An Inside Look into The Conspiracy
When John Walker returns home late one night, his stomach plummets dramatically down to his feet, while his heart painfully threatens to stop beating all together, and he cannot breathe.
The sight before him is unreal.
It is as devastating and it is diabolical.
His house, the same he shares with his mother Mavis Walker is gone, replaced with the charred and still smoking remains of destroyed wood and collapsed galvanized sheets.
Members of the community are all around, some huddled together looking at him with tears streaming down their faces, the police are there, the fire fighters are still working, but John’s entire life has been upended.
“They watched as he seemed to understand what was happening and ran right up the street, and if the firemen hadn’t stopped him, he would have also ran right into the charred remains of the demolished house.
They watched as the firemen told John what had happened after Mrs Bryan explained who he was to the firemen, staying by his side as he was told of his mother’s untimely death.
They watched as the young man took a deep breath, squeezed his eyes close in agony when the authorities told him about the fire, and that his mother had not made it out of it alive.
They would never forget the horror of his heartbroken cries, screams or the way he just suddenly froze after seeing his mother’s remains in the body bag. Breaking down onto the cold ground in a heap.
The older ladies of the community did their best to comfort him, but John had clocked out. He had become so still and silent, that the only proof of life was the streams of tears spilling down his suddenly gaunt cheeks.
After about two minutes, he suddenly stood up, shocking the older ladies, grabbed his mobile from his pants and stalked off to make a call.” excerpt from
The Conspiracy.
The Conspiracy is not for the faint of heart, but it is a heart wrenching story that will take you, the reader, on a journey through the events of that fateful night if you dare to enter.
In the book, the community of Baker’s Lane knows Mavis, AKA Mrs Walker as they affectionately call her, as the woman they can go to for anything: help, sugar, or even babysitting in a time crunch, however, only her two sons really know how rough it’s been to care for the much older woman after the death of her husband, their father.
While the elder son, Derek moved out after getting married, the younger son, John remained to take care of his ailing mother, but as time goes by, he feels not only burdened, but trapped by the responsibility and the abuse he undergoes daily.
When the fire breaks out later one night, only Mrs. Walker is home and it’s up to the neighbours to not only put out the fire, doing all they can to stop it from spreading to other homes, but in a terrible moment of realisation, try to rescue the older woman from the inferno.
“Do you know if anyone is still in the house?”
And Johnson had almost dropped his phone.
Was Mavis still in the house? Was she in there?!
Voice trembling he said, “ I-I don’t- I don’t know. She might be in there. Oh God, she might still be in there!” ”- excerpt from The Conspiracy.
Now that the fiery thief has destroyed everything, what will John do now?
And was the fire truly an accident by a forgetful woman or was it intentional arson?
Start reading to find out.
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