Shattered World

By Gayle Baggott

It starts in the year 2019. It is about a couple named Joseph and Lexie. The couple go through pain and suffering; heartache following the loss of a loved one all in the context of famine, war, and a pandemic.

Just when they think that things couldn’t get any worse, the Rapture takes place and God takes his saints home. 

On the run from mankind, Satan, and his Demons, their limits will be tested; and the only people that they can depend on is each other.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Apr 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781785542640

Gayle Baggott

Gayle is a native American-Indian. She is a kind, caring and loving person. She is the kind of person that will go out of her way to help others that are in need of a helping hand. She has a heart of gold with endless compassion to help animals that have been neglected, abused, and abandoned. Her dream is to, one day, buy a piece of land and open up her own animal shelter, and leave a legacy to help others find God, with the help of her books.

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About the Author

Gayle is a native American-Indian. She is a kind, caring and loving person. She is the kind of person that will go out of her way to help others that are in need of a helping hand. She has a heart of gold with endless compassion to help animals that have been neglected, abused, and abandoned. Her dream is to, one day, buy a piece of land and open up her own animal shelter, and leave a legacy to help others find God, with the help of her books.

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Chapter 1

It all starts in the year 2019, and ends in the year 2030. It was about a couple that get left behind when the rapture takes places and God takes all of the Christians Saints home, and all of the children twelve and younger home to heaven.

The story follows the couple’s life from the beginning before the rapture, and to the end, after the rapture.

It takes you on their journey, of how they stood by each other and fought to stay alive, from Satan and his demons and mankind, and all of the evil that surrounds them.

And how they have to hide, steal and even kill to survive in the world where they can’t trust anyone.

Saying Goodbye

It all starts on January 2019, another new year for Lexie and Joseph.

January was always a slow month, and a broke month right after Christmas. Work-wise, it was always slow for Lexie, but for Joseph it gets busier than it does at Christmas.

Lexie and Joseph live in a little fishing village called Fowey, Cornwall, located on the edge of the ocean in England.

They moved to Fowey back in 2012, where Joseph’s job brought them both, Joseph was a delivery parcel driver, and Lexie cleans holidays lets.

Back in 2012, after Joseph’s mom has passed away, Joseph’s dad had to move out of their family home, after living there for forty years. Sadly, Joseph’s dad had sold the family home to Joseph’s older brother, and when the mother had passed away one year later, he told the father that he could no longer live there.

Joseph’s dad got enough money from the life insurance and he took the money and bought himself a trailer, but sadly he bought one in a holiday park, where he could only live there for ten months out of a year. He bought the trailer in Looe, not too far from where Joseph lived, so that Joseph could keep an eye on him.

After a year, Joseph’s dad started to get real sick and very depressed over his wife’s death.

Joseph’s father wasn’t taking care of himself, he wouldn’t eat and he would forget to take his medicine. So, Joseph had to go over and take care of his father. His father was in and out of the hospital a lot, and every time he would get better, he would get sick again, and Joseph was getting stressed out because he would try to help his father by going over and cleaning up after him, buying him food and cooking for him and getting him to take his pills, but all he would do, was tell Joseph that he wanted to go. be with his wife.

Sadly, after five years, Joseph had to put his father in a care home to be looked after.

Joseph and Lexie went to his trailer and cleaned everything out, cleaned up the trailer back to the caravan park.

Joseph’s dad was taken to the hospital and sadly passed away in February 2018.

Joseph’s dad has asked, ‘Joseph if and when she pass away would you please take her ashes to (Ireland) and scatter them next to your mother?’ And Joseph had agreed.

They took his dad’s ashes to Ireland, in April 2019. Both Lexie and Joseph had never been to Ireland, and they hadn’t been on a vacation for eight years. So, they decided to go for a week and see some of the sights.

They both flew out of Bristol airport and flew to Dublin, Ireland, they get a taxi to their hotel, they get settled in and went for a walk to grab a bite to eat. As they walked around the town square, they couldn’t help but notice how many homeless people there were, all over the place, begging for money.

