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74|Decorum

Jordannes's POV:

"Yo di man waste yuh f*ck dawg" Paw laughs, directing his lethal words to Slyme.

Fi once me cya take him side. Everybody know him get special treatment, but this time mi can't extend that.

Out of all the soldiers my dad had, I only kept a few of the youngest after cleaning up the team, weeding out the bad seeds. Slyme was among the first to be chosen.

Why?.... we basically spent the latter part of our teenage years together. Though he's three years older, we did our advanced training together.

He grew up in Spanish Town, and my dad got to him when he was only 16. He treated him as a son and I felt like I gained the big brother I never had.

Still memba how Ramone used to hate di man...because as school over me wah run gah mi yard fi go watch how the man shoot.

Clean...

Effortless...

Nuh target nuh miss...

He was good but my father deferred his training, for him to enroll in classes, earning subjects he never had the chance to acquire. Took him a year and by then my father already had me in basic training.

Him 17 and myself 15... we were inseparable...

*Why it sound like mi in love wid di man???*

I chuckle at my own thought.

Differently still, apart from Ramone, Slyme a me bredda fi life. Lately me feel like lef a coated clip ina him but a love same way...

Surgeon can patch him up...

"S*ck yuh gyal nuh bredda" Slyme hisses, bringing his cup to his lips.

"Watch yah, dat is a compliment bad man!" Paw snickers, causing them all to laugh.

I shake my head.

We're at whatever Sue likes to call these things. She really just love cook and have her family all in one place, seeing as she grew up without most of hers.

Slyme, Paw, Ramone, Ruse, Joshua and I are seated beneath the gazebo.

Ryan, Surgeon, Skulli and Buckle are off to the distance playing the usual game of dominos.

Snoop has been standing guard in place of Troopa and him absolutely hate it. I trusted nobody else that held his rank to do it... him just affi understand dat.

"Man dem wid di loose argument man" Surgeon hisses.

"A wah? yuh nuh suck yuh gyal doc?" Paw counters.

Surgeon hisses again, this time shaking his head.

"Watch yah! that's why me cya see yuh wid nuh woman" he continues, almost choking himself with his own laughter. "Yuh nuh do that??" he starts again, looking at Ruse this time.

Ruse raises his eyebrows, before joining in the laughter.

"Unuh done wid dah argument deh" Joshua adds his input.

"Di man weh a live di maddest life a tell we fi stop argument??" Paw is now almost on the ground.

I puff the smoke from my mouth, watching them try to squeeze information from each other. This goes on for some minutes, granting me the time to live in my thoughts.

"Who Michelle? as me say yah waste-man still" Paw shakes his head, now serious... responding to Slyme's complaint about missing Muuch.

"Yuh wah say dat again!??" Slyme jumps up, eyes dazed, looking at Paw.