CASSANDRA III:
THE ARRIVAL OF STEPHANIE
by
Anthonystjoseph
Cassandra had been going about all of her
normal activities while living in Casa de Esperanza but she was definitely picking
up on all of the unusual occurrences.
For some reason, a lot of the residents seemed to be focused on
Cassandra and several of them were overtly interested in making friends. She became fast friends with Leslie Longtale,
Angel Anderson, Brandy Bishop and Judy Jorgenson. Judy was a fascinating red haired woman who was
able to pierce your soul with her intense stares and deep sapphire blue eyes
and was always intent on looking you directly in the eye when she talked to you
as if every word she said had a deeper meaning.
Angel and Cassandra had the most in common
and Angel became a quick protector when it came to Cassandra in the underlying
darkness of the spiritually haunting atmosphere of Casa de Esperanza. With all of the drugs and nefarious visitors
to Esperanza, Angel seemed to feel it was her job to watch over the seemingly
naïve Cassandra. Judy on the other hand,
wanted to impart some sort of knowledge to Cassandra. Judy was always seeking out Cassandra and
plying her with questions about life and what she thought about this and what
she thought about that. Cassandra would
later find out, Judy was what some referred to as a witch.
Tammy Townsend, the dark one known as Mia, was still circling Cassandra and
Cassandra was eating it up and falling completely for Tammy’s spiritually
seductive routine. As a child, Cassandra
had never felt protected by her outwardly frail and fragile mother who raised
her alone. Tammy, on the other hand,
felt like the strong maternal figure that Cassandra had always wanted and
needed in her life. Cassandra grew to
love Tammy and her protective ways and always felt safe around Tammy. It was easy to feel safe around Tammy because
she always carried a gun and was never afraid to pull it out or use it on
someone. Tammy was also always
surrounded by an assortment of bodyguards who were very willing and able to
carry out her bidding. Cassandra had
finally found the mother she was always looking for, a mother who cared, that
mother was Tammy. Tammy was a true
lioness who would do anything to protect her cubs and Tammy felt and decided
that Cassandra was one of her cubs and Cassandra felt completely protected by
Tammy. Everyone knew not to do anything
untoward to Cassandra or they would have to answer to Tammy. In turn, Cassandra did anything Tammy told
her to do.
Unbeknownst to Cassandra, there was a war
going on at Casa de Esperanza for all of the occupants souls. The war was a battle between the dark and
light forces of good and evil and Esperanza, as everyone called it, was a real
life spiritual battlefield. Tammy had
lured Cassandra into her world with the lure of protection and the projection
of glamour that her life of a drug dealer provided. But a new soldier of spiritual battle was
about to enter Cassandra’s world. A
soldier from the side of good and the force of light. Her name was Stephanie.
Stephanie was an unassuming woman. There was much concern in the spiritual world
in regards to the battle going on in the undercurrent of the city where the
students of Esperanza resided. The
concern was all about Cassandra and would she choose the right or the wrong
path. The right or the wrong path was
decided to be right or wrong based on who was choosing which side was right and
which side was wrong. Cassandra was currently being courted and seduced by the
dark side in the form of Tammy Townsend who again, was widely referred to in
the city as just ‘Mia’. Everyone knew
that Cassandra fell in love with Tammy’s strength and protection so it was
decided to send in Stephanie to show Cassandra there was an alternate and
better form of protection. The
protection of the righteous and the protection of the light.
One day Cassandra was washing dishes and
finishing up a few helpful chores at Tammy’s house when there was a knock on
the door. Everyone fell silent and
looked to Tammy as she positioned herself on the couch in front of the
door. Tammy made sure her gun was easily
retrievable from the seam of the couch and then made sure she was comfortable
by wiggling her hips on the couch as she looked at the door and said while
ready to pull her gun at a moment’s notice, “Okay, open the door.” Someone opened the door as Cassandra looked
on in awe at the always well prepared Tammy.
The person at the door said, “Hi.”
Tammy said, “Oh, hey Stephanie. I didn’t know who you were.” Stephanie
replied with a smile of reassurance, “It’s just me.”
The two women seemed to know each other
well and also seemed to respect each other but at the same time they didn’t
respond that warm to each other on a personal level. As Stephanie entered the room she
intentionally and purposefully caught Cassandra’s eye and stared at Cassandra
intently. Tammy seem to notice and said,
“That’s Cassandra”, as she smiled a cat like smile at Stephanie. Stephanie, never taking her smiling eyes off
of Cassandra said, “High Cassandra”, and then smiled an even deeper smile. Stephanie’s eyes and the way that she used
them seemed to remind Cassandra of Judy but the warm and inviting feeling she
felt reminded her of Steve. Oh yeah,
Cassandra was definitely in some ethereal dream and all the players of the
dream were people that Cassandra knew instantaneously as some distant family of
her own. What was going on?
Stephanie did her best to try and take her
eyes off Cassandra as Cassandra went back into the kitchen while Tammy took
care of her business with Stephanie.
Stephanie was one of Tammy’s drug dealing associates who was quite the
player in the city’s drug trafficking business as well. Stephanie always purchased quite a bit of
product from Tammy although no one knew any specifics of Stephanie’s
business. She preferred it that
way. Stephanie concluded her business
with Tammy and then made sure to say goodbye to Cassandra as Cassandra politely
and humbly said goodbye to her.
Cassandra had unbeknownst to her, just met and had been acknowledged and
confirmed by the Queen of the Light, Stephanie.
By
Anthonystjoseph
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