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"Damn mi neva know seh wi wudda eva happy fi see mi yawd suh yet," Pet said unlocking the front door.

"Gweh a cyaah yuh man deh yah. A cocky yuh a pre." I teased pulling off my mask as I followed behind her into the living room.

"Heh right now mi affi wait fi mi lil monster duh dreamland before mi get nothing, d lil gyal latch on paah ar puppa like stink paah shit."

"Jeezaz Pet yuh cudn't come up wid siting else fi seh," I said glaring at her as I made for the couch.

"Yuh luddy."

"Moof dutty gyal."

"Kiss mi as---"

"Petrice Liliann Walters- Swaby if yuh eva!"

I must tell you the warning was not what caught us off guard it was the voice from which it came.

I rose from the sofa with so much speed my body almost propel into the center table. It took me a good three seconds or less to right myself and turn to the kitchen door. I felt like I was Keanu Reeves in the Matrix face-off with Agent Smith.

"Mum?" I said but it came out as a whisper.

"Wait mi a see a hear tings," Peggy said staring wide-eyed at the figure standing at the door.

"Mummy wah yuh a duh ere?" I croaked looking at my mother who almost a month ago drop the big reveal and left vowing never to come back anywhere near her childhood community.

My eyes drank her in as I waited for her to speak but Mama came out of the kitchen to stand beside her momentarily taking my attention from the woman I thought I would never see again.

"Well, Peggy mi come back fi right another wrong by putting an end to the pain mi cause Mama."

Mi swear to God if mi drop asleep under Pet's hair dryer mi a guh fucking mash it up. This was pass cruelty.

My desire to have Mama happy again and speaking to me must be mashing up my meds.

I wanted to have my newfound desires manifest themselves into my given reality that I was made to wonder if my mind was playing tricks on me.

Two days ago I watch Deenie and her father despite the drama that surrounded her existence get to know each other and gradually made strides in building a bond.

It had taken a lot out of me to sit there and tell her the truth about the other relation we all shared but it had to be done. No use having her find it out some other way.

However, all that mattered to her was that she had her father, and right now as I stand here staring at my mother in disbelief and hope Deenie and her father, Myopah, and Melanie were off shopping to make preparations for her Birthday Party coming up in a few days.

She had begged me to come along but I was not able to bring myself to play the part of mother, father, and daughter with her, and OD.

Instead, I had opted out by telling her I had to make preparations for Aunty Debz's engagement party. It wasn't a lie but it became the perfect excuse.

"Shut yuh mouth Peggy before yuh catch a fly," Mama tease pulling me back to the situation at hand. "Come ere mi need fi talk to yuh."

My mind and my feet were not cooperating, it took Pet giving me a not-so-gentle shove to have me moving forward but I was stopped by my mother pulling me in for an embrace and speaking softly to me.

"Thanks for bringing me back home baby and giving me back my mother. If it was not for your determination I would have kept on running.

It's not easy the truth we had to face. I convinced myself I could hide away from it but the price of robbing our family of the opportunity to grow as one was not worth it.

I realize now that I need my family and all my children and my beautiful granddaughters in my life to complete me."

I look over her shoulder at Mama that stood there waiting and I pull away after returning my mother's hug.

"Thanks for mending the bridge, I am grateful."

"Gyal nuh badda mess up yuh make up enuh cause mi naah duh ova none," Pet warned as she heard my tear-filled response.

I waved her away as I took a calming breath and willed the tears of gratitude not to spill from my eyes. The pieces were finally being fitted together.

After the storm has its way of rebuilding strength and crafting a stronger hope. I was truly happy we had all stopped running so that we could see this.

"Mi a guh let yuh talk to Mama while mi talk some things ova with Pet ok."

I nod and step away from her and as she made her way with Pet downstairs I felt my heart beat with joy. Little by little, we were getting there.

The obstacles in our way are being cleared away and the sunlight is finally shining through as the dark clouds fade away.

I only had one other thing to do and it was way overdue, but first let's hear what Mama has to say.

Mama had made her way into the kitchen and as I push the door open to speak my nose was assailed by a familiar aroma.

On the table stood my plate piled with spicey buttered shrimp and tagliatelle spaghetti in creamy coconut sauce with a frosting glass of lemonade.

"Sit down Peggy," she said after taking the chair opposite where I would sit.

I did as she told me and watch as she took a sip of her steaming cup of coffee.

"This is my way of saying thank you baby girl. I am truly sorry for how I behaved."

It was nice sitting here with her again inhaling all the familiar scents that she brought with her.

"It's ok Mama mi just happy things ok now," I said staring at her.

"Eat up chile," she said looking at me. "Nuh, mek e food col', col' food nuh av no use to yuh."

I took the fork up and stick it in the pasta but immediately my mind took me back to that special day when I first made love with Maleek, only then I had not known it was love.

How easy life set things in motion for us. I was stupid to walk away because I was scared that Maleek would be ashamed of me what my mother's revelation would bring.

"A what, yuh tink mi poison it?"

I could not help but laugh as I heard what Mama said.

"I never meant to hurt you but it seems all I do is hurt the people I love and disappoint them," I said softly.

"Peggy listens to mi yuh neva disappoint mi baby, neva. If anything I was the one who hurt you by letting myself keep the truth from you and allow history to repeat itself.

I just cudn't bear to have you want to leave me too so I sit quietly by and said nothing. I was so afraid you would have made the very choice that your mother made, and I could not bare it my already broken heart just cudn't face dat."

"Mama yuh feel mi wudda run weh leave yuh and Pet?" I ask putting down the fork and staring intently at her. "Yuh both a d only mother mi eva know, yuh both sacrifice so much fi mi, mi cudda neva duh dat."

She took my hand and squeeze it gently all her feeling convey in that one gesture. My eyes watered again and this time the tears did spill down my cheeks.

"Peggy mi come fi realize earth roun an it spin suh wi affi be careful as wah guh around comes right back around."

I nod in agreement.

"That's why mi naah allow yuh fi create a new cycle when wi bruck up this one. Yuh have Deenie and Jay deh deh an mi nuh waah dem come suffa fi wi choices," she said looking intently at me, "so please mi ask yuh find Maleek and mek amends."

I knew what Mama was saying, what she was bringing across to me was not something to toss aside. Yet I was afraid to face the storm I created with Maleek by pushing him away and if I did not I could be creating another bitter cycle in the life of my own daughter and my darling niece.

"But Mama---"

"No buts," she said cutting me off curtly. "I said make amends Peggy, yuh will be surprised what can amount from it if you do."

She got up from the table and came to stand by my chair. "I love you Patrice, you strong, brave and determine more than I can say for me."

I clung to her as she pulls me close for a
warm embrace.

"Eat up," she told me before leaving me to do right not only for Maleek but for my family as well.

As I have come to know life place you where you ought to be it's just what you do when you get there.

I sighed as place s forkful of pasta in my mouth.

My running away won't stop him from loving his wife nor changing the truth about Deenie's paternage.

I guess tonight at Debz's engagement party I had to make amends with Maleek.

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