Someone deadly beneath (part10)

ACT 111

SAND AND STONES

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Two years later. Da arrived home one evening and was 'welcomed' by a letter on the little table in the hallway. A letter from home, from anywhere, or from anyone, always put a smile on his face. But not this one.

It was from Nan. Therefore,not an important one. The two have been locked in a another cold war recently. All because of yours truly.

He tossed the letter somewhere as soon as he entered his room. Did the normal: lift some weights, washed his hands, switched on his beloved stereo and his beloved television, then started preparing his dinner. An hour or so later, he crouched on his bed, still in tune to his beloveds, and opened the letter.

Ireland
Dear Billy

Compliments of the seasons and all the best for the year. The bible tells me to honour your mother and your father so that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Is your way prosperous? Do you have good success? Check yourself. You hate me and disrespect me so much that God blessings cannot be upon your life.

I take your daughter from nowhere. I grow her up as my very own. I have taken her around the world. She has been places and see places which many people only see in their dreams.

Now, I was forced to ask her to leave my place. I couldnt take anymore cursing and disrespect from her. Like son, like daughter. She bring police on me in England for the passport that Lauren buys. My daughter said it was her money that buys the passport.

Kaylee-Jean went her own way when we landed in England. When she returns to Ireland, she left her suitcase in the pastor's car, because she never intend to stay. She came in my house and pick quarrel with me, then pack her things and went with the pastor. She made her plan from England.

She even quit her job just when she was about to be promoted and get higher pay. Kaylee-Jean is frustrated because she can't get to be with the boy. She even baptize in the church because of him. That boy is at the pastor house day and night. So she will get to have him now, without my interference.

I thought you wanted me to act as a grandmother and grow your child in the proper way. Kaylee-Jean is being influenced by the Boy, her so-called friends, her church people and Stacey.

By the way, Stacey has given me her dose of cursing and moved out last week sunday, when I gone to work. She is big with child. Can you imagine, I take her from England for her to be a company to the girls when I work at night, and this is how she repays me. By coming here looking for a man, getting pregnant when her mother has 10 children and looking for her help and support. Plus, she already have a child in England that she is not supporting. Every cent she gets, she spend it on herself, buying shoes and clothes.

Those are the people who Kaylee-Jean is teaming up with. They both curse me from time to time. I wish I did have someone in my young days to bring me abroad, let me see good life. I would never stay in England and destroy my life with so many children. Now they get the opportunity and forming and ass of themself.

I asked you in July when you were here to send me some US dollars that I can get to buy some things when I was go to England. You never call and wish me happy christmas. You never send a cent. At the airport, I have to pay US50.00 for the extra bag Kaylee-Jean and everyone of us have out of the little pittance I did have.

They move out left me with hundreds of punts for electricity and water. Is that fair? The immigration officer said I still responsible for Kaylee-Jean and Stacey. They can be deported out of the country in due time.

Every single words you curse me when you came to Southern Ireland, Stacey curse me with. She said all my children desert me because I dont have good ways and I am going to stay here and shit up myself and none of my children will be here to help me.

But I got news for all of you filthy bad mouth, bad minded people. I got my land and my house. Anybody will come and care for me and I give them the land and house. So you all take your filthy bad mind mouth off me. I condemn you all tongue.

No weapon that form against me shall prosper. NONE. So when you all digging pit for me, dig one for you all self. My God will never leave or forsake me.

I put the first shoe, dress, pad on your daughter. I made her who she is today. Standing in queue in hot sun at immigration for hours to get time for her to stay in the country. Could I hate Kaylee-Jean that is my own flesh and blood. I hate her disrespect and her cursing me out.

Kaylee-Jean should be in my house with Lauren to take care of me and they both live in the house or build a house on the land for themselves when the time come and live as one.

Now Kaylee-Jean left me to go slave at the pastor's house. That is all she will get there, work, work and no proper food.

This year is the time to look about her citizenship. The money was spent off at the birthday party. The next few months is the time to take her and Laura back to Dublin to get a US visa. Since the one that they had expire.

Kaylee-Jean needs to return back home to my house and apologise to me. Let us forget the past and move on to the future. My life is going to pieces since Kaylee-Jean leave. I cant even sleep in the night. I keep wondering how she is making it at that house of slavery.

Everyone is saying Kaylee-Jean needs to come back here with me and dont be a slave or a fool for people who is just using her for their convenience. I need to know if she is going to Dublin to proceed with her visa. You need to put away your pride and call me today. Laura missed her so much.

Da was a bit moved by the end of the letter. However, after speaking to aunty Laura in the States, and discovering that Nan had ulterior motive for wanting me to return, he decided to write her a response she truly deserved.

In a previous letter, you reffered to Kaylee-Jean as “your precious daughter”. So you have recognized that my daughter is precious to me. Well done.

It is because I was not precious to you why you abandoned me with strangers and never return. If I did not search for you, I would never have seen you again. When I met you for the first time, you told me to tell your neighbours that I was your cousin.

So how dare you talk about ‘honour your mother and father, so that your days may be long up the earth.’ If it was for mother and father alone, I would have died during my childhood. I never feel like I have a mother or a father. Like the cactus in a desert, I always feel like I just appeared. I grew up in a similar fashion. No thank you for imploring me to ‘honour my mother and father.’ I do honor the people who brought me up and were there for me.

You said that I am not prosperous and I do not have good success. Aren’t you ashame?” Chances are if I did have a mother and father there for me, I would have been prosperous and have good success today. It’s funny, even though you know fully well that I am neither prosperous or having good success, you complained that I did not send you US dollars.

