Mantled: Destiny Series, #3

By Donna G. Kelley

The battle between good and evil at Destiny's place of employment became intolerable. The clothing store in a mall represented itself as the local hangout for exhibitionism and voyeurism. How long could these daily clashes with her boss continue without the loss of Destiny's job?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Donna G. Kelley
• Release date: Nov 30, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393041016

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INTRODUCTION

The battle between good and evil at Destiny’s place of employment became intolerable. The clothing store in a mall represented itself as the local hangout for exhibitionism and voyeurism. How long could these daily clashes with her boss continue without the loss of Destiny’s job?

Chapter One

WATCH YOUR FINANCES LIKE A HAWK

On the way home from church, a flashing police car appeared in Destiny’s rear mirror. There was no place to pull over so she executed somewhat of a U-turn into a filling station. She did not think that she had been speeding. 

You weren’t doing anything wrong, the officer said. This is a safety check. You have a headlight out. Let me see your registration and license.

Destiny reached over the back seat for her tote bag and could not find the license. She told the officer that she had changed pocketbooks. While he went back to his car for a ticket-writing session, Destiny cried out to the Lord in distress.

The whereabouts of the license appeared in a vision from God. Looking on the back floor, she saw the brown case in which she kept the license. It had fallen out of the tote. Although Destiny called to the officer, he did not hear.

When he returned to the car, she showed him the license.

Once pen hits paper..., the officer said. You have 15 days to fix the headlight and have it inspected by the police station. There is a thirty-dollar fee for not showing your license on demand. Keep your registration clipped to the visor or somewhere readily accessible. For future reference, you should not pull away when you get stopped. When you found your license, you should have come back to my car.

Destiny had not known that she should stop in the middle of the road and block traffic. Because of the door problem, however, Destiny would have drawn attention to herself by getting out of the car on the passenger side.  Furthermore, she thought that the officer would have suspected her of coming after him with a weapon. She made an appointment for the car door, headlight, and a tune-up.

In the next church service, Destiny gave a testimony about the police incident and requested prayer for the court hearing. It is not a matter of ‘Once pen hits paper’ but whether you had your license with you or not, Brother Fern said.

The case will be dismissed, Sister Matt prophesied. There are some mean officers out there. I pray that he will feel sorry about what he did.

Tell the judge the way you told it to us, Sister Gordon said.

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How do you plead? the court official asked.

Not guilty, Destiny said.

I’ll have to reschedule the trial, the official said. You failed to check the block to have the officer here. Tomorrow while court is in session, you will have to come back to reschedule and pay $30 collateral.

Destiny called her supervisor to switch her day off. In the clerk line, the man sitting beside her in court asked, Why didn’t you plead guilty?

There were extenuating circumstances, Destiny said.

Yeah, but then it drags on and on, the man said.

I was not going to lie just for the sake of convenience, Destiny thought. Mercifully, it was not necessary for Destiny to pay the fee at the courthouse. The clerk said that the trial was automatically rescheduled for the first of July.

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The Court asked Destiny how she pleaded.

Not guilty, Destiny replied.

You are here on a minor citation, the judge said. Do you know that you are supposed to have your license with you at all times?

I did have it, Destiny replied.

Well, you wouldn’t have gotten a ticket if you had had it, the judge said. You will have to go over to the chairs and wait for the officer to come.

All of the cases were heard with Destiny’s case appearing last. Thanks for waiting, the judge said. The officer did not show up, and he did not leave a number where he could be reached. I find you not guilty.

Destiny thanked the judge and started down the aisle. Turning around, she said, Don’t you want to hear how it happened?

If you say something, the judge said, "I might decide that you are guilty