Timberwood: Short Stories Edition - Vol. 37
Sherayna was sitting on the couch at Mrs. Jackie's house on a Tuesday morning. She was looking back & reflecting on how close her family used to be. Now, all 5 of her children disrespect her, want nothing to do with her, & avoid her like the plague. She doesn't get along with any of her parents, & she had a traumatic experience with both her father & her son. Like plenty of other families who join, her family has Christian background. Now, they think she's crazy. She can't even get her nursing job back, with her degree that she worked so hard for. Her career dreams are shattered.
In addition to the weekly support group meetings, Kristina suggested that everyone start keeping a daily diary about past, present & future experiences from the cult. Even what their lives were like before the cult. She said to get it out on paper, put it on a WordPress blog, tweet out tweets, or even make videos. She said that you can have the free will choice to keep everything private or post publicly & let the whole world know.
Some of the former members wanted to remain anonymous, in fear for their lives. Remember Mr. Buddy Herring (real name Harold Long)? He had a Weebly blog under the pseudonym "Buddy Herring". It's a mystery how the Timberwood cult found out about his blog & his new phone number. He NEVER EVEN MENTIONED the name "Timberwood", & neither has he ever mentioned the names of any of the former members. Somebody in our post-Timberwood clique (a loyal undercover agent pretending to be 1 of us & pretending to be out of the cult) ratted that man out, & it costed that man, Harold Long, his life! Was it Kristina & Taschika's brother Chris? Was it Ezekiel Smith? Was it Valdrick? Was it Tauriana's cousin Deonte'? Was it Tracie's son, Tre'Marcus (Spidey-Cat)? Who was it? Whoever you are, who did this... YOU have blood on your hands, sir!
Timberwood found out about the blog, used context clues & deduced who Mr. Buddy was talking about. Remember Mrs. Kathy Nguyen? She was 1/2 Chinese, 1/2 Vietnamese. The cult unalived her once they found out about her DECADES of hand-written diaries about how crooked the cult is. I HATE that there are a lot of snakes in our clique who act like questionable infiltrating gang stalkers. Like NIVIN & his cousin, JERMAINE! Nivin, what happened to your 12-year old daughter, Opal?! What were you about to have happen to your baby momma, Mackille? Why didn't you marry her? You selfish POS!
Mrs. Lavonda Arcenaux can't get her family back. Another family with a STRONG Christian background! She said that Timberwood basically turned her children OUT, shortly after they joined. Her son, Tharen, Jr., was chaste enough to wait until after marriage to start copulating with his wife ONLY! They had 3 children together. Even though someone else ruined the marriage, he still remained chaste & even celibate, after he & his 1st wife, Keishanne split. After joining Timberwood, he turned into a male thot! He also became VERY abusive & narcissistic towards women. His father, Mr. Tharen, Sr., left his wife (Mrs. Lavonda) & disappeared to Puerto Rico after someone tried to murder him. They were trying to get Tharen, Jr., (his son) but they got the wrong man.
Mr. Tharen, Sr. felt betrayed by the family. He also was unalived, because of exposing harrowing cult details. Remember the tell-all book he was working on, based on our support group meetings? A tell-all book, a movie, & an independent reality show were all in the works. Maybe even a podcast, based on our experiences. Social media livestreams were already being done. We didn't care about people thinking we were crazy for doing fundraisers & protests to support the cause for liberating people from not just Timberwood, but ALL cults!
So many people are angry & blame their lovers, friends & family members for introducing them to the cult, not knowing how destructive it is. Some former members feel that their family's destruction is irreparable. So much guilt, shame, blame, bitterness, infidelity, betrayal, jealousy & selfishness. So many grudges. So many lives lost. & lastly, so much blood on people's hands.
1 thing is for sure. The post-cult support group is helping to help people find out the truth & mend broken families. Mr. Earl Price, Sr., & his son, Earl Price, Jr. (AKA Kurl), were able to mend their estranged relationship. Michael McConnell & Gary Espinosa helped locate & find Kurl's cousin, Trenise. Trenise was able to reunite with her family. She was able to rekindle that disconnected bond with her mom, Mrs. Elaine. Still working on it with her sister, Tracie & her dad, Mr. Ken. We FINALLY found Darius Adams! He looked like an anorexic caveman, & was almost unrecognizable. We got him clean from the drugs & alcohol using natural treatments & no 12-step programs (which is another cult) or rehab. His sister, Sabrina, can finally breathe again! Carlos Sanchez was able to reunite with his brother, Roberto. But Timberwood messed Roberto's mind up to the point where he became a transgender, named THEE Queen Roberta. Roberto made the decision to give his life to Jesus Christ & stop living as THEE Queen. He now has a girlfriend, named, Paloma Figueroa, & they're planning to get married over the summer. The elderly dog, Speckles, was missing his deceased owner, (Kurl's sister) Teresa, but he now enjoys his new owners, Hewitt & Denise.
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