Grandma Josefina and the Heroic Boy

By Joseph P. Policape

A story of innocence and intrigue about a beautiful, selfish grandmother bent upon destroying her grandson who possesses remarkable, spiritual powers that will expose her cherished secret in a small, quiet town in southern Haiti. What happens when a community of witches led by Josefina Bergin Cadet confronts an army of one, uncompromising Christian boy child, Jaclyn Flaubert. Grandma Josefina and the Heroic Boy are the explosive results of this great spiritual warfare that takes place in the environs of Bainet, Haiti.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 29, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483641904

Joseph P. Policape

If life or someone has discouraged you, this book will revitalize you. Poet, writer, thinker, and citizen, Dr. Joseph P. Policape was born in Haiti. He moved to the United States in the early eighties. His higher education took place in Massachusetts whereby he focused on Mental Health and Christian Psychology. Writing short story collections, a short story book has always been in the mind of the author Joseph P. Policape.

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Copyright © 2013 by Joseph P. Policape.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2013908896

ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4836-4189-8

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Rev. date: 05/16/2013

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Contents

1       The Elegant Queen

2       Fit to Be

3       A Heroic Little Boy

4       Grandma will not change

5       The Bandit Child

6       Influence and Power

7       Grandpa Jacilien under Pressure

8       Grandpa’s Challenges

9       The Unexpected

10       Grandma Josefina Sick and died

11       Grandma Josefina Rose To Conquer the Soul of the Boy

1

The Elegant Queen

Josefina Bergin was a talented and graceful young woman in the fifth section commune of Bainet in lower Gandou. In this grand neighborhood she came of age, but once she married, she made her home in the eighth section, town of Orange and Habitation of Risqué. As the first daughter of the Bergin family, she grew up surrounded by attention and love, and coveted by a religious mother and a deceptive house servant. She was the only girl in a family of four children, three boys and the delicate and beautiful Josefina. Madame Bergin loved her daughter, but because of her Christian beliefs, she was careful not to spoil her. However, the servant that took care of Josefina was indulgent in her feelings for the child, which bordered on intense adoration.

In the Bergin household, they had many servants and guardians, but Madame Bergin chose one servant, Liliane Faustin, to take care of Josefina until she went off to convent school in her pre-adolescent years. Madame Bergin was a strong but kind woman and a great believer in the Christian faith. The poor servant she selected for her beautiful child came from the nearby area of Carrefour George with a pitiable heart. She had lost her entire family quickly in a horrible affliction that had gripped their little village for nearly three months. When this terrible disease lifted its curse, Liliane’s mother and father were dead. Her two brothers and sister were still very sick and they died several weeks after the demise of the parents. Alone, Liliane knew very deep depression. Her grandparents had died and her only aunt and uncle in the whole world were in the United States. Her neighbors got in touch with them and they were willing to transport Liliane to New York City where the relatives lived. Liliane refused to leave Haiti and nothing could convince her otherwise. The pain was almost unbearable for her but the women of her community, many of them practitioners of voodoo, saved her-at least that is what she was told and believed. Her mother had initiated Liliane into the wizardry arts when she was a very young girl. Liliane loved the power and mystique of it.

In that sense, Liliane was fortunate because she had a community of witches that loved her, because they had loved her mother.

Her arrival at Bergin was a kind of miracle, but she had a connection through a close friend of the family, Mrs. Labadie Joseph. The women of her town listened to her and Liliane told them that she wanted to leave her sad home. She said she could hardly bare to be in the house and town that so cruelly wiped her family from the face of the earth. Therefore, she came to the Bergin family and a new life. Liliane was grateful for her monthly salary that not only supported her but also helped some of the women back in her hometown. She would send money to them, thankful for their comfort and selfless care.

From the moment she arrived in the Bergin household, she was of invaluable service. She was a clever and charming young girl with an old soul. Moreover, she was a pleasing addition to Madame Bergin’s earnest club that taught young girls the Christian virtues. Liliane’s heart might have been Christian but her soul belonged to voodoo. She was good at hiding her real intentions. She planned to make the radiant girl child Josefina a witch like her. Of course, she had to start cautiously when it came to Josefina. Madame Bergin was closely watching her darling child’s interactions with Liliane. But the house servant had her ears and eyes on Madame Bergin too. Liliane knew that if Madame found out her secret, would be banish forever from the household. Furthermore, if the town found that out, she was a witch, she would be persecuted and killed. The thought of her being cut off from Josefina drove Liliane crazy sometimes because this beautiful and wealthy girl child gave Liliane’s life meaning. Slowly she was introducing Josefina to the craft of wizardry-making it seem normal. Eventually, she would have to get Josefina to swear to their secret and completely commit herself to her demonic world.

In the meantime, working for this big time family and taking care of their precious daughter gave Liliane great fulfillment. She became such a surrogate mother that she started to breastfeed Josefina and when Josefina started to walk, she was her complete project. This did not overtly concern the mother Madame Bergin until Josefina arrived at her sixth birthday. Josefina began to think that Liliane was her mother. It was embarrassing