My Safe Haven

Chapter 4

"Hello anuh Deja this???" I heard again as I checked the number to see if I was hearing wrong.

"Ana?!" I asked not even sure if that's who I heard.

"Yea nerd a me. Know long mi a text yuh n yuh couldn't even read dem" She exclaimed in the same loud enthusiastic tone she's had since I answered the phone.

I honestly didn't know what to say. On one hand I was happy to finally hear from her, and on another why did she take 2 years to call.

"I know I have some explaining to do but mi a come down deh inna the evening so we can talk bout everything then" she continued.

"Deja?? DEJA?!! Raas a mi self mi a chat to" getting annoyed at me not saying anything.

Just a she was about to hang up I chose to speak up "If yuh eva hang up yuh see yuh tek a nex 2 year fi see mi" I threatened knowing I really was happy asf to hear from her.

"Then how after 2 years yuh jus pop up out the wood works suh, dem dip yuh?"

She laughed but I was dead serious. I continued "a weh yuh get mi number after all this time, mi think yuh forget mi".

"I could say the same thing, but after mi look pon the dp an see one ugly tough face bleach out bwoy mi know say supm mus wrong cause mi know a coulda neva fi yuh man dat" She said sounding like she was on the road.

"An after mi text the guy him a say him a yuh cousin an yuh lend him the phone fi gwaan use or whatever."

"Mi?! A one cousin mi have an a the likkle germs yah weh yuh know. A lost mi phone lost an it look like him find an flash it or somebody sell him" I replied putting the phone on speaker so I could continue eating.

"Oye sir leggo mi hand mi tell yuh mi a go Spanish Town?...Like yuh mumma dog shit yuh smell like hog pen inna yuh son shirt!!"

I heard Belle cursing somebody and as I heard the man respond typical Belle decided to follow the argument

"Anuh dat lick mi cause a fi yuh balls mi come out of. Yuh know wah mek mi gwaan mi ways an walk out da crawsis man yah enuh."

"Oye a wah happen? How yuh can cuss so?" I asked her.

Aye Belle nuh ramp fi trace enuh. The lady miserable yf.

"Nuh the likkle dutty ductor bwoy a come a bright himself after mi tell him say mi naa guh fi him way a come a hold on pon mi han a draw mi same way." She said sounding much calmer.

I guess she nuh that miserable again because if a one time all now she would still a cuss probably all start fight.

"My gosh yuh nuh jus reach lady an yuh start cuss already" I said amused that she still hasn't lost the attitude.

"Yuh know say a Friday mi come though. An mi see yuh cousin a half way tree an mi ask her fi yuh number. But true she write it down an mi couldn't find the paper a this morning yah mi find it inna one pocket." I heard the closing of a car door.

"A weh yuh deh by the way?" I asked. I knew that she had family in Trelawny and such but I don't know if she even talked to them.

"A down a one a mommy friend villa mi a stay a St. Ann. But mi call a taxi fi bring mi inna the town to buy some stuff, a leff an a go back now." She sounded far away from the phone.

"When mi reach in mi call yuh back babes later." She said blowing kisses before she hung up the phone.

Honestly I didn't really react but I am kinda excited asf that mi bestie was back in Jamaica.