Peppa

11. Yah Detective?

I sat around the island on one of the glass stools, texting Makai about what happened last night. Honestly, me nuh feel nuh remorse as long as ano innocent people a dead. Yuh diss or kill one a mine yuh affi dead; suh my father grow mi.

He replied and told me everything went to plan but they still didn’t get any info pon weh the ‘don’ a stay. He come Grants Pen fi discuss things and tax the people dem inna the community, but doesn’t reside there. And since weh day, daddy tell me seh fi him people dem a Grants Pen a seh the don stop come round, him a send people instead. Suh we figure him know him is a dead man soon. Cipher and mi father, nuh really wah nobody else but the ‘don’. Once dem leggo a bullet inna him head the rest a him man dem know what’s gwaning.

I was about to call Kayla when my mom came in the kitchen.
“Amoura yuh fada seh yuh fi call him. I’m going on another business trip but i’ll be back on Wednesday.” She said rolling her suitcase to the door.
Dem can send you pon business trip e.

She picked up her car keys off the island then placed a kiss on my forehead.
“Be safe, I love you. And if yuh nuh plan fi stay here please lock up the house good.” And with that she was gone.

We had a little argument after Peppa drop me home last night. Me finally let out how she mek me feel, and she shared how she felt. I think now we have a betta understanding bout eachother and decide fi work pon the relationship rather then ignore we one another.

Mi go pon me phone fi go call me fada when same time me see Trigga a call mi. I answered, “Wahmu goods.”

“Yuh cah stop answer yuh phone suh.” Kayla laughed, “we stop a Miss Janette a buy breakfast Trigga seh weh yuh wah?”
That’s why me affi love my goodas fren eno.

“Kidney and fry dumpling.” I said happily.
“Ahh, we soon come.” She hang up.

Kayla had called and say she a come over for us fi spend sometime together because we haven’t lately. Goods seh me dash har weh but a she find man and leff me gone. God yuh see how life set up?
I wasn’t mad at her though, Kayla never had good boyfriends suh when she finally find somebody weh a treat har good, I wasn’t going to stop her from having that.

Oh yes! Me fada did seh call him nuh. I picked up my phone and facetime him.

“Promise Amoura.” He answered on the first ring.

“Yes father?”

“Weh yuh think bout wah gwan?”  He asked. I knew what he was talking about, he wanted to knew if I thought somebody did a carry back news. Ever since I found out about the plan and Peppa and his father came back into my life, they convinced him it would do no good hiding anything from me, so now I was informed on everything.

“Honestly mi nuh think trouble inna the camp, your man dem weh still live deh nuh know weh yuh up to yet, and a just me, Peppa, Trigga and Shotta know wah gwan and it cyah be none a them.” I sighed thinking into it a little, “maybe a just word a mouth yaahh me nuh know, cause Trigga seh him hear people a say them hear seh Cipher inna the place again and seh him son soon own clothes store and all a that.”

“But nuh body nuh really know bout that. Peppa been a ask me if me know nuh realtor cause fi him own nah nuh sense suh me know him nuh sekkle pon a place yet. Suh how dem people deh know suh much?” He asked.

He was right, something fishy, something nuh right.
My father always came to me about situations like this, situations where he felt something was being kept secret or when him couldn’t find something out cause I always thought of every possible conclusion.

“Maybe a-” I shut my mouth instantly when the thought really settled in my head.
El o El, this a one yah too funny and good.

“Maybe a wah?” my father asked when I didn’t continue.
I shook my head, “Nothing, I’m going to think about it and call yuh lata.”