𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮- 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗲𝘀 (Book Two)

67

🌸ڿڰۣ-P̠O̠V̠ P̠a̠t̠r̠i̠c̠e̠

"Damn mi neva know seh wi wudda eva happy fi see mi yawd suh yet," Pet said unlocking the front door.

"Gweh a cyaah yuh man deh yah. A cocky yuh a pre." I teased pulling off my mask as I followed behind her into the living room.

"Heh right now mi affi wait fi mi lil monster duh dreamland before mi get nothing, d lil gyal latch on paah ar puppa like stink paah shit."

"Jeezaz Pet yuh cudn't come up wid siting else fi seh," I said glaring at her as I made for the couch.

"Yuh luddy."

"Moof dutty gyal."

"Kiss mi as---"

"Petrice Liliann Walters- Swaby if yuh eva!"

I must tell you the warning was not what caught us off guard it was the voice from which it came.

I rose from the sofa with so much speed my body almost propel into the center table. It took me a good three seconds or less to right myself and turn to the kitchen door. I felt like I was Keanu Reeves in the Matrix face-off with Agent Smith.

"Mum?" I said but it came out as a whisper.

"Wait mi a see a hear tings," Peggy said staring wide-eyed at the figure standing at the door.

"Mummy wah yuh a duh ere?" I croaked looking at my mother who almost a month ago drop the big reveal and left vowing never to come back anywhere near her childhood community.

My eyes drank her in as I waited for her to speak but Mama came out of the kitchen to stand beside her momentarily taking my attention from the woman I thought I would never see again.

"Well, Peggy mi come back fi right another wrong by putting an end to the pain mi cause Mama."

Mi swear to God if mi drop asleep under Pet's hair dryer mi a guh fucking mash it up. This was pass cruelty.

My desire to have Mama happy again and speaking to me must be mashing up my meds.

I wanted to have my newfound desires manifest themselves into my given reality that I was made to wonder if my mind was playing tricks on me.

Two days ago I watch Deenie and her father despite the drama that surrounded her existence get to know each other and gradually made strides in building a bond.

It had taken a lot out of me to sit there and tell her the truth about the other relation we all shared but it had to be done. No use having her find it out some other way.

However, all that mattered to her was that she had her father, and right now as I stand here staring at my mother in disbelief and hope Deenie and her father, Myopah, and Melanie were off shopping to make preparations for her Birthday Party coming up in a few days.

She had begged me to come along but I was not able to bring myself to play the part of mother, father, and daughter with her, and OD.

Instead, I had opted out by telling her I had to make preparations for Aunty Debz's engagement party. It wasn't a lie but it became the perfect excuse.

"Shut yuh mouth Peggy before yuh catch a fly," Mama tease pulling me back to the situation at hand. "Come ere mi need fi talk to yuh."

My mind and my feet were not cooperating, it took Pet giving me a not-so-gentle shove to have me moving forward but I was stopped by my mother pulling me in for an embrace and speaking softly to me.

"Thanks for bringing me back home baby and giving me back my mother. If it was not for your determination I would have kept on running.

It's not easy the truth we had to face. I convinced myself I could hide away from it but the price of robbing our family of the opportunity to grow as one was not worth it.