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Jamaica: Man with three women lives under bridge

Grant [left) and Lewis hang out clothes to dry, all part of their normal routine.
Grant (left) and Lewis hang out clothes to dry, all part of their normal routine.

(Jamaica Star) “Come ‘Bringle’, mi don’t want you go on the road. Stay inna yuh yard,” Kimone Lewis called out to her dog.

 

Bringle reluctantly struts down the steep hill to his abiding place, not taking his eyes off the news team.

Lewis then returns to the comfort of her bed, as dozens of vehicles travel across her ‘roof top’.

Believe it or not, the 38-year-old woman has been sharing living space with three other persons under the Edgewater Bridge in Portmore, St Catherine, for almost a decade.

When THE STAR team visited yesterday, the two other women were not present but the man of the ‘house’, Paul Grant, along with one of their friends Edward Forbes were enjoying some ‘Sunday Monday’ (leftovers from Sunday dinner before) for breakfast.

“A Westmoreland mi originally from but mi parents dead from mi a baby. Mi auntie grow mi, but she is a big woman now. She know say is here so mi live under the bridge but she say where mi did live a Westmoreland, mi never did a get any good feeding so I must stay here so,” she said.

With two beds, a chest of drawers and a few clothes baskets occupying their small space, Lewis and her companions live just steps away from a deep waterway that leads to the sea.

The water holds different species of fish but also contains several crocodiles. But Lewis said she is unbothered by the predators.

 

PROTECT THEM

She explained that Grant had been living under the bridge for 18 years, and invited her and the other women to join him to protect them.

“Him really start take care a mi more after him find out say mi trouble with fits (epilepsy). It used to lick mi down one time but Paul always make sure mi go clinic and take care a myself,” he said.

She added that Paul has been more than a friend to her and the other women, stating that he also provides for their ‘sexual needs’.

“Him look out fi we man but him also make sure say we do AIDS test regularly and test for other disease. Every minute him make sure say we do blood tests and so on,” she said.

She told THE STAR that while she is appreciative of having somewhere to lay her bed, she longs for better days and hopes that she and her friends will receive assistance to build a home.

“Mi really feel at home here so, because other than the tief, nothing nuh really bother we. At nights when the mosquito dem start come out, we light fire and bush and run dem way but sometimes the place gets really cold. Of course, mi would wah live somewhere better and start a family but mi appreciate where mi at now,” she said.

LANDSCAPING WORK

 

Lewis also had high praises for Forbes, who, while overseeing the interview, said he spends most of his free time with the four in order to ensure that they are safe.

“Sometimes mi bleach all night so dem can sleep because if all a we sleep, people come rob them. Sometimes dem go do landscaping work and as dem put down the money and go sleep, people come take it away. Mi even give them pots and people tief it,” he said. He blushed as he admitted he loves one of the women.

“If mi call her 10 times, she will answer but she always a say mi a stress her out. Nuff time mi send her credit and she nuh call mi back but mi love her same way because she is a nice girl,” he said flashing a bright smile.

A fisherman by profession, Forbes said he looks forward to the day when his friends get a more secure home but promises that he would continue to stick by them as long as he could.

“I spend every chance I get with them. Even during Christmas, this is where I took the dinner I prepare. Sorrel and everything … dem a mi fren and mi love dem,” said Forbes.

 

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kp posted:
Baseman posted:

Seems to me caveman days were not too bad.

You were the first person that came to mind.

Yes, I do like taking care of women’s needs.  Hope that’s ok with you.  I am Type A.

FM
Sean posted:
Nehru posted:

And we thinking we living the lives of Kings!!!!!!!!  I am so friggin jealous!!

Just when you thought that you were king you see someone who is an emperor. 

Sean-on-the-lake, maybe you set up a tent ⛺️ on the lake.  Plenty-o-fish might come calling.

FM

Place too cold now. Bai if you see dem in de summertime. Deve eyeball does fall out when he pass by here in de summertime. These are classy ones. Nice, Very Nice. I intend to invite Nehru Bhai this summer.

Then again, no brown fish here if someone is into variety. Just white fish. Be advised.

FM
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Amral posted:

She added that Paul has been more than a friend to her and the other women, stating that he also provides for their ‘sexual needs’.



That is very important, he could convert to Islam

Chief can give them the Duhaa 

FM
Baseman posted:
Sean posted:
Nehru posted:

And we thinking we living the lives of Kings!!!!!!!!  I am so friggin jealous!!

Just when you thought that you were king you see someone who is an emperor. 

Sean-on-the-lake, maybe you set up a tent ⛺️ on the lake.  Plenty-o-fish might come calling.

Man Under Bridge, we have , Sean by the Lake, Base in Basement, all alyuh a SWEET MAN with nuff woman or fish.

K
Sean posted:

Place too cold now. Bai if you see dem in de summertime. Deve eyeball does fall out when he pass by here in de summertime. These are classy ones. Nice, Very Nice. I intend to invite Nehru Bhai this summer.

Then again, no brown fish here if someone is into variety. Just white fish. Be advised.

