By X5R-731
It's all good all the time. So say the words of the Most High passed down to the prophet Bob Marley. They were words the Herbal Thought lived by and they had helped him get through some of the darkest moments in his life. When he'd gone to jail for practicing his religion; fired from Jam Pony for the same thing; even when Win-stan had moved in. It had all worked out in the end: in jail he'd met his good friend Zuffy; his friends had helped Normal see the error of his ways and give him his job back; and Winston had been given the boot. The Most High had simply been testing him, simply reaffirming his philosophy that for every bad thing that happened something good always came out of it. Although this was one occasion where he was forced to question the wisdom of the Most High.
Diamond Latril, the one true love of his good friend Original Cindy. Normally, Herbal would've been happy for one of his friends finding someone to complete themselves, but he couldn't in this case.
He didn't trust Diamond, not just because she was a thief and career criminal, but because whenever she turned up Original Cindy got hurt. Diamond would show up, say everything would be different this time, then fall back into old habits and end up back in jail.
This is how Herbal knew Original Cindy loved Diamond. Because she fell for it every time. Usually, Original Cindy was so pragmatic about matters of the heart, but where Diamond was concerned, Original Cindy had no control. Her heart would be broken again; it was only a matter of time.
He shouldn't think such wicked thoughts but he had seen the drama unfold before and he was not eager to see it happen again. All he could do was pray to the Most High and hope he knew what he was doing. That Original Cindy would pass her trial and come out all the stronger. It's all good.
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