"You know if your brother finds out about us I'm dead right?" He says with a sigh.

Giggling I said "not before my dad kills you".

"Sweetheart that's not funny" I can see the life draining from his face.

I burst out laughing.

He always had a crush on me but kept it to himself because of my brother. It was only after I professed my love for him only then did he took the risk.

"When are you going to take me out on a date? a real date?" using my fingertips to draw circles around his chest.

"You know I want to more than anything but if the dawgs see us out together it'll reach back to amir you know that" he tells me.

With a heave of breath I nod my head showing that I understand what he's saying but I really wish it wasn't like this.

"Is it because of some brotherly code why you cannot date me?" I ask for clarity.

He shakes his head.

"We're not allowed to date each other's family members. No siblings or close relatives like cousins" he states.

"Damn" I murmur.

"If a code is broken there's a punishment we must endure and trust me you wouldn't want me to endure it" he peers down at me looking deep into my dark brown eyes, the soft vulnerability within them makes my eyes water.

"D-Death?" I ask in a shaky voice.

"Nahh but you'd wish you were afterwards" he answers.

There is so many things I want to say to him but I know my brother and wholeheartedly I know my father too. If that's a code they live by then I'll have to let him go.

I rather see him in good health and faith than to be the cause of his demise.

His phone starts to ring across from us.

He stretches his arm to collect it watching the caller ID before answering. Throughout this act I can feel his heartbeat picking up its pace after viewing the caller ID.

It's my brother.

I try not to even breathe too loud.

"Yeah bro?" He answers.

The volume is up so loud that I can hear my brother's voice and his words clearly.

"Way yuh dey?" He asks.

"Home a chill, sup'm happen?" He replies.

"Me a try locate serenity. She tell me she dey a road with two of har friends but me know kaylani dey a Montego Bay and Asmara cross a Sam yard. She no hav no more friends than that" we both stare at each other with wide opened eyes.

"You tried pinning her location?" He asks amir.

Amir exhales "yeah but she turned it off and me a try call her phone but it a go straight voicemail".

I rush from the bed and into the shower. This just made me see things even more clearer now, I should stay away from him before I get him in trouble with his own bestfriend.

The shower door slides open and he climbs in behind me, immediately showering me with kisses on my back and neck.

"You should call mara" he says after successfully planting all his kisses on me.

I know we're in deep shit.

"Lord if you help us both out of this situation I'll leave him alone I promise" I said a silent prayer to myself and God.

"Why?"

"Your brother is really pissed and I can't be the one to find you and take you home to him. You'll have to call mara when you get out of the shower and tell her to pick you up. I'll drop you off somewhere safe in town" he reassures me.

"Okayy me feel for some KFC so drop me off dey" I tell him.

He narrows his eyes at me "No just one hour ago you eat a whole plate a sushi?".

"And you no just f-ck it outta me?" I challenge him.

He shakes his head "see why you a get so thick".

"Thought a so you love me" I gaze up at him with my puppy dog eyes.

His chuckle is deep and warm. He gropes both of my ass cheeks then smack his palms over them.

"You no think it hurt?" Pain really hot yussi.

"That was the aim sweet girl" his lips pressed tenderly against mine and his fingers find my folds.

Swiftly pulling away, I nervously say "No . . . We should hurry up so we don't cross paths with my brother".

"Great idea" he states and allow me to go out first.

After getting dressed I call mara.

"Yow?" She answers, I roll my eyes.

Such a man.

"Hey uhm can you pick me up at KFC in thirty minutes please?" I ask her. Her groans lightly seeping through the microphone.

"Why not call amir? He is looking all over for you" she protests. I woke her up, she only acts like this when she's asleep.

"The truth?" I ask.

She sighs "the truth".

The truth is something we say to each other when we've been hiding something and want to come clean about it.

"It might be a life or death situation if I call Amir. I'll explain everything to you in the car please Asmara" I beg.

"Okay fine, send me your location when you get there" she says.

Come like mara wan Amir to skin me alive.

"I can't do that, Amir would find me" I shamefully admitted.

"Jah jah seren, what you do now" mara senses something terrible is about to happen.

"Thirty minutes" I remind her and hang up.

