Chapter 9

Sad to say, Reverent Ron's stay on the island was now over, leading him back to the Norman Manley Airport in the nine o'clock hours of the night to catch his flight to the land of greener pastures.

He had accomplished most of what he had come on the island to do, including, leading more ladies of the night to the loving hands of Christ, and promising them, he would somehow help them change their lives.

Even though, he didn't have any concrete plans on how such was going to be done!

But, there was a quote that he always says to sometimes, inwardly and at other times, he would say it out real loudly.

"Romans 8:28. All things will work for good for those who love God and his called according to his purpose!"

It was a quote he said not only to himself, but would often use on his converters whenever he was trying to convince that Jesus Christ was the way to true salvation!

However, five hours later he was landing in the freezing cold under the skies of America and began waiting for Brother Steve to collect him at the Airport while he quietly mumbles.

"Oh God Almighty, I really miss being in Jamaica!"

Thirty minutes later, Brother Steve, his assistant arrive at the airport to get him and bring him back to the church before he drove home by himself. But, the Preacher Man was too jet-lag to drive home and so he decided he would bounce it at the church instead.

Many things had happened in the week and a half that he was gone, and one of them was a big rumor around the church that Brother Steve had come into some very huge amounts of money!

The news had reached Reverent Ron's hearing Thursday morning, by one of his ministers in training just after he had awoken from his tiresome and jet-lag resting!

"How much was it?"

Reverent Ron kept on asking.

But, no one knew for sure what were the exact figures and could only repeat what they had heard; that it was a very substantial amount and he had intentions of buying himself a house!

Upon hearing the news about his assistance good fortune, Reverent Ron wondered if he was going to be quitting his position as his assistance and move on to better things. However, Reverent Ron was quite reluctant to ask him about such decisions since he wasn't quite sure if the rumors were true or someone was just trying to start trouble.

However, he knew that Brother Steve would bring the situation to him if he had any intentions of leaving his position as a treasurer and as his personal assistance at the church.

Undoubtedly though, the trickiness of the streets began playing in his head and now the preacher man was thinking of a way to obtain a cut - a nice portion of the gay man's fortune!

Sunday mornings as usual church services began and shockingly enough to everyone, Reverent Ron showed up at church wearing a pretty-pretty shirt and fingers well-manicured as if, he was a super-hot gay man!

The same clothing he had bid his assistance from wearing, he was attire in. And now the congregation was wondering if he was really the gay one and was only pretending to be straight!

Many persons in the church began laughing and some even began whispering, but Reverent Ron wasn't playing his cards down! Because he knew exactly what he wanted! And right through the church services, he was loading Brother Steve with many acknowledgements and compliments which had the whole congregation wondering what the heck was really going!

He now was telling Brother Steve in front of the entire congregation that anything he is doing, he too was going to be following him and how much he wanted to be very much like him!

Brother Steve began feeling good about the many praises thrown at him and he just wouldn't stop smiling! And now he was walking around the church like he was now the new Assistant Pastor and also the Frist Man!

After the offering had been collected this Sunday and carried to the church basement for counting, Reverent Ron attitude was now completely different when he hasted to the basement to investigate on the amount of donations that were given by the congregation; and observing that the amounts were a little low that usual.

This time around, he wasn't frowning and slamming the door in Brother Steve's face, but now, he was slowly massaging his shoulders and caressing his head, instead like he suddenly obtained fingers of a masseuse!

Seemingly, the heavy frustrations and heavy burdens began lifting from Brother Steve's shoulders and now all of a sudden, he and the preacher man were extreme buddy-buddies!

Now, everywhere you went and see one, you see the other; like they were identical twins. Oftentimes, they were also dress in the same color shirts, usually printed with multiple flowers and lip-gloss heavy on their lips, as if, they were advertising shiny lip-sticks for Maybelline cosmetics!

Wednesday night bible study service was just as crammed as the three church services on Sundays!

