Peppa

15. Peppa

I walked out of Promise's house and told her to shut the door, even though I knew she could handle herself I was always worried.

The whole time we were apart I worried. Knowing her, with her mouth and her anger she was bound to end up in trouble. I'm surprised she hasn't already.

Me start the car and speed off. In no time me reach a Drewsland. The kids who were playing football in the streets gathered around my car, excited to see what I'd bring for them. I'd have to keep something for them soon - especially since I've been so distant.

"Peppa Don!" One of them called to me and me hail him up. He was actually the little cousin of the same bad charge them weh me come fi link. Me give him two grand and tell him fi go make them know me come.

I talked to the kids one by one, asked them how they were, how their parents were, and encouraged them that school was important even though it draining. I gave them some money and told them I keep something for them to blow off steam soon.

Me hail up the people on the street as I walked to my friend's gate.
"Stinga!" I shouted.

"Yow boss! Me round yah suh." She shouted back.

I went to the back of the yard to see her twisting up her brother's hair.

"Boy Gargamel," Me hail him.
"Peppa don! The people dem cyah see the boss man fi how long now. Wahmu? Wah the motive today? Me see the message them eno but all now mi nuh get fi look pon them." He said.

I sat on the veranda and start bill up a spliff as they eagerly waited for a reply.
"We a go pon a mission."

Stinga stop mid-air and gave me an excited look, "Fi real?"
"Long time we nuh do road man, thank God." Her brother seemed just as excited.

The dawgs them well evil eno, excite fi go kill? Is a mad set a bumboclaat people eno, that's why a them me link.

"Up a Grants Pen we a go."

They both looked at me like I was crazy.
"Out a your old place? Me nuh like the sound a that. A who fuck wid the truck?" Gargamel asked.
"That me wah know too." Stinga added.

The corners of my mouth turned up for the first time today and I laughed a little.
"Pon the way me mek unu know. Wrap up weh yah do Sting Dem."

She nodded and started finishing up Gargamel hair. While me did a wait pon dem, I walked around the community, link couple a the dawgs dem and look fi me aunty dem.

I gave money to them and made sure that everything was in order and no one was posing a threat to them. That was the last thing I needed right now. By the time I had finished my walk round the community, it was pretty late. I wanted to make this quick so I could go home.

A weh Stinga a do inna Gargamel head suh long. Nuh matter the hairstyle the dawg still nah look nuh better.

"Peppa Don!" Mi hear as mah walk go the car. Me turn round fi see Stinga and Gargamel ready fi cut.

Stinga had a duffel bag thrown over her shoulders. Mi not even affi ask weh in deh. The two a dem did inna black and ready fi cut.

Murder time!" Sting said as she got in the back of the car.

"Murder time." I repeated laughing.

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"Suh boss, a weh yuh say gwan yah now?" Stinga asked.

To be honest, I just wanted to get this done without having to explain. Not because I didn't trust them cause God knows them prove it from we likkle suh me nuh worry when it comes to them. I just hated that this happened. I hate weh it can cause, the problems weh can arise all because I was unaware of what was happening around me.