Summer by the lake is tough on the eyes. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

FM
Baseman posted:
kp posted:
Baseman posted:

Seems to me caveman days were not too bad.

You were the first person that came to mind.

Yes, I do like taking care of women’s needs.  Hope that’s ok with you.  I am Type A.

Type A diabetic.

K
kp posted:
Baseman posted:
kp posted:
Baseman posted:

Seems to me caveman days were not too bad.

You were the first person that came to mind.

Yes, I do like taking care of women’s needs.  Hope that’s ok with you.  I am Type A.

Type A diabetic.

Bai, there are only two types of diabetes...1 and 2.

FM
kp posted:
Baseman posted:
Sean posted:
Nehru posted:

And we thinking we living the lives of Kings!!!!!!!!  I am so friggin jealous!!

Just when you thought that you were king you see someone who is an emperor. 

Sean-on-the-lake, maybe you set up a tent ⛺️ on the lake.  Plenty-o-fish might come calling.

Man Under Bridge, we have , Sean by the Lake, Base in Basement, all alyuh a SWEET MAN with nuff woman or fish.

Na Bia, me only have one woman. That how I am, faithful and loyal. 

FM
skeldon_man posted:
kp posted:
Baseman posted:
kp posted:
Baseman posted:

Seems to me caveman days were not too bad.

You were the first person that came to mind.

Yes, I do like taking care of women’s needs.  Hope that’s ok with you.  I am Type A.

Type A diabetic.

Bai, there are only two types of diabetes...1 and 2.

Sweetman full of sugar.

K
kp posted:
Baseman posted:
Sean posted:
Nehru posted:

And we thinking we living the lives of Kings!!!!!!!!  I am so friggin jealous!!

Just when you thought that you were king you see someone who is an emperor. 

Sean-on-the-lake, maybe you set up a tent ⛺️ on the lake.  Plenty-o-fish might come calling.

Man Under Bridge, we have , Sean by the Lake, Base in Basement, all alyuh a SWEET MAN with nuff woman or fish.

Difference with me and him, me does leff me basement and guh tek care dem in dem mansions.  Hey, what could be better.

FM
Baseman posted:
kp posted:
Baseman posted:
Sean posted:
Nehru posted:

And we thinking we living the lives of Kings!!!!!!!!  I am so friggin jealous!!

Just when you thought that you were king you see someone who is an emperor. 

Sean-on-the-lake, maybe you set up a tent ⛺️ on the lake.  Plenty-o-fish might come calling.

Man Under Bridge, we have , Sean by the Lake, Base in Basement, all alyuh a SWEET MAN with nuff woman or fish.

Difference with me and him, me does leff me basement and guh tek care dem in dem mansions.  Hey, what could be better.

Just like Granger "Caretaker"

K

Seriously though, it’s makes for a good study on humanity and civilization.

It actually reminds me of the slums of Bombay. Contentment and happiness amid little or no possessions.

Remember City of Joy.

FM
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Baseman posted:

Seriously though, it’s makes for a good study on humanity and civilization.

It actually reminds me of the slums of Bombay. Contentment and happiness amid little or no possessions.

Friday and Sunday, I went to two funerals, one guy was in a cheap coffin and the other guy was in a very expensive coffin, but they carry NOTHING OF VALUE in the coffins ,only they body. One guy was a Guyanese moved to Canada and worked up the ranks to VP of SEARS Canada. The other fella is Chinese came to Canada at a young age, opened a restaurant in Sudbury, Ontario at the bus terminal then later expanded, years later moved to Toronto and opened Miss Vanalli and New York Fries business, then sold the business to retire.

What I trying to say, with all their successes and wealth, they left with NOTHING. The poor may die from hunger, the rich die from stress.

K
kp posted:
Baseman posted:

Seriously though, it’s makes for a good study on humanity and civilization.

It actually reminds me of the slums of Bombay. Contentment and happiness amid little or no possessions.

Friday and Sunday, I went to two funerals, one guy was in a cheap coffin and the other guy was in a very expensive coffin, but they carry NOTHING OF VALUE in the coffins ,only they body. One guy was a Guyanese moved to Canada and worked up the ranks to VP of SEARS Canada. The other fella is Chinese came to Canada at a young age, opened a restaurant in Sudbury, Ontario at the bus terminal then later expanded, years later moved to Toronto and opened Miss Vanalli and New York Fries business, then sold the business to retire.

What I trying to say, with all their successes and wealth, they left with NOTHING. The poor may die from hunger, the rich die from stress.

You don't see a U Haul following a hearse.

FM
skeldon_man posted:
Sean posted:

Place too cold now. Bai if you see dem in de summertime. Deve eyeball does fall out when he pass by here in de summertime. These are classy ones. Nice, Very Nice. I intend to invite Nehru Bhai this summer.

Then again, no brown fish here if someone is into variety. Just white fish. Be advised.

Summer by the lake is tough on the eyes. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it.

I know of that ohhhhh so well. 

cain
Last edited by cain

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