Peppa

7. Shotta

“Dawg, a when me hear yuh call har full name, me a put two and two together.” I said, passing the spliff back to Peppa.

“Yeah, know har from we a pickney, Cipher would a kill me if me did make nothing do har.” he laughed. 

The fucka can laugh you see. 

“Kill you? The bad word dem weh uncle tell me weh day neva normal, me would inna me grave lay down if nothing did go wrong.” I laughed. 

It had been a week since the night of the party. Matic cuss me and now me affi a watch Promise like a hawk. We tek care a the pussy dem weh did a fire the shot them and everything did cool down now. We were back to the original plan: get back Grants Pen. 

Now, mi deh over Peppa a wait pon Promise fi call we fi come pick har up from school. We had to do this for a while, in case a man try retaliate. Promise was like our little innocent baby that everyone wanted to protect. Her father protected me so I’d do the same for him and protect her, only way me can repay him. Plus she chill, and did deh deh nuff night when I wasn’t mi self. 

Wull heep a people nuh love me, but she does. Affi protect who really down fi me yuh zimmi. 

I was brought out of my thoughts by the sound of Peppa’s phone ringing.

He looked at the caller ID, kiss him teeth and then decline the call.

I laughed, “A who?”

“Nuh the one Candy, like she nuh know a ram and scram, gyal just a call off me phone like a me and har buy it.” 

I let out a laugh, tek a draw and pass back the spliff to him. 

Peppa did a fuck har fi get information pon the man dem a Grants Pen, but what a gyal annoying suh him drop har.

“A just money dem gyal yah want eno.” I told him.

“And me geh the gyal some money and seh eh, use this get yuh self together, start one likkle business or something. Shotta yuh nuh know seh the gyal take me money and buy bloodclaat wig and clothes.” he said laughing, “she fi lucky man nuh pree evil when it comes to woman eno.”

I let out a big laugh, almost drop off a the chair, “What a bloodclaat gyal wikid.”

Same time him phone start ring again, “Look mon.” I said when I saw he was hesitant to look who it was. 

He smiled when he saw the caller ID, I raised my eyebrows at him.

A wah deh gwan yah suh? 

“Hello Love.” he answered.

Bloodclaat, a weh me bredda gwan?

I chuckled, “A who that mi don?” I asked when him hang up.

“Promise.”

My eyes widen. “Something a gwan between unu?” I asked.

“No bredda.”

I gave him a look and he laughed, “Nothing nah gwan between we dawg.”

“Alright anything yuh say, wah Matic leggo couple shot inna yuh head.” I said laughing.

He threw the car keys at my head and me sight it. 

Time fi play cupid.