And again, Reverent Ron and Brother Steve were showing much affection in front of the congregation causing many to again wonder, if they were suffering from some serious case of delusional identity condition!

Minutes later, Reverent Ron called Brother Steve to the rostrum and offered him the coveted position as Pastor's Assistant!

While many stood there holding their faces, couldn't believe what they were seeing and hearing; and began analyzing this suspicious happenings in the Heavenly Waters congregation!

But, church members became even more leery and mistrustful when they saw the preacher man and Brother Steve leaving the church basement after Wednesday night service. Carrying with them an overnight bag; packed with Vaseline and K-Y-Jell and then hopping into Reverent Ron's vehicle, as if, they were heading straight to a hotel to express their sexual affection for each other!

Like the bussing sounds of bees, people began whispering and wondering if the man of the cloth have now gone the other way and was now boldly taking on the homosexual life-style right in front of their very eyes!

Sisters from the church who were close to Reverent Ron's wife began calling her to enquire from her what was really going on with her husband and all the unusual happenings they were witnessing between her husband and the want to be clergyman, they call Brother Steve.

Truthfully, she told all those who had called to enquire about her husband fling and flirting with his assistance; that she wasn't aware of any such thing, but, if she ever found out that he was on the down-low - grinding another man she was very ready to kick him out of the house and let another man come in!

Because that wasn't the life-style she had signed up for with him!

So bright and early, Tamara was at the church dressed to kill! And when her husband came on the rostrum and began preaching, she boldly took her seat beside him. While Brother Steve stood at the sidewalls of the church looking at her with pure jealousy in his eyes and a subtle fake smile!

And while his wife firmly took her position as First Lady, seated on the rostrum beside her husband; Brother Steve enviously rushed to the basement and began chattering and complaining about why Reverent Ron wife was there on the rostrum. And no matter her frowning and complaining, he had gotten her husband in bed already!

Like wild fire, the scandalous news was spreading fast and while Reverent Ron tried putting it under a bushel, Brother Steve was broadcasting it like it was a new kind of sunlight!

And for weeks, the scandalous acclaim carried on in and out of the church until Reverent Ron boldly and openly admitted to the congregation that he had made a big mistake by offering Brother Steve the position of Assistant Pastor and then getting into bed with him a week after!

The wows and awes went on for hours while the bold and shameless man stood there for hours with a precarious look on his face as he firmly asked.

"None of you sitting up in here, have never made any serious mistakes before?"

"I know, I'm the only one who has lied, steal, have sex out of wedlock... all of you sitting in here in front of me, are all perfect saints, ever since you have being baptized until now!"

"Well, if you don't forgive me, I know that God Almighty has already forgiven me!"

"So all of you with your judgment self and perfect heavenly flesh can kiss my rump and go to hell!"

Reverent Ron angrily blurted out.

He then called the church secretary, told her to go by his office, clear out all the pretty-pretty shirts inside his closet and throw them in the fire-heap and then set them ablaze!

The preacher man was now done with Brother Steve, even though he still had plans on how to swindle him out of some of his money. Therefore, he allowed him to remain at the church and continue counting the church donations and being his personal assistance.

Over a month had now passed since the preacher man had returned from Jamaica and he was anxiously waiting to hear word for Mike Williams his realtor; about the deed for the property!

And so, after two more weeks of waiting for his call and it didn't come, he decided on giving the realtor a surprise call!

Just after Mike had picked up the receiver and said hello, Reverent Ron was quite astonished to hear that there was a dispute between another man and him about the property. Therefore, he might have to fly back to the island to have it rectified.

Although the land was listed for sale, another person claimed that they had bought the piece of land from another realtor and they too were waiting for over two long months for the deed to reach their hands. So, they came to the tax office enquiring about it.

And was amazed to hear Mike Williams discussing with the teller about the same patch of land he had in his possession and was waiting for the title for it.

