Flashback-5 Years ago
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"Mommy please just mek mi go nuh. A summa enuh and a right up di road. Travis dem up deh and everybody deh deh and uh nah mek mi go."
"Thea mi done talk enuh, so if uh know wah best fi uh, uh just gah uh bed." My mother said with finality, and I kissed my teeth exiting her room making sure to slam the door as I went to my room making sure to slam that door as well.
Imagine the party deh right up di road and mi cah go.
Mi hate dah life yah.
Mi cah wait to be mi own big woman. A bay party mi ago go.
"Hello?" I picked up my phone on the second ring caz mi Neva wah talk to nobody right now, but I saw that it was Isla.
"Uh ready?"
"No girl she still say no. So unnuh Gwan wid out mi."
"Girl a right outta door enuh so why uh cah come? Look how long we a plan dis and all gah town go buy we clothes dem!"
"Isla the lady aka the CEO and boss a mi life say she done talk, so dat a just dat." Me a get irritated now caz a wah she expect mi fi do sneak out?
"Thea put on uh clothes and get dressed caz uh coming."
"Isla mi cah come-"
"Yah go sneak out and come enjoy uh self caz mi say so. Uh cah a live uh life fi uh madda enuh. Yah 14 enuh. Life affi love and risk affi tek, caz yah go regret dis, and memba say yah basically one adult. Plus Michi tell Tori who call Livi and who did deh beside mi say Xavier ago deh deh."
"Xavier???" I sat up in bed as my heart began to race.
"Yeah gurlll."
"Wait but Xavier nuh deh Ochi?"
"Him mussi deh yah fi di weekend and soon gone again, so if uh wah see him uh know wah uh affi go do. Just do di right thing. Oh and memba say Tori like him too so you decide wah uh wah do wid dat piece a information. Me a leave out now."
"Alright mi soon come."
She hung up the phone and I quickly got out of bed grabbing my outfit that I had already picked out in hopes that my mother woulda have said yes, and I smiled as I looked it over caz Xavier definitely ago love dis.
Quickly taking a quick shower by filling a bucket under the face basin so dat di water nuh mek noise, I soaped up then took a good rinse before drying off and moisturizing my skin.
Wonder if mi skirt ago too short.
Wonda if Travis dem ago say ntn.
Mi nuh care.
Me a big woman me can do mi owna thing.
"Lawd God." I whispered to myself as I pushed open my back door grimacing at the noise, and I quickly slipped out of the back door taking light steps on my toes watching my surroundings and holding my breath.
"Thank God." I sighed as I made it around the front to the gate, and I held my breath as I opened the gate smiling as I was about to complete my mission without being caught, but that was when I heard a voice say from the darkness.
"Yah go?"
"Ummm daddy hiii. Me just did ago umm. Mommy send mi gah shop." I grimaced as he looked me up and down, and suddenly I began to feel cold.
Jesus Christ mi dead now.
"Send uh gah shop look so?"
"Umm yes?" I asked rather told, and he hummed shrugging as he tuned on the hose and began to water his plants, and I looked at him cautiously before backing out of the yard and going about my business.
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In the Dark
Romance"Uh look so like uh see duppy mumma. Or a uh reflection uh see?" Asked the driver, and I squinted as I tried to get a good look of his face, and he chucked and turned on the roof light when he realized, and I kissed my teeth and rolled my eyes when...