You talk about how I hate you and disrespect you. Did you ever give me a reason to love you. And if you did love me, would you have turned your back on me, for good? Oh, so it’s disrespectful to let you know that you were never a part of my life, how I suffered as a result and how you don’t even care enough to acknowledge that you had done me wrong..

Please! When you call your sister in Ottawa, do not talk about me or my precious daughter. I do not talk about you. I have better things to do.

Don’t think you can embarrass me or my precious daughter when you talk about how you took her from nowhere, etc etc. You are only embarrassing yourself. And don’t think you done her or me any favors because you kept her from she was 10 years old. The strangers who you abandoned me with never tell me how they took me from nowhere from someone who did not want me. That is why I am still theirs.

When I asked you to take Kaylee-Jean for me, I was being kind to you.

I was giving you a second chance. I was willing to put the past behind and try to have a relationship with you. But when I saw you last year, I discovered that you did not deserve it at all. That was based on the fact that you think that it was ok to turn your back on me, call me liar, didn’t even try to understand my feelings. Worse, you told me, before my precious daughter, that you had to choices: give me away or abort me.

That hurt more than I can say, but I was still willing to try move forward with you. But when you turn against my precious child. That was the final straw. Kaylee-Jean is not a bad child and did not deserve that. You start making her a life a living hell. Even if she was a bad child, it would still not be right what you did to her.

You said she disrespect you. Why didn’t you tell me what she did or say that was disrespectful. It’s the same way you accused me of disrespecting you when all I did was described how you failed me and your other children.

I called you all the way from Ottawa to sort out the issues with you and Kaylee-Jean. Like a sulking child, you refused to speak. I had no choice but to say my piece and hang up. I wasn’t even blaming you at the time. I called to have the situation resolved in a civilized fashion before it escalates. And you expect me to call you again and embarrass myself?

You talked about Kaylee-Jean should apologize to you. When you can tell me exactly what my precious did and say that was disrespectful then I will speak to her about that. You and and everyone who knows her, know that she is not that sort of child to disrespect you or anyone.

In the meantime, you need to apologize to my precious daughter for the following things: calling her a bitch(how dare you), threatening her twice with a machete, threatening to call immigration on her and send her back to England, holding on to her passport when she needed it to register for her exams…..

For your information, I have been buying clothes and taking care of my precious daughter, long before you took her. As her dad, I did not abandon her on you, because she has always been precious to me.

Besides, all the first things you said you bought for her and all the places you took her, were paid for with my money. I know I was not prosperous or having good success, but because she was so precious to me, it was nothing for me to make all the sacrifices for her.

She went her own way in England or did you tell her that you would not be taking her anywhere with you? And since you did not want to take her with you, why didnt you just give her her passport that "your daughter" bought.

Well, you said you had to tell her to leave your place. So why are you telling your sister that she moved out. I am begging you again. When you call Ottawa, do not mention me or my precious daughter.

Can anyone blame Kaylee-Jean for, according to you, leaving her suitcase in the pastor's car when she got back form England. After the way you turned against her for no apparent reason,k what did you expect. That attitude towards her, doesnt sound like a welcome to me. Imagine, she called you many times from England and you refused her calls. You clearly did not want her to come back to your place.

Even if she get deported, it will not be the end of the world for her. I may not have anyone, but she has me. I may not be prosperous or have good success, but as she is so precious I would go naked and hungry just to make it better for her.

For your information, she quited her job because of your constant threat to report her to immigration. She jsut could not trust you anymore. It's the same thing you did to your first born, Darren, who you brought to Ireland. That is why he will probably never speak to you again.

It is good that Stacey reminded you of what I told you the last time, that you destroyed your own childrens' lives and drove them away from you. If you never want kids, you should not have gone out and gett them in the first place. It is shameful, a sin, how you treat yours and when they speak to you about it, you say they are disrespectful. You know what respect is?

Soon it will be just you and William. I am certain you will drive out my little sister soon. It's only because poor William does not know better why he is still there with you.

When I was Kaylee-Jean's age, I was slaving at other people's place. So since when have you become so concern. You cared not whether I existed. But I was happier than if I was with you, or having noone else to be with.

Besides, I am certain neither Pastor or any of her family members, are calling my precious child a bitch, threatening her with machete, threatening to call immigration on her or send her home.

If Kaylee-Jean is unhappy, I am even more unhappy. And anyone who is aginst her, is against me also. For your information, she is quite happy where she is. Stop talking that she is slaving and how she is not eating proper food, because you know it is not true.

You mentioned that you have done all these wonderful things for Kaylee-Jean. Thanks. But why do you spoil things by turning against her, a good and innocent child. You will not admit it, but you have hurt me already. And I am upset about that hurt. So why hurt my precious child when you know that you wil only be hurting me, again.

Because my child is so precious, I always wanted the best for her. it was with that intention that I asked you to keep her for me. I trusted you. My mistak, I know. But I did hope that it would have been best for Kaylee-Jean and improve my fragile relationship with you.

I am very proud of who she is today. Of course, you played your part, and I am appreciative. But again, why do you spoil it?

If you think that becuase you you have done the world of good for her and you have done us favors, so that give you the right to turn against her, you are so wrong.

yes, you started out being good, which I am thankful for. You should have continued. If you care about resolving this matter, I would strongly advise you to meet with Kaylee-Jean and the pastor and talk it over.

Otherwise, I am with my precious daughter.