Thankfully, Reverent Ron had the funds to book a flight and jump on a plane heading straight back to the island so he could get this business sorted out!

But, upon his arrival, he was told that these kinds of matters are usually resolved in the courthouse, therefore, he would have to make his complain to the courts office and they would eventually set a date for the hearing and let him know by phone when was the required date for him to show up in court!

Luckily for him, he was given only two weeks to show up at the courthouse, unlike some people, who had to wait one or two whole months for their case to be heard and then finally, get sorted out!

Signs of money dwindling from its various places began to take effect; specifically, his bank account and his wallet. So Reverent Ron moved into Pastor Matalan's house so he could cut back on expenses until the ending of his court hearing was announced.

Five days later, as promised, the courts office gave him a ring telling him to show up early the following Monday morning at the courthouse, so he could address the courts with his situation. And he should bring with him whatever witnesses he as, therefore, the court could resolve the matter quickly and he would then know where he stand!

Two weeks later, Reverent Ron was standing in front of a judge with a bald-headed stocky man standing next to him claiming that the land Reverent Ron was buying legally belong to him!

And how he had paid twice as much dollars for the property than Reverent Ron did, even though, he didn't have papers to prove he owned the land or knew the name of the realtor who had sold the property to him!

When the judge ask him how long ago he owned the property, he respond; "Four months ago; Your Honor!"

Legally the judge could have signed over the land to him, since he claimed to have bought it over four months ago!

But, since the grumbling plaintiff didn't have any papers showing ownership for the land or new how to contact the realtor who had sold him the property, the judge had no choice but the handover the rights of the property to no other, than Reverent Ron!

Causing a loud brawl to develop in the courtroom that led from the court house straight out into the streets forcing the police to step-in! Warning the plaintiff; if anything should ever happen to the foreigner, he certainly would be held responsible for it!

Seriously, the man then began to wept but Reverent Ron softly told him that if he could find some legitimate papers within two months' time; he would happily bring the matter back to the court and have the property turnover back to him.

Giving the stranger his contact information along with Pastor Matalan contact credentials, so they could be contacted whenever documentations for the property had resurface. But after waiting two whole months and hearing not a word from the stranger, Reverent Ron continued to finalize his sale agreement with his realtor! And soon, the preacher man became the rightful owner of the two acres of land in Dover Heights Community, bordering, St. Catherine and Clarendon!

With all his detours and delays, Reverent Ron was now very excited about owning a little piece of paradise on the island of Jamaica! However, his finances were now running low, and he began contemplating on how he was going to construct a building on the piece of property he owns in the Caribbean!

For hours he sat in his office contemplating - rocking his brain trying to figure out how he was going to swindled Brother Steve and Sister Jonson out of the rest of their large inheritances.

And right on the pulpit Reverent Ron stood, and began to lie!

Declaring, he has a tumor, the size of a grapefruit in his chest cavity and needed around half a million dollars to remove it by way of surgery!

Putting Brother Steve on the spot, he cunningly pronounced...

"Brother Steve, I know you have come into a hefty sum of money and I know for sure that you can help me out!"

"I know you don't mind putting up half of that amount and the rest of it; well, that must come by somehow!"

Sad face and teary eyes, Brother Steve began nodding his head indicating, he was in agreement of helping the preacher man cover some of his medical expenses with some of the lump-sum he had safely snatched away for his own rainy-day!

"I'm sure many of you sitting inside here don't even have enough to pay your own rent and other expenses but, whatever little you have to give to help me out, I know the Lord Almighty will reward you back somehow!"

Reverent Ron continued to plead and announce to the crowd under his hearing.

A crowd whose hands were tightly folded and not a pleasant facial expression was showing!

Only dense and intense stares were glaring at him, as if, they were trying to read his mind for honest answers or if he was actually lying to them just so they would pity him giving him their dollar!

The soft hearted and the god fearing began making their way to the church alter and started throwing money on the floor below the church alter, so they could help address the medical cost of their dearly beloved pastor!

