Lifeline

like life

Luciana pov

"Lucy yuh nuh think a time fhi yuh call levon" my mother asked and I looked at her.
"Why yuh seh that" I asked while packing my clothes clothes in a bag because am going to go to St Elizabeth with Ali and natty for the weekend.

"Lucy yuh send this pickney through kindergarten him muss can help yuh send har a primary school" she said.
"Aiite mommy mah guh call him" I said and she left the room.

I dialed his number and it went straight to voicemail so I tried again and he answered on the second ring.

"Levon yuh nuh think a time fhi yuh help with yuh pickney" I asked and he sighed.
"B mhi nah nuh money right now" he said and the lie just a stand out inna him voice.
"Mhi a nuh yuh b Suh stop call mhi that, yuh come drop off yuh pickney pon mhi when she two when har mother run left har fhi rich man a town n because mhi n yuh did deh mhi keep har some nights, all when whi left mhi still keep har cause mhi love har, then yuh come bout yuh find a oman a foreign and she buy yuh ticket and yah guh spend a month and I agree to keep her for month mhi even use my money and look bout har visa and smth Suh when yuh ready fhi har she can come, after the one month up yuh tell mhi seh yah get married a guyanna and yuh wife a buy ticket for your friends and family but mhi fhi left yuh own pickney, levon yuh think she want a father in har life" i asked

"You neva have wah father and yuh come out good" he said
"My father bloodclate dead when mhi 3months, her father over deh suh with sugar mommy" i said and he laughed.
"Oh Suh a mhi wife yah watch" he asked.
"Levon mhi nah watch you and yuh fake oman a yuh pickney mhi wah yuh mind" I said.
"Mhi nah nuh money!!, What else yuh wah fhi bloodclate hear pussyhole" he said.
"Okay Mr levon mhi cya talk to broke father but mhi shall talk to rich stepmother and tell har seh the money weh she a spend pon yuh she fhi stop and send it to yuh pickney" I said.
"Bredda dat nuh call fah".
"Yk what Mr forget it continue with your family a hope when she gets big you and har sour face mumma nuh come try tek har from mhi, am gonna make she have three mother and three father" I said before hanging up.

I was planning on leaving Anna with Grandma but mhi ago bring mhi pickney with me.
I picked up her rainbow bag and put a few clothes in there 
And a swimsuit cause maybe whi gah river or smth.

"Anna come mek mommy bathe yuh" I said and she smiled before taking off her clothes and I did the same.
"Mommy how yuh have hair pon yuh vagina" she said reminding me that a should shave.
"When yuh get bigger yah guh understand" I said.

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I placed my things in the back seat of akeem car he smiled and pecks my lips.
"Mommy!" Anna ran come while looking at akeem and he smiled and picked her up not before giving me a look that I very much know what that means.

He then put her in the back and put on her seatbelt then guh inside a car I followed after and him drove over to Granville where we meet up with everyone, and knowing Ali and natty them nuh ready yet and Tyreese come take out Anna out addi car then akeem look pon mhi.

"Suh yuh have a child n nuh tell mhi nun bout har" he asked
"Well yuh know now" I said and he sighed.
"How old she be?" He asked.
"She five" I said and he sighed.
"Suh yuh have har when yuh 16" he asked and I nodded.
"Stop tell lie mhi si whole eep a picture of yuh when yuh sixteen plus mhi neva si yah breed once Suh b real with me" he said and now it's my turn to sigh.

"Har mother run left har when she one  and mhi n har father did deh till she then whi left and him run off to so she is my child a me she call mommy nobody else" i said.
"Suh she want a father" he asked.
"Yes everyone needs a father a in their life" I said.
"Me will take care of har like mhi own" he said and I smiled before kissing him.

"Mhi love yuh" I said and he smiled.
"Like life " he said and I smiled.