The Other Side Of Paradise: A Memoir - Plot & Excerpts
At first I do not understand why he is talking to us about his sister. Then I realize he is talking about our mother. My mother. My own mother is coming back to Jamaica. “Jesus Christ Almighty, Delano! Him talking ’bout Mummy!” I can’t imagine what it will be like to have a mother from Canada come back for you. “Delano, you know what that mean? It mean we going to move from this house! It mean our own mother coming to take us out of Bethel Town! That mean we not going to live with Aunt June and Uncle Harold anymore! Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!” Delano grabs my hand and drags me to the back of the house. He lowers his face and looks me straight in the eye. “Stacey, listen to me! You are nine years old—and that is big enough to understand how things go. If you not careful you could mash up everything! Now, promise me you not go do anything to spoil things for me! Promise me!” “Delano, you never hear what Uncle Harold say? You don’t have to worry ’bout them anymore.
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