They went back to the hotel and the next day they walked around and took pictures of some old buildings.

As they walked around, they noticed a lot of violence between the homeless.

On day three, they rented a car and drove two hours to were his niece lived. The drive, going up, was real pretty. When they get to his niece’s house, she had a real cool view of this mountain behind her house, and when you were in the front yard, she had a most amazing view of the ocean. That evening, they spent the night in the village not too far from her house and they went to a real Irish pub and listened to music and Irish dancing, it was a lot of fun and there were no homeless fighting on the street.

The next morning, they get dressed and drove to his niece’s house where a minister was waiting. Then they all gathered outside a pretty rose bush, the minister said a prayer and Joseph scattered the ashes on the Rosh bush, the same one, where his mothers’ ashes, were scattered.

They said their good byes and drove back to Dublin, where the next day, they drove the rental car to the airport and dropped it off and caught their airplane back to Bristol airport. They get their luggage, walked to the car and drove home. When they get home, they were happy to be back, and glad to be able to take his dad’s ashes, and scatter them next to his wife.

A Father’s Prayer

May the light of Jesus and all of his angels bring being peace and salvation to her dad. May her dad rest in peace, knowing that his soul belongs to God and God only.

No demon, no devil, no principality, no evil spirit has access to your light or your salvation. All was well with us dad, go home to heaven now, and rest in peace. they love you! And one day they will see each other again, in heaven.

They love you Dad

Chapter 2

The Hidden Deadly

He Heard my Prayer

I sought the lord and required him (of necessity and on the authority of his word), and he heard me, and delivered her from all her fears.

They looked to him and were radiant, their faces shall never blush for shame or be confused.

This poor man cried, and the lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

The angel of the lord encamps around those who fear him (who revere and worship him with awe) and each of them he delivers.

O taste and see that the lord (our God) was good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) was the man who trusts and takes refuge in him.

O fear the lord, you his saints (revere and worship him)! For there was no want to those who truly revere and worship him with godly fear.

What man was he who desires life and longs for many days, that he may see good?

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good, seek inquire for, and crave peace and pursue it!

The eyes of the lord were toward the righteous and his ears were open to their cry.

The face of the lord was against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from earth. When the righteous cry for help, the lord hears, and delivers them out all of their distress and troubles.

Psalm 34:4–17

Behind the Scenes

It was 1 June 2019 and Lexie has been really busy with her cleaning business, and Joseph has been busy delivering parcels.

When they both come home from a hard day’s work, Joseph asks Lexie if she would like to get away for one week? Lexie says yes! So, Joseph gets on his phone and looks up places that can go, that were really cheap, and he asks Lexie how about (Croatia)? Lexie says that’s sound nice! The Lexie told him it would have to be the end of September, because of her job! So, Joseph looks up flights and a hotel, and other activities.

He finds a real nice hotel, and also at the hotel you can have a bungalow where you can cook your own meals, so they both agree to book the bungalow for one week. Then Joseph told Lexie that they also have day trips to other countries and that they have one that goes to (Venice) and its real cheap! Lexie told Joseph that she has always wanted to go to Venice! Finally, it was September and in three weeks they will be off for a week to relax.

Finally, the day comes for them to go on their trip. They get dressed, Lexie makes sure that they have get all of their belongings and passport, and they load up the car and head off to Bristol Airport. When they get there, they park the car in the car park, grab their lugged and head up to the airport, they get inside, and get checked in, and wait an hour for their flight. They get on board and after a couple of hours, they landed in (Croatia) They go through customs get their luggage, get a taxi and of to their hotel. On the way it was a pretty drive.

They arrive at the hotel, get all checked in and then walk across the parking lot to where the bungalows are, they freshen up and then decided to walk into town for a drink and bite to eat. They find a real nice restaurant looking over the ocean. As they were enjoying themselves, little do they realise about what is happening on the other side of the world!

