ڿڰۣ-P̠O̠V̠ P̠a̠t̠r̠i̠c̠e̠

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"A lie yuh a tell."

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Nikki weh mi a tell yuh lie fah?"

There was a pause as I took a sip of my rum punch and try to relax.

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"OD surprise mi bad, guh fi tell yuh cyaah swear fi people. Fra e hook up with fyah cratches Goodaz yuh know seh e common."

I sighed fitting my cover up closer around me as a raw-looking whitey kept eyeing me sickenly.

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Mi seh fra Pet call mi tell mi seh wi madda a come its like e open a wul line a crosses."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Yuh nuh pay dat nuh mind," she responded being supportive. "Anyways yuh mus glad yuh finally a get to the bottom of what cause Ms. Murl fi put up such a resistance between yuh an OD."

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"I must honestly seh mi nuh care nuh more, mi have Maleek and mi jus want us to work."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"So a nuh Medz again?" she asks with a chuckle.

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Whateva."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Peggy seriously I am happy for you anyways," she said seriously. "Mi did seriously fed up a watch yuh a waste time paah dem long distance no strings attach falseationship. A due time mi fren av a real-ationship."

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Nuh tru," I said smiling. "And thanks, girlfriend."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Yuh kool enuh gurl," she said softly then added sighing heavily. "Jus wish Debs wudda get back wid Kronazz doh, d poor gyal a mad out."

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Mi a tex r but she nuh ansa bra."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Peggy mi nuh know wah more fi duh dan find Kronazz an carry him back come gi ar, but a Debs affi cleanup ar mess."

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Mmmm."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Tyaad fi tell ar fi grow up a tap galang like she a damn rass ediat!"

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Bwoy Nikki it tek nuff fi find yuh self enuh at time life affi mek yuh make the wrong choices and shake yuh up suh yuh affi learn."

"Muuummmyy talk to Kimmm!"

"Pickney unuh c mi pan e phone!" she bellowed. "Kim if a lick yuh yuh c weh wata walk guh a pumpkin belly!"

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Lawd mi cyaah wait fi school open no sah dem a guh mad mi," she sighed.

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"I am not saying a thing mi av thirty-four a come over September morning an mi nuh ready yet," I groaned.

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Enjoy yuh summah yaah goodie while e last," she said, "mi jus sorry yuh nuh deh yah fi come a Lankie party."

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"A tonight we a come back up enuh. Afta mi meet mi madda a it dat fi Ochi."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Ok kool."

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Nikki mi a cut fra yasso enuh," I said hurriedly getting up off the bar stool on which I sat, "waah sunbun crawny white man weh a watch mi like hawk fra mi come get a drink a come ova which part mi deh."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"Wooiieee," she said laughing her raucous laughter.

I wince as my injured feet took the pressure off my weight but I knew that was the least of my worries.

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"A good nobody neva tell yuh fi lef out a bed weh yuh good up good man in a. See wah hapn."

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Gweh nuh gyal."

My retreat was thankfully uneventful.
I quickly made my way to my hotel room with the hopes that later things might take a turn for the better.

I wanted the truth but deep down I wish this day never came because I felt I was in for a storm that would wash away my newfound happiness.

𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦📲
"Lata babes."

𝑵𝒊𝒌𝒌𝒊📱
"All the best hun."

When the call ended so did the distraction from all that lay before me. I wish I had had the opportunity to have a few more glasses of the rum punch.

I was not sure a sober me could face Maleek knowing I had to tell him about my encounter with Odean nor meeting with my mother to discover that the truth might not set me free from OD but instead cause me to lose Maleek.

Would I ever be free from life storms and the wreckage that comes after? I was tired of these storms raging havoc on my life!

When I got back to the hotel room I heard muffled voices. I walk closer to the room and was about to make my presence known when I heard one of the voices say.

"Yuh tink yuh can put yuh truss inna ooman Medz? Dem jus come fi fuck up yuh life wid dem crosses self."

Kronazz voice was laced with hurt more than it was with bitterness and from where I stood I could feel the hurt radiating from him.

"Dem want loyalty respect and truss but them same one cyaah even gi yuh d benefit of the doubt afta yuh show dem seh yuh rate dem differently an a wid dem yuh ting deh."

"Yow Kronazz yuh need fi andastan weh your ooman a come fram," Medz responded. "Yuh a nuh di fuss man Debs a guh have an she av her share a fuckry fra pass relationship an yuh know dat and as wi done know to nuff man fuck up the way fi nuff adda man"

"Yeah, the grand case of the good affi suffa fi d bad," Kronazz returned with a harsh laugh. "Mi know people criticize mi a Debs knowing she oldah dan mi an in all honesty mi nuh care a nuh ooman nuh capture mi like Debs if only she cudda andastan dem tings deh."

"Sometimes it nuh always black and white fi d next person. Yuh know how much mi give Zindi an mi come home come fine ar a lef outa wi bed wid a next dry behind the ears selector bwoy.

Mi a rush fi come home to a wife weh mi tink love an respect mi jus as much as mi value ar.

But mi gone fi weeks lef ar alone wen she affi a juggle our daughter, her upcoming career and other aspects of life to come home to no companion to let off the load wid.

At first, mi did piss off. If mi c ar mi feel like mi wudda jus box ar dung but mi a tink bou wah she shudda did duh fra wah she neva did fi duh instead of c seh a mi run ar fi find solace elsewhere.

Mi get too busy an caught up inna mi work n making a name fi misef wen mi wife needed mi. Instead of taking responsibility mi lef ar."

Silence fills the room for a while.

"Wah mi a try seh to yuh Kronazz is dat love is more than just saying. Love a action an nuh pay chat. Yuh might a tell Debs yuh love ar but still she a si yuh a duh tings weh guh against dat.

Zindi duh wah she duh an mi naah seh because mi undastan why she duh it mi kool wid it. Mi learn fra it fi undastan dat ooman need love to be action dan word a mout.

Yuh love Debs mi c dat but yuh need fi mek she see it to. When yuh out a road inna d limelight and surrounded by the hype can she rest assured she comes first?"

"So wah yuh a seh mi affi choose?"

"Wah mi a seh if yuh really waah deh wid Debs yuh affi set yuh priorities straight if yuh waah fi ab yuh cake n nyaam e. Nuh tink because yuh love ar nuh mean dat alone can weather the storm. Yuh affi b yuh ooman sinker fi keep her stable when the storm rock the boat ar yuh lef wid nothing after the storm."

"Bloodclaat Medz d past days an nights mi feel like mi life a drain out a mi. Mi know mi love Debs but mi find out the full extent of mi love fi ar when mi let her go."

"Mi know how dat guh bredda. Mi know how dat guh."

The deep emotion erupting from Maleek words seeped into me on what seemed like waves of electricity that shock me with a blinding force. I grip the table by the door as I felt my world rip from me.

Could it be that Maleek is still in love with Zindi?

My hand brush against the vase on the table and send it crashing to the floor. The loud clatter and breakage was lost to me as all I could think of was Maleek loving another woman when I was head over heels in love with him.

It seems my storm clouds were only got darker.

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Nuff love 🇯🇲