But, the preacher man wouldn't look at any of their dollars spreading out on the floor, but instead, he turned his attention to Brother Steve once more; and kindly ask him when he was going to receive his portion of the money to take care of his life-saving surgery!

Tearfully, Brother Steve answered.

"I'll get it to you first thing in the morning!"

And with those words spoken, Reverent Ron asked one of the ushers to collect the donations lying on the floor and placed them inside an envelope for him so he can start making payments to the hospital for his surgical treatment.

Over joyed inside, Reverent Ron returned to his office after service and began dancing... the answers to his dreams were now just around the corner!

However, he needed to fully seal the deal and when the massive crowd had dispersed after Wednesday night Bible studies, Reverent Ron was in his car, making his way over to Sister Jonson's house, trying to hoax her out of some more inhertance!

Certainly, he had a two-faced demon that was hard to detect and when he was done filling Sister Jonson ears with his falsifying chattering about his medical problem and his troubles on the island of Jamaica, she couldn't help but to hand him another lump-sum of thousands of dollars!

Needless-to-say, she had no intention of handing over such huge sum of money to him until he had nicely covered her bread with butter... if you know what I mean!

And for hours they were on the bed doing all sorts of acrobatics like they were students and a gym instructor team working together!

But, when they were finally done in the afternoon hours kissing, caressing and changing position with each other, Sister Jonson was quite satisfied and had no feelings of doubt writing him a massive amount from her checking account!

Few hours after showering and getting dressed, Reverent Ron kissed his bed-buddy while promising her, he would come and pay her another visit soon after his return from Jamaica!

Even though, the preacher man had received a grand amount of money from his old lady, deep down, he wasn't satisfied because the ideal target who he wanted to scam was Brother Steve from his lovely locked away fortune!

And just after leaving Sister Jonson's house he went straight back to the church basement anxiously asking about Brother Steve's where about!

He was inside his office perusing through his computer and soon as he heard the tapping on the door, he responded for the person to come on in!

As expected, it was Reverent Ron at the door who didn't wasted anytime asking him for the two-hundred and fifty grand; and in his shirt pocket he dipped and pulled out the handsome check which he then placed into his hands as he tearfully said!

"As soon as you recover I would like back my money!"

Soon Brother Steve was out of his seat and had Reverent Ron resting on his chest while with teary eyes, he began pronouncing comforting words to him; expressing that he was sincerely hoping that the doctors removed the tumor from his chest without any further complications or severe bodily distress!

With eyes like an angel, Reverent Ron thanked Brother Steve and walked out of his office happily rejoicing as he briskly made his way to his vehicle and then was off to the bank to deposit his swindling currencies into his bank account!

Reverent Ron was physically off the streets but the streets and its characteristics were still within him. And even though, he had gotten save and took up the cross of Jesus; standing on the pulpit quoting scripture and preaching; to him, it was just another form of hustling!

A week later, the preacher man was on the phone with Pastor Matalan, anxiously asking him to round up some men... men who were construction workers; because he was coming back to the island soon to start building a house on the property he had recently purchased.

Without hesitation, his friend living on the island convince him that he shouldn't worry about obtaining construction workers, because, he had quite a few of them inside his church and around the surrounding areas of his community!

However, Pastor Matalan warned Reverent Ron that before he started building his house on the property, he would first have to submit a floor plan to the tax office in the area. Which the preacher man gratefully thanked his friend for such relevant information.

Things were surely moving along and Reverent Ron considered himself covered with favor from both God and man; and now he was making wise and concrete decision to get him out of the gutter of lack and poverty, even though, it was all at someone else's expense.

He had handle good amounts of money before working on the police force; but all of it went into smoking crack cocaine and pimping out women on the streets and in various night clubs in the city of Huston Texas!