After a couple of days of site seeing and lots of photos, the day come for their boat trip to Venice, and Lexie is so excited. They get up at six a.m. and get dressed and head of to town to catch the boat to Venice. When they get there, the line was very long and there were a lot of people going on this trip. They get into another line to get checked in and once they were all checked in and get their tickets, they walk back to get in line to board the boat. They finally get on the boat and take a seat. They were told that the boat was full and there were three hundred of them going to Venice. It was a three-hour boat ride and it was the first time Lexie was out in the ocean on a boat.

They finally arrive in Venice, and the city is cool. Joseph and Lexie pay to take the tour guide of Venice and it is so interesting. It was on how Venice was built the history of the people and about the black plague. Then Lexie and Joseph walk around, and take photos, do some shopping, get something to eat and then take the famous boat ride on a Gondola, it was so exciting to take a ride around the city. After the boat ride, they headed back to the spot, where they were told to meet back up, to be taken back to their boat and head back to Croatia.

They mated up with everyone, get on another boat to take them back to another one, once they get on board they were of, and they get back into Croatia at eleven pm, they were both so tired from a long day they went straight back to their bungalow and went to the bed.

The next morning was their last day. So, they get dressed, did some more sightseeing. Joseph took a swim in the ocean, then they sat at a little bar, right on the water, watching people swim. Then that evening, they decided to try the Buffett at the hotel, and the food was really good.

The next morning, they get up get everything packed, get a taxi and headed towards the airport. get to the airport get all checked in and waited for their plane. Finally, it was time to board and they were of back to England. get back to Bristol airport, get their luggage walked to the car and drove home.

The next day, when they woke up, they were in for a surprise.

Chapter 3

Up Side down

Destruction upon Himself

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire was full filled it was a tree of life.

Whoever despises the word and counsel (of God) brings destruction upon himself, but he who (reverently) fears and respects the commandments (of God) was rewarded. The teaching of the wise was a fountain of life that one may avoid the snares of death. Good understanding wins favour, but the way of the transgressor was hard (like the barren, dry soil or the impossible swamp).

Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a (self-confident) fool exposes and flaunts his folly. A wicked messenger falls into the evil, but a faithful ambassador brings healing.

Proverbs 13:12:17

The Day after the Trip

When Lexie and Joseph woke up the next morning, they get up, get dressed and went to the store to get some food. When they get to the store, they noticed that some of the shelves were really bare. So, they get what they could, they checked out, and put the bags in the car, Lexie put the grocery cart back, and they headed home. When they get home, Lexie put the food away, then went upstairs to unpack their suitcases. While she was doing that Joseph was downstairs. Then Lexie heard Joseph yelling at her to come down stairs and look at the news. Lexie came down, she went into the room and she couldn’t believe what she was seeing or even hearing. The headline said;

An unknown virus has broken out.

The news reporter told them that at that moment, they were uncertain of what type of virus this was, the symptoms or how deadly it was. The only thing that they were aware of, was that they thought it came from a seafood market out of (Wuhan, China). When they would know more about the virus, they would keep them informed. In the meanwhile, they said not to panic.

As Joseph was watching the news, Lexie went online to see what social media was saying. While she was looking, the stories were telling a different story. Lexie told Joseph that the stories online was not the same as the news was telling them. And to be honest, Lexi believed the story online as the news always tries to hide the real truth.

The next morning was October 1, 2019, and Joseph and Lexie both had to go to work that day. When their day was all done and they both get home, they both sat down to watch the six o’ clock news.

When the news came on, the news reporter’s headline read.

Virus come out of a laboratory.

They even gave the virus name, The corona virus.

"The medical doctors telling us that this virus was very serious and even deadly. They believe virus broke out back in August 2019. They believe that one of three doctors came across this virus when he realised how severe it was! He tried to warn the public, but sadly his government told him to be quiet. Sadly, this same doctor died from the virus two months later.

"A couple of days later one of the members of the doctor family released a video, on social media that the doctor had made just before he died. On this video he was trying to warn the world, that the virus was very deadly and that it could spread rapidly by human contact sneezing—coughing and by breathing in the same air in closed areas! He was even trying to tell the world that the symptoms were so in case you came down with them! To get to the hospital right away.

