Is there anyone special in your life? I ask Tam setting my glass of Chardonnay down whilst we look out at the waves washing up on the shore from our balcony, I wanna spend as much time as I can with my family, we've always been close and share every detail of our lives with each other, sometimes too much detail but i especially want them to know that this trip isn't just about tryna clear my head or announcing my possible engagement, its also about spending time with them, the people i love.
"No sah, mi love life ova meadowrest"
"Uh nuh easy eno, tell me wah appen inna uh life, me waah know everything...How's School?"
"School a gwaan, me a try wull out caz me know it agu worth it but god know, it haad"
"Uh right, yaa guh look back pan it and thank God say uh neva give up, gwaan wull it. Yuh destined fi dis, Memba all a Patrick Pinckney dem have greatness embedded inna dem"
"Rite, purpose-driven"
"Exactly"
"Shan, me just want uh fi know say not be caz mi nuh support d Impromptu proposal nuh mean me nuh want uh fi happy, it just- everything - uh nuh -we
Tamara, its fine, me undastan, uh nuh affi trust him, just trust me, me know wah me a do dis time.
Alrite, me a trust uh..
Gud, Suh tell me, wah yaa look fah in a man now?
No Shan, no!
//
Hey Shan, do you have a minute? Cousin Julia asks peeking her head alone through my room doorway.
Yeah , come in what's up? I ask rubbing a spot next to me on the bed for her to sit.
She enters and closes the door behind her. Oh this is reallly serious.
"So what's up mums?
"It's about Zac and I..........we broke up.
"Julz...what....happened?
"Me not even kno how fi say this Shan, it embarrassing and we a Jamaicans so uh know how-
"Julz, its me, uh know uh can tell me anything,
She swallows and takes a deep sigh
"Alrite Shan so, him a batt-, him fruity
My brain paused instantly and my jaws dropped.
"Eee- wait- wah uh, e
"Yeah, get me suspicions seh smadi else in a him life eno but neva have no proof so me nah accuse him a nthn and everytime him seh him a guh buil wid the man dem a deh so him go
"But that nuh mean him a-
"Shan, me decide fi do wah uh know we nuh do and search him phone, the ongle chat wah look suspicious to me a one with him and him fren, wah new guy pan e block, me nuh think u a guh know him,
"Prolly not, so wha happen next
"Is like dem did a talk in a code, it neva really mek no sense, me decide fi tek it a foot further and falla him,
One night after him come in the same boy call him and him start get ready same time say a emergency and him affi guh help out the man wid supm, me nuh seh nthn, me mek him gwaan
Me falla him and him pull up a the boy yard fi true, him guh in and me park down the road and staat circle the house, find a back door and sneak in, whole time Shan me know me a f#&k up me relationship caz him nah guh happy when him find out me falla him but Shan me foot wouldn't work wid me brain .., so even thou me wah tun roun and leave me till somehow a Jim screechie further inna the man house,
Come thru the backdoor and inna the living room...
Nuh my man me see Shanice well wrap up inna man arms paah couch, Shanice me start lose me mind, me staat gwaan bad, staat Bruck up tingz inna the man house, me couldn't believe, him a guh tell me say ano wah it look like...bout me a overreact and a d same ting as if me and Tash did ly down a watch tv, now Shan u tell me how much Jamaican man you know wah woulda do tha? Me get mad and tell him say mi a guh tell everybody and mek dem boy gut him like the fish him is .....but...
Me cyaa tell a soul Shan, Me shame so till, me nuh tell a soul, uh kno how me and tash close from nappy days dont?not even she me cyaa tell, it affect me so much not even eat me cyaa eat from me find out and is bout a month now, me know him nuh wah nuhbadi kno dis and me pray nuhbadi nuh find out caz the piece-a shame this woulda call down pah me, me nuh ready yet Shan, me nuh kno wah fi say or do... me deh wid dissa boy all a me life fi him nuh come git up talk bout him a batty man"
"Julia, me nuh kno wah fi say to rhatid, den a wah really a gwaan inna john shop, so Wanda how long all a dis a gwaan behind uh back, me cyaa believe me cousin, bag uh woulda affi bag uh face yes, girl, me kno u a pray and me a guh start pray to, mi really want everybody fi walk inna dem truth but dah one, mi iffy bout it, Jah kno"
Shan, from everything happen a Tash yard me deh, me tell r seh we lef caz him cheat.. him stop call and text me bout two weeks now.... it luk like im finally give up.... me cyaa stay inna the house, him can keeep it or sell it, bun it, me nuh kno, all dis just have me speechless and confused, why him couldn't just be honest and..."
"Is a lot but uh know we a family and whatever decision uh mek we support uh regardless, only you can make certain decisions bout uh life, especially ones like these, everything happen fi a reason, just gwaan wull out an-
"Oh, a in yah Suh unno deh- " Yanique hollers barging through the door.
What a chapter...did anyone anticipate these shocking revelations? What more surprises could shan possibly discover as she spends more time with her family? Are y'all ready? Not much has happened with Andrew lately..do you think he'll make an appearance? How about Daniel? Remember I'm always open to hearing your opinions and as always..Thanks for Reading sweets😘
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RomanceHave you ever found love in a hopeless place, where you least expected it? Well, this is the story of a young woman from rural Jamaica whose life changed when she impulsively traveled to the United States and met her billionaire Beau under unusual c...