He comes out of the shower, gets dressed and go outside to check the premises before allowing me to follow.

Damn he's paranoid like my brother.

The drive here was like driving on a drag race track. I reach for the door handle and he reaches for my hand.

"I love you and be safe" he loves me?

Me?

I'm too stunned to even respond.

Usually I'm the one to shower him with "I love you's" but this time he actually said it back to me.

He knows this is the end eno seren. Watch how gyal mek badman wan cryyy.

I do too. . .

Serenity with the good grip, tight fit pum pum.

Must be good if he's the one that took my v-card.

Yeah mi luv, the fight a we lifeeeeee.

It's for the best if I leave now without any vulnerability in sight "Bye, Mr. Thomas".

He waits until I'm inside of the building before taking off dangerously fast.

"Lord please protect him on the road" I whisper to myself.

• • • • • •

Thirty minutes later

"Start talking because Amir has the whole crew up and down this place looking for you" mara waste no time in saying.

Mara is my bestfriend I trust her with everything especially my life, I just hope she doesn't think of me differently after she hears what I'm about to say.

"And don't worry the search is over, I let him know that I have you and we're on our way to the house right now" she shares for good comfort which actually made my anxiety worse.

Fidgeting with my fingers won't make things any different, it's best I get it over with now.

"I've been seeing my brother's bestfriend" I blurted out.

"Bestfriend as in his right hand man?" Her voice raised a few decimals at the end.

Nodding my head in response then realizing she cannot see me.

"Yes".

"No serenity I don't think you're understanding me. A cardo we a talk bout?" She tries to clarify her last question like the answer is going to change.

"Yes a no dat me say?".

What she says next makes me feel nauseous and not in a good way "F-ck serenity brookes. You know cardo is as good as dead if Amir finds out right?".

"That's why we ended it tonight" my sobs makes it hard for me to sound my words properly.

"Please don't tell my brother for the sake of cardo please mara, I don't care what he does to me I just don't want him to hurt cardo" I plead.

"You know my loyalty is to you before your brother" she replies in a more calmer tone.

"Thank you" I mutter.

We basically live on an estate so it takes us approximately six minutes to reach the entrance gate to our house.

Mom and dad are overseas on a business trip so they left Amir in charge and we all know how this is going to end.

"If he asks just tell him I called you to pick me up from kfc. Nothing more nothing less" I coach mara.

"Got it" she responds.

Amir is outside smoking with cardo and chappa by his side.

My heart skips a beat knowing it's him I've been with all night and now we both have to act as if we wasn't.

God cover me.

My feet struggle towards the entrance of the house. The anticipation of not knowing what is to come is driving me up a wall on the inside.

"Good night" I keep my head low, avoiding eye contact and head straight to the front door.

"Way yuh think you a go?" Amir's deep authoritative voice melt my feet where they stopped.

"To my room where else?" Giving him attitude is what I do best but for something unexpected reason I can't tonight.

"You plan fi talk or you'll explain where you've been to our parents?" He leans back releasing a fog of smoke from his mouth.

"I've been out with friends" I rudely state.

He chuckles

"Only two friends me know you have and you don't trust easily so you nah look no more new friends. Mara you see the sed new friends she a talk bout?" He draws his attention to mara.

"Nah bro, just her me pick up down a KFC" well it's true, I was alone down there.

Amir rise out of his seat in a rage "a yesterday yuh feel mommy push me out? Mek de bwoy couldn't drop you a you yard, a coward man yar look?".

His bestfriend peers over at me. I'm uncomfortable and I know he is too but he has a pretty good strategic way of not showing it.

"I'm sorry brother, I'll leave my location on next time" I said that more as a promise to myself and not him.

It's eating me alive to be standing here under the scrutiny of my brother in front of the man I love.

"Just let it go dawg she ain't a little girl anymore, she practically seventeen" mara sighs.

"Real" cardo joins in.

Chappa nods but says nothing in backing.

Hmm

"Gwaan a you room and mek this be the last time me cover for you" serenity nods with a meek response saying "thank you" before rushing off inside.

She doesn't smell like sex but the hickies on her neck is enough evidence to support my thoughts.

