Nivea's POV:
It had been two weeks since the incident with my supposed mother.
Two weeks.
Yet I curl into a ball and sulk every day after work.
I rolled unto my back to ease the cramp on my left leg.
"Sis! Mi a leave now!" Zari yelled from somewhere in the house.
I didn't answer.
Nuh feel like it.
Seeing my mother had triggered me in some way. It reminded me of the peak of my depression in highschool when I felt that I was undeserving of my mother's love.
All the tears and cries.
Hating myself because she left
All of it came back.
Snap out of it.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
Pass dah stage deh long time. Mi cyah guh back deh suh.
I gave myself a pep talk then slowly drifted into the land of dreams.
A few hours later my eyes shot open.
Why?
I have no idea.
I rubbed my eyes and stared around my dark room.
There was nothing that could have woken me up.
I closed my eyes with the intention to return to sleep when a soft knock sounded at the front door.
My eyes shot back open.
Who dat?
Dat me wah know.
I felt around the bed for my phone then remembered I had left it in my handbag that was now carelessly laid on the floor.
After straining my eyes to search for my phone in the darkened room, I finally found it.
231 missed calls.
Mi will call dem back another time.
I looked at the time displayed on the screen and realized it was now 2:00 am.
The knock sounded at the door again and this time my heart fell to my stomach.
What if a somebody come fi kill we?
I slowly rose from my bed and made my way to my room door.
The knock came again but this time with more force.
I slowly opened my door then tiptoed to the kitchen for one of the knives.
If a kill dem come fi kill mi, dem try know mi nah guh dung without a fight.
I held the knife firmly in my hand and slowly made my way towards to door.
"A who dat!?" I yelled, trying to keep my voice firm.
"Nivea?" The voice said.
Dem all know we.
"Mi seh a who dat!?" I yelled again.
"A Azriel." The voice said.
I froze in my tracks.
Azriel?
I turned on the living room light and the outside light then looked through the window that gave the full view of the veranda.
There I saw Azriel standing a little away from the door and the grill was pulled.
