The Wings of Freedom

By Frieda Dimbeng B. Von Treuenberg

Frieda Dimbeng B. Von Treuenberg is an African American women.
Born in Cameroon; Africa.
She has spent forty years living abroad in Europe; specially in Italy…
She has one daughter, and she’s happily married to C.W.Bassevi Von Treuenberg.
Frieda comes from a big family of eight siblings. Sadly her father and mother passed away.
She speaks four languages, French, Italian, English and Yabassi a Cameroonian dialect. She’s a healthcare professional and works in New York Hospitals.
She has been a consecutive Certified Medical Interpreter in French and Italian in the States of Maryland and New York for five years.
Her love for writing started when she was going through a rough time and needed to put her throughs on paper. She has experienced so much in life. She loves spending time with her family. She enjoys spending weekends in Saratoga Springs, Lake George enjoying the view while walking with her family.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 9, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669843696

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THE WINGS OF

FREEDOM

Frieda Dimbeng B. Von Treuenberg

Copyright © 2022 by Frieda Dimbeng B. Von Treuenberg.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Rev. date: 11/04/2022

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Contents

The Wings of Freedom

Prologue

Dedications

Chapter 1Anais journey to Europe

Chapter 2The landing in Italy, Roma, Fiumicino International Airport

Chapter 3Aristide versus Anais

Chapter 4The treason

Chapter 5The split up

Chapter 6Anais’s Freedom

Chapter 7Anais’s new life

Chapter 8Ricardo Lurindo

Chapter 9Anais’s move, and the meeting with Tati

Chapter 10Letter of divorce

Chapter 11 & 12Departure for vacation in the United States

Chapter 13New York, New York

Chapter 14Florida

Chapter 15Back in Europe, Italy

Chapter 16Departure for USA

Chapter 17Anais’s mom’s death in the USA

Chapter 18 & 19A new chapter, Anais’s life

Chapter 20The Wings of Freedom suite, and end

Chapter 21The Wings of Freedom, the final step… The End

The Wings of Freedom, post final

The Wings of Freedom

This story is based on actual facts and real people.

The main character, the Protagonist Anais, is a young, beautiful 23 years old girl. She originates from Central Africa, Cameroon, she is a well-educated young Lady from an affluent family, living with her parents, she was the sixth born from twelve siblings being six boys and six girls.

Prologue

Anais enjoyed a strict education fulfilled with European and African traditions, customs and modern living. She lived with her family in a large white house peppered with black shutters. Surrounding the property, for privacy reasons, was a man high wall with colorful sight blocking panels in the colors of the Cameroon flag, green, red, and yellow. The house itself was full of flowers, very popular with plenty of activities, visitors, family, and friends. It was not uncommon to receive over 25 visitors, such as friends, cousins, uncles, aunts, and occasional vacationers. This family was highly respected and popular in their neighborhood.

She had met a few young men in her young life but one, Aristide, who seemed apparently to be the chosen one?

This young gentleman, Aristide, a few years later, leaves Africa to take his chance in Europe, the El Dorado for Africans in those years. Before his departure, he celebrated his engagement with Anais as a vow to their love. Only one year later, Anais joins her Fiancé in Europe, Italy, where both celebrated their wedding.

Several years later, after many tribulations, the birth of a baby Princess, Esmeralda was celebrated. A gorgeous little girl, with large brown eyes and long, black curly hair, that sparkled in the sun light.

And here begins the sufferance and the long via Crucis of Anais.

Dedications

This novel is dedicated to all single moms, divorced women, widows, and women abandoned by their husbands, in their daily struggle for survival, in raising of their children alone without fears, facing with courage and determination all the challenges and discriminations that life throws at them whatever skin color they may have or geographical position they may be in.

Chapter 1

Anais journey to Europe

I

t was in the beginning of 1980 Anais finally received her Go-Ahead visa stamp in her passport to rejoin her husband in Italy, under the Matrimonial repatriation act.

The day before Anais’s departure, her parents gathered the family, and friends, for a last family consul, giving her benedictions for a new life.

The heat in Douala, economic capital of Cameroon, warmed Anais’s body while she was packing her suitcases for a last check if she had not forgotten anything.

The next morning of April eleven, 1980, Easter day, that year, Anais was ready to start her trip and leave for Douala’s International Airport. She was accompanied by her dad, her mom, and her family, but also by her best friend, Lady Tanga, who came with her own Dad for a large farewell. It took four cars to bring the party to the Airport. Twenty-five minutes later, after her arrival at the Airport she heard her announcement.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention please, this is the last call for passengers for flight 104 AF, Boeing 747 Air France, to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport with Transit in Roma, Fiumicino, International Airport. All passengers are requested to present themselves with their boarding pass and passport at gate 23B, for immediate embarquement".

A mix of heavy sadness and joy invaded the body and mind of our pretty Anais. She was holding back her tears behind her pretty made-up face, with her long black Rasta hair especially set for this occasion, to make her even prettier.

Anais turned towards her parents one last time, first to embrace them and then the rest of the family. Soon she reached her departure gate without looking back as not to give free the flow of her tears, seeing her parents crying. Her heart was heavy in her chest, her knees were shaking, she looked like she was about to drop on her heals. Her head down, she faced her new uncertain destiny.

Finally, "Les Jeux sont faits", there is no turning back, and the family in a