“The Obeah Man”

A friend told me that her neighbor’s son is a thief. She had been missing some things, and she was sure that he stole them. I asked her how she was so sure that this young man took her stuff. She said that his mother was wearing a pair of bracelets like the one she was missing. I felt that it was wrong to accuse him, but I didn’t say anything. She went on to say that when she was finished with him, he would steal, for the rest of his life. I told her don’t hurt him that way, let the police handle it for her. She insisted that she wasn’t going to the police; she was going to her obeah man. I told her to remember that she has a son… Years later, all over the news is her very own son being arrested for theft.