In the Dark

58.

I was on Easter break, so Xavier took me to spend the weekend with him and his grandma in Ochi, and today was Sunday and we were at the salon to get his hair done, and me bored already and tired fi di wull a dem people yah just a look pan mi.

A pity dem nuh know how mi wouldn't hesitate fi box dung one a dem if dem a stare too hard enuh, caz uh know how long me a beg di likkle big head bwoy some cocky and all now me nuh get it.

Yes me a carry cocky feelings, worse mi a get hungry now caz mi tell him say dis morning mi nuh hungry after me did a tek off him pants and him tell me no we affi go weh KMFT!

Mi did offer to him fi mek me wash him hair at least so we can leave earlier, but him ago tell me say no dat good, him hair stylist AKA him 'bestie' have dat covered, so mi say ah.

Mi siddung inna di chair now a mind mi business as he gets his hair washed, but this wasn't the 'bestie', this was an older lady.

The 'bestie' nuh come yet.

Xavier say him have one event weekend, so him wah look nice.

So mi ask him if a married him a get married and him get vex wid me, so mi nuffi find dat suspicious?

But alr.

Me just a mind my business and keep my mouth shut caz mi nuh wah him leff me out here, and even though mi determine and petty mi nuh know mi way fi walk gah Kingston.

"Zay!! Mi Neva know say a you enuh." I heard a woman say and I lifted my head up from my phone to see a woman rushing over to him as he sat under the dryer, and he had a big grin.

Oh.

This must be the 'bestie'.

Batty big. Face cute. Ah. Kool.

"How long uh under this fah?"

"Bout half an hour." He shrugged and he hummed.

"Alright mi soon come back caz it must dry by now. Same style yah go fah or uh wah try sumn new?"

"Mi girlfriend say she wah me try sumn. She ago show uh it."

"Uh girlfriend? Mi Neva know say uh have ooman." She chuckled.

Okay?

"Yeah see har dah ova deh so." I looked up from my phone and smiled as they both looked at me.

"Oh she. Think a did one likkle girl dat enuh." She laughed, and I my smile fell and I looked Xavier in the eyes, and he shook his head no as to say mi nuffi take it serious nor dawk up di place.

Ah.

"A wahm caz uh ooman deh yah uh nuh wah mi stand up between uh legs and uh wull on pan me waist?"

Oh?

"No no ntn like dat." He chuckled nervously as he looked over at me, and she hummed.

Never did ago be territorial and bite off nobody head stillz, she just affi try know weh she a do, but ah.

Mi still a keep calm.

"But Xavier mi did think say uh find new hair stylist a Kingston enuh, caz look how long mi nuh see uh."

"Aye gyal uh wicked and lie ee. Nuh bout three weeks ago mi see uh?" He laughed as she massaged his scalp with oil.

Me coulda do dat fi him stillz, but ah.

Drowning out their conversation as they talked and laughed, I suddenly felt the urge to get up, and leave, but mi nuh know a weh mi deh caz a Ochi we deh fi di weekend, so mi just do the next best thing.