"Andre, sweetie pie!" I sing-songed, with a wide smile on my face.
My cousin looked away from his client's hair to give me a raised eyebrow look. I know he misses me, just a gwaan like because people in ya. Andre is a barber, really good at it too. He's tall, of fair complexion, and he looks so much like my aunty. I see that he locked his hair without telling me...hmmm, behave yourself eno, young man.
"Sasha, Lexi, good afternoon." I greeted the nail tech and hair dresser. Sasha, the nail tech, waved at me with a smile and returned to her client's nails.
"Hey, LaNae. Come fih look for your cousin again?" Lexi laughed. I nodded with a laugh of my own.
"Yea mon, long time mih no see him you know. Look like seh him nuh know mih yaad again." I went over to his area and lord hamerci, the nigga in his chair....! Lovely inked darkskin, he's jaw dropping....nosa, draws dropping gorgeous, some plump kissable lips deh! He was sporting the latest fashion trends and had wore a gold Rolex, some big ass rings as well as a gold cuban link chain, I know that shit is real gold. He sat indifferent to everything going on around him in the chair on his phone. Whatever he's looking at doesn't please him. As if he felt my stare, he looked up at me. I felt electricity running down my spine, and I quickly averted my eyes. There was a pool in my panty already. Oh shiitt!
"Yow, Andre. Mih ago cut yah now eno." He said to my cousin.
"Yeah, man. No seh a word." Andre removed the cape, and the man left without giving me a second glance. I sat in the chair afterwards and I could still smell his perfume.
" Who him?" I whispered to Andre. He hissed his teeth.
"No worry bout that. No bother look deh so, LaNae. As an older cousin to you, leave that alone." Andre said. I absent-mindedly nodded. Well, ano like seh mih ago see that deh man back. We changed the topic, and soon drama came to our doorsteps. Andre's baby mother came soon after to cause problems, accusing Andre of being with Lexi. She also carried the baby and some bags.
"Seems like the rope weh she did want use tie you, a choke har now so she come drop it off so she can go run road. Come here yaa, baby." I took the 1 year old baby girl from Andre, who now looked very stressed out. Sigh, I feel so sorry for him at times.
"Them somo yah mih can't bother wid eno, Nae." He hissed his teeth. I know his situation, Andre works from 9 to 5, maybe even pass that time. He doesn't have a great relationship with his parents because he didn't go to university for he wanted to do barbering, he is a single child like me and he lives alone at a rent house.
"Here what, Andre. Mih can keep har for you, over yard have space and I have a lot of time on my hands." I suggested, and I saw a wave of relief wash over his face.
"Thank you so much, LaNae." He hugged me.
"Andre, if you make no sorta hair come off a you and come pon mih essi!" I pushed him away from me. That evening, I left with the baby and two duffle bags of things for her, who I was told is named Adrianna, but I'm giving her a pet name. Tyra.
Unbeknownst to me, across the street, a certain man was seated in his car, watching me pass by.
"Find out who a girl deh be for mih nuh." He said to the other person in the car.
"We nuh deh yah fih look no woman."
"Do what mih bomboclaat seh."
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Claimed By Him
RomanceLaNae Sinclair is an 18 year old who has many dreams and aspirations but has yet to decide what route she will go down as she steps into adulthood with no way of going back to the teenager phase. She decides to take it easy for her "free paper" hasn...