A bed cough with bloody mucus.

Difficulty breathing

Nausea and vomiting

High fever and ad sweets

Severe headache

Can’t smell or taste anything

Weakness in all your joints

Chest pain like a heart attack

"He also said in his video that these some symptoms were similar symptoms to the following disease.

Spanish Flue – Sars – Bubonic plague."

After Joseph and Lexie watched the video, Joseph told Lexie, I wouldn’t be surprised if his government killed him to shut him up! And then told everyone that he died from the virus.

The next day when they both get to work, the first thing, they would do is, put the six o’ clock news on. And the headline read.

The outbreak of the corona virus was spreading around the world.

Lexie looks at Joseph, This was just the start of the seven deadly plagues out of the Bible!

As Saturday came around, and it was time for them to go to the store and get some food. When they got there, they got their cart and get inside. As they got inside, the first thing they noticed was, the store had no vegetables, when Joseph walked in, Lexie told him they will have to go to another store for their fruit and vegetables, he agrees. As they go down the aisle, there was hardly anything. When Lexie goes down the aisle were the toilet roll and paper towels are, it was completely bare. Lexie catches up to Joseph, and they pay for what little they could get. Then they go next door to Tesco, they get a cart and go inside and see the same thing. The aisles were empty, so again they grab what they can get; they get to the car, and Lexie looks at Joseph and says to him, Either people were panic buying or the country has no food. So, they headed back home.

It was November 1, 2019 Lexi and Joseph were doing their best to just take things one day at a time, and put all of the problems that were happening in the world, in God’s hands.

As they watch the six o’ clock news every night, they were witnessing horror. One particular night, they sat down to watch the news, and the news reporter showed them some disturbing pictures coming out of China. The Chinese government were sending military persons to go around to people houses and knock on their doors and making every house hold members to take Covid test right there. If the test was negative, you were okay, but if your test was positive then they took you from your home.

If one member has it, they will drag that on person out, and if you try and fight them, they show (us) them grabbing their arms and legs and dragging them out. The news lady showed (us) them dragging a lady out of her house by her arms and legs, and she was screaming! Then they opened up the back doors to a panel van and threw her inside. Then they watch the news another evening and the news reporter shows another clip where the military were going around the houses where people have tested positive, they were going around and bored up their doors and windows so they couldn’t leave and affect others.

As the days went by, the news was not good. then they were noticing that people in China were posting videos of the real truth, that was actually happening in China.

The next night, Lexie fixed Joseph and her some chicken enchiladas, it was her favourite. They sat down to eat; they turned news on, and the headline said;

The corona virus, Covid 19, has now gone viral around the world.

As they sat and watched the news, the reporter showed a cruise ship, where a lot of the passengers, on board, had come down with the virus. And how the captain of the ship has made it mandatory that every person to be confined and locked inside their cabins. Then the news reporter shows them some video clips from the people who were boarding the ship and what was really happening. Someone came around every morning and they were made to take a test, and if it was positive, they took you away, and they had heard people screaming. Then they were allowed on a rotating basis to go out on top deck for a one-hour exercise and food was brought in to their cabin door and left outside, and you do not get to choose what food they bring you.

Then the news reporter showed another clip of a couple, who had a balcony in their cabin, and they said they could see them throwing things overboard. Then another clip where the lady’s husband had tested positive and they took him away and it had been three weeks and every time she would ask if he was okay, they would not give her any news and she was very worried.

Lexie looked at Joseph and told him, I find what we are seeing was just wrong, a very sad and inhumane. she can’t watch the news anymore.

It was December 5, 2019 and the virus had spread to every country and still no one has even shut their borders or even shut down all air flights.

When Joseph got home from work, Lexie asked him if he had heard the news, Joseph told her yes! They say virus was spreading fast around the world, yet they are still letting people fly everywhere and aeroplanes are known for being incubators for any virus.

The following night when the Joseph get home from work, and walked through the door. The first thing he said