But he was now clean and sober and took on the mantle of being a pastor at the Heavenly Water Pentecostal Church where the former Pastor there had spent over twenty add years serving the people of the congregation and also, the surrounding communities!

However, after being attack with various mental illnesses he was kindly asked to give up the pulpit; so fresh blood and greener visionaries could take over the pastoring of the church while he went on to seek medical attention from the hospitals.

It was this life-threatening and grim mental condition that had opened up the opportunity for Reverent Ron to be at this church now! Upon hearing the news from his theology instructor that the pastoral position was now vacant at the Heavenly Waters Pentecostal Church, Reverent Ron jumped at the opportunity to seek out the position of overseeing and pastoring the partially dead Church on its way to the cemetery.

With most of its member looking like they were standing in their graves more than actually walking the earth!

And even though, he hold not a pastoral license to pastor or govern any church, his smooth talking, wittiness and excellent bible knowledge had convince the elders of the church, that he was the right one for the position of delivering spiritual messages to the lifeless and comatose congregation!

He had brought excitement and a dramatic-flare to the church that had thousands crawling, walking and driving to the sanctuary to hear him deliver the holy word!

Some had consider him to be the nearest thing to Jesus Christ while many were leaving their regular churches to sit under his leadership and anxiously wanting the coveted position of being one of his ministers in training, even though, they knew he was a crack-head and far from being holier than thou in his way of living!

Like he had said many times in his sermons; "He is not where he wants to be; but thank God Almighty, he is not where he used to be!" as he shamefully watched the peculiar stares at him and the nudging of the elbows by those hypocrites seated in the congregation right in front of him!

Needless-to-say, Reverent Ron's trip to the island was coming up pretty soon and this time however, it wasn't a secret about where he was going!

But, instead of telling the congregation that he was taking a long trip to the island of Jamaica, he told them that he was going away for his surgery so he could remove the large, grapefruit size tumor lingering in his chest!

Many in the congregation now began shouting and started offering up prayers, and some declared that God would maneuver the hands of the surgeons and the nurses as they operated on his tiny body!

Some wanted to touch him one last time before he went off for surgery just in case; he didn't made it out of the operating room!

Others started to think about buying him get-well cards and bringing him flowers as soon as he was done with surgery and some persons began putting away little donations to bless him when he came out of the hospitals!

But for almost everyone, the name of the hospital where the surgery was supposed to be conducted and also, the time of the surgery was a very big secret!

And continuously many persons ask those who were supposed to be responsible for such information like Brother Steve and also the church secretary; but either of them could not give out such information; because such didn't exist!

Therefore, they told the inquiring folks and generous church members to just leave what they have for the preacher man there at the church and he will get them upon his return from the hospital!

Some persons obey and day after day they would show up at the church leaving teddy-bears, get-well cards, and balloons among other things. Anxiously waiting for him to receive them and envisioning how excited he was going to be once he had seen such outpouring of love, prayers and support from his people!

While others from the congregation were very reluctant in giving anything to the preacher man and decided that whatever they had to give to him they were going to spend it on themselves instead. Since not knowing the hospital where their pastor was supposed to have his surgery seems more of a hush-hush situation and certainly very quiet strange to them.

A week after Reverent Ron's announcement about his life-threatening ailment, he was on the phone with his friend Pastor Matalan, telling him, he would be back on the island soon. And also asking him to remember to round-up some construction workers; so he could get his building project started as soon as he gets there.

Happy for him, his friend had warned him that he would first have to draw-up a floor plan and submit it the tax office before he could ever get anything started; because if not, he would be in constant battling with the building department, and with such, he would only be losing money and wasting his time instead!

But of course, he would have to fork out quite a few dollars, or else, his floor plan approval would take months before it would be given the okay to start his building project!

Reverent Ron was now in a hurry to jump on a plane and come to the island, but first, he needed to make schedules for his ministers in training to conduct the various weekly services at the church. Especially, since he had plans on being away for quite a long period of time!

