adults and the district.

I never could bring myself to call or text her, David thought. Not after how I blurted out my feelings to her in anger.

That's the last time they spoke and now 15 years later it seem he had lost her. She never reached out to contact him and he couldn't blame her. For the whole week he went to church hoping to see her, but they didn't show up either.

David was closer to his gated community. He had his windows up, AC on blast. Smiling as old memories flood his mind.

When Jason caught him and his mum in bed that day, he felt like a king. The real big man.

Ms. Audrey told him to take a condom from her dresser draw and he used that oppotunity to set the video on his phone and placed it against the glass. It wasn't planned but he figured it was the best option than beating the crap out of Jason and mess up his opportunity for the scholarship.
He respected Ms. Audrey but she was the only option which presented itself.

David smile, he remembered his sexual encounter with the Cougar. She unleashed a wild side to him he never knew existed. He was amazed how they remain friends and he wondered how, although she was aware of his action.

He sent the video to the entire 11th grade and David was crown the real big man while Jason was ridiculed and mocked. That's exactly how he wanted it would be. Memories of Jason the virgin popper was history. His ego was bruished and Jessica's pictures were a thing of the past. He was no longer popular or sought out, except for Sophia, no one else was interested. It was a real life show down like King Saul against David in the Bible.

David felt accomplished, knowing that Jessica's ordeal was forgotten. He only wished she was there to witness it.

The X6 came to a halt at the gated community and he thought about how hard he had been working. He agreed that the vacation may just help him to relax and unwind.

In a white dominated population, he had to work his brain off in university, he had to work twice as much to maintain his scholarship every year for 5 years. He also had to prove he was there to stay and made his dad proud.