"Dawg you too hard on your little sister, the 'mount underage and consensual girls you done f-ck and she cyaan go round one bwoy?" Scar finally says what's on his mind.

After relaxing back into my seat and relighting my spliff I say "at least me a use boots, we no know if she man a use any. Me never get no gyal pregnant for all I know my little sister could be a breed and we no know".

Cardo starts coughing real loud because of the smoke.

He's acting like this is the first time he's smoked in his life.

We start laughing "How you fi mek dat choke you" I tease him.

"Bad man no choke from nothing eno pussy" chappa jokes while we laugh at cardo.

"A something me yah a medz eno and it kinda throw me off" cardo says after catching his breath.

"A wah? Yar breed somebody?" I ask and he shakes his head profusely.

"None a dat, me just a realize say me no do me history assignment" chappa and I started laughing again.

"Dawg you a sample eno" chappa states.

"Easy fix, no watch nothing. Ms. Bowrin will be happy to give you an extension if you service her in return" I tell him and he kiss his teeth in response.

Ms. Bowrin is a new young teacher at our school. Ever since cardo bent her over the desk after history class she won't stop acting love struck.

Ms. Bowrin gone yk.

"Hook she hook eno" chappa says with a chuckle.

"One f-ck mess with har head" cardo groans cause he knows we're right.

"Dat fi reach you" I laugh.

"G if me could tek it back me would" he states.

We all start laughing together.

"De dawg wan tek back he f-ck. Usually girls say those kind of things not us" chappa laughs until he starts to cough.

Just so me feel after giving Alicia what she did a look for now she wouldn't leave the Gawd alone.

Wah dey say Amir sex start relationships? My subconscious jokes.

That's why me fi left the crazy one dem alone.

I smirk to myself as the imagine of kaylani comes into my vision.

Leff the people dem virgin pickney alone killa.

Wah you think God mek man for? -make more creation on earth.

Chappa and cardo leaves so I head inside to my room.

Stefan is the game freak of our family, in questioning he's downstairs as usual in the game room.

Serenity's door is slightly opened, mara is fast asleep with the blanket pulled over her head while my sister is up on the phone talking with someone else.

Her voice reach my ears, I open the door wider allowing myself enough space to step inside.

My face comes into display on the screen, Kay was the first to gasp and drop her phone.

"Why is her face so red, she got allergies or something?" I ask serenity and she gives me her shitty attitude as usual.

"Mek you no go ask her?" She kiss her teeth.

"Cool, give me her number then" is my response.

"Go out of in here nuh" I ignore serenity's dismissal and ask kay the question instead.

"What happened to your face?" She sees I'm serious and answers.

"Some girl down here took me for a girl going to St. Andrew's high school that's allegedly meddling with her cousin over a man and slapped me in the face. I'm full of bad luck I guess" she shrugged her shoulders but she doesn't know how angry hearing that made me.

"You get her name?" I then ask.

She shakes her head saying no "not really but I heard one of the other girls calling her pookie".

"Ah".

"Stay out of trouble baby girl" her next cheek turns red to match the bruised one.

She's blushing.

I turn to leave and take out my phone to make a call.

"Yow fada" milla says as the call connects.

Milla 9 aka Rashawn Brookes is our cousin that lives in Montego Bay, my father's nephew. He co-owns a rental company with his father but don't let his professionalism fool you, he's grimy in the streets and well respected.

He gets his name from his favorite gun, Millennium G2.

"You know any b down there name pookie?" I asks.

He pause for a few seconds.

"Think she live down cornwall gardens. She's somebody you a check?"

Check? She lucky me no too like violence against women.

"No but she's somebody I want you to page. She put her hands on my woman so I want you to return the favor" milla chuckles.

"I need to meet dah b dey you a fight battles for, this is not like you couz" he's right and I'll become the laughing stock if he finds out we haven't had sex yet.

"We might reach your ends when her exams are over" I tell him.

"Mmm alright mi G, any time stamp on this mission?" Milla asks.

"ASAP"

"Consider it done" he states and the line goes dead.

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In Amir we trust😅

I fell asleep preparing this new chapter, sorry for the late update❤️