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FIREBRAND- A SHORT FICTION

  FIREBRAND- A SHORT FICTION My name is Kiki Jones, I am an accountant, a singer and a young Christian woman. To me, life has been quite fair as I am already established at 24. I have a good job, a posh car, a luxury apartment in one of the high brow areas, and a glowing account balance. I had a religious upbringing as my parents, Mr and Mrs Jones were senior Pastors in our church. As a pastor’s daughter, I was faced with the challenge of living up to the level of perfection expected from everyone around me.  My church taught us how to conduct ourselves in everything we did, so there were some things that I could not do, naturally. I knew the dos and don’ts of the church, I could easily cook up a salvation story to tell whoever cared to ask, I was highly moral, but not saved. As a child who was expected to be perfect, I had a form of godliness, however, I had no personal relationship with God. I was outwardly perfect, I obeyed the laws of the church, I appeared extremely holy, my cloth