Without hesitancy, and after all his tasks were done pertaining to the operations of the church, Reverent Ron was on the next available flight to the island he loved so very much and cherished; called Jamaica!

This time around he wasn't staying at the Pegasus Hotel, but instead, he was taking up lodgment at Pastor Matalan's house!

He thought in doing so, he would be in a friendlier and fun environment, furthermore, all that money he would be dishing out to the hotel, he could give it to his friend, which he could use to do some improvements on his church building! And also, give some of that money to the former sex workers he had gotten converted; so they could improve their lives as well!

Since Reverent Ron had gotten a Sunday night flight, he called Pastor Matalan Saturday night and told him to expect him at his house around eleven o'clock Sunday night, and then he was on the phone calling Henry to come by the Airport and receive him in the ten o'clock hour!

Like a dosage of fresh air he was extremely happy to be on the island late Sunday night. And bright and early Monday morning, with the help of his friend, he began taking care of business... getting the right persons to draw up his floor plan and rushing to the tax office to fill out the require applications to get the foundation of his house off the ground, a grueling task but he was getting it done!

Within four days all documentations were granted for building the house. And with his approval to start building on the land in his hands, Reverent Ron gathered up ten men from the community to start clearing off his property! Soon there was much plowing on the land; so they could start digging the grounds to construct the foundation of the preacher man's building!

It was the most enjoyable time for the preacher man; now that he owned a patch of land and he was buying steels, blocks and cements, and also stones, to build the place he intended on calling home sweet home!

Things were moving very fast... there were at least four men to a wall, and the construction workers were working day and night. And as fast as they could just to make this project reach its completion!

And Reverent Ron was quite proud of his accomplishments, even though, all of this money he was spending on this massive project was from ill-gotten gains!

Nevertheless, he was now on a new path... away from the illegal policing, pimping, prostituting, and also, the heavily consumption of illegal pharmaceuticals he had been taking over the years which had thinning out his body!

Now, he was making a big change in his life; it seems like but, how long would the street life within him stay under the radar... how long would his demons subside and remain contained in that box he had subconsciously put them in when he came to accept Jesus Christ as his Lord and Master?

The sun was mightily hot on the island and sucking the little energy from person's very souls. And one evening after leaving the site where he was building his house, Reverent Ron returned home to his friend's house dead tired and exhausted!

And right after showering and eating, he then went sleeping!

It wasn't until way in the dawn of morning before he had awakened and made his way to use the rest room down the hallway. And on his way from doing so, he ended up in his friend's bedroom who had gotten up early and went to his office to start studying for his Sunday morning sermon!

Oblivious about where he was at the time, Reverent Ron hopped into the wrong bed and began making out with Pastor Matalan's fianc閑 while climbing and claiming her to be his wife!

She too was pleasantly surprised that the man whom she had not long ago sexually pleasured was back in the bed raving and wanting more of her sexually!

But when she anxiously unleash the strings from her silky night gown to let him enter in, she then realize that she was pleasing the wrong man in the wee hours of the night!

The both of them were not in a state of mental disarray and wondered if they should go on with their sexual actions or quit it right now while they may!

Wild and lusty, the street life was now calling him and instead of bowing out and unleashing some honor to his friend, Reverent Ron closed the door to the bedroom and he and Sharon began to make it happen on Pastor Matalan's bed while he remained in his office studying scriptures!

And with his many thrusting to welcome that pleasurable ejaculation, Reverent Ron looked Sharon dead in the eyes and told her he was in love with her, however, he had no intention of crashing her Christian wedding to her husband to be, Pastor Matalan!

He had taken her and her friend out of the night clubs introducing her to the life of Christ and now, he was dragging her right back into a life of sin - fornication and idolatry all in one night!

Just like her, he too was a whore from the streets and both decided on keeping this sexual action of theirs a deep underground secret, forever!

But, could she ever be stealthy and keep this action of sex and betrayal as hush-hush?