BLACK ROCK

CELIA'S MOTHER DIED BRINGING HER INTO THE WORLD - WHEN ONE SOUL FLIES IN, ANOTHER FLIES OUT, HER AUNT TASSI SAYS. SO SHE LIVES IN BLACK ROCK, TOBAGO, WITH HER COUSINS AND TASSI'S SECOND HUSBAND ROMAN, A MAN SO SLY HE COULD CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY ON STILTS. CELIA THINKS HE'S THE DEVIL, SO WHEN HE DOES SOMETHING THAT PROVES HER RIGHT, SHE RUNS AWAY TO TRINIDAD AND A NEW LIFE IN SERVICE.