The UWI Lecturer & The Politician's Son

Chapter Twenty-Four- Di More Yuh know

Anashé

This is so fucked up!

My anxiety was debilitating but I had to hold firm.

I'm hungover, extremely tired and now on top of all that-

I shook my head.

What kind of madness was this? I can't understand. The long wait to hear if he'll make it or not was a bit too much for all of us, it's been three hours. I'm holding onto Capri for dear life and she was holding on to me for all the strength she didn't have right now. This waiting room at Andrews was dreadfully quiet. No one was speaking and the TV they had to distract from the wait wasn't helping, either. I can't imagine that anything could. Capri was crying so much they had to put a pulse machine on her out here with us. I kept telling her it was going to be okay but I had no rass clue if that was truth or comfort. He was stabbed eight times right out the gate of his house. I still can't understand why...Capri been in shock and I won't ask her to talk. Malikai was next to her, and he wasn't talking either. He was staring, blankly into space. When Capri called me crying, the only thing I could think to do was put my shoes on and jump inna mi car.

"You all need anything?" I heard his coarse, tired, sullen voice and I ached for him, especially once our eyes met. He looked so damn broken...not the cool, collected, hype Kai... but a shell of him right now. His eyes never left mine as he waited for my answer. "Baby girl?"

I looked at him and shook my head.

"No-no, thanks, I'm okay." This is the first time we speaking in a while. Looking down at Capri on my shoulder, I noticed she was sleeping. "She's out, so I guess it's a no till she wakes and can tell us what her baby is allowing her to eat these days."

I forced an awkward, but necessary smile at him. He needed comfort too, this was one of his oldest friends and he passed out right in front of him. From what I've heard everyone thought he was dead. I knew they were traumatized by that, and now that we have to be waiting on news, that trauma was all that could think about. Mario was outside smoking to calm his nerves and Scamma was with him. Kai nodded and leaned back in his seat, looking deep in thought.

"He was coming to see his woman, him did have a studio session that would have been an all-nighta and him pass through fi link ar beforehand and this happen?" he was in disbelief.

His eyes met mine and this time they were reddened, and him face looked crimson, too. I knew what he was thinking... what if it were him coming to see me? What if it were Mario or Scamma going wherever? I didn't know exactly why this happened, but I'm not slow so I knew it had supn to do with Biggs. I also knew this was more than beef between two people who fell out. This is bigger than Sabrina or me, if anything it feels like it's been brewing for a while now.

"You can't think like that," I shook my head.

"How? When it could've easily been anyone I have around me walking in, bloodied and dying? And fi wah? Because a power? Money?" He shook his head. "Ana, it could have been you... or Capri!"

"Malikai, where is this coming from?" I wanted to hold him...as angry as I still am at him. This wasn't him. "The Malikai I'm familiar with always saw solutions to his problems, always saw the positive in the negative, and you can't let life shift you and force you into the negative...you can't afford that."

"Well, I feel very much in the negative, Ana," He looked away from me and shook his head. "And don't get me wrong, I know who did this and they did it for a reason. This is what they wanted-a reaction outta me. Dem been trying me, and I've been trying not to be the one to initiate shit, the incident at the shop, then after them bomb and shoot up Scamma place and we did affi retaliate."