Fatal Attraction (Jamaican Novel)

•Chapter 9•

Tanoi Cunningham

Richmond Estate//7:30 A.M

Flashback

Wednesday||Greater Portmore, Jamaica||4:30 P.M

I don't know why English kept bringing this boy over here knowing Dad told him many times to stop, two a dem ears not working. They laugh at him when he tells them to stop hanging out, he also told me to stay away from Imani.

Imani Sybron, he was my best friend Brielle's brother, I've heard about him but I've only met him when English brought him here, said Brielle always talked about me as well as English.

Cyaah stand him, know him fi seven months and him annoying, him annoy me any chance him get.

Right now he made it his mission to upset me, he won't get out of my space.

"English talk to Imani nuh!" I shriek jumping over the couch, he follows with ease and I run toward my brother.

We were in the lounge chilling, they were both playing FIFA until English got up to get something to drink all the way in the kitchen, we have a refrigerator in here.

We have a fridge in here!.

English chuckles, moving out of the way just in time for Imani to reach in front of me.

Why oh why!?

Why him cyaah leave me alone!?

English won't even tell him to leave me alone.

Some brother.

"Mi tell yuh fi stop call me Chinna" Imani says while walking to me, I step back from him, creating space.

"Stop call me Talissa" I tell him, "everybody call yuh Chinna, nuh see the big difference".

"You and everybody different, you don't get to call me Chinna" he replies.

I roll my eyes still stepping away from him, he was still in his school uniform, him and English raced here right after school.

When me hear him car mi did waah curl up and disappear, too how mi hate him me know the sound a him car.

"Tali, why yaah turn mi fren inna lover boy?" English jokes, "me nuh like that".

"Mi naah do him nutn, him girlfriend do that already", I yelp when Imani reached out and grabbed the hem of my sweater, he pulled me to him then spun me around so that my back was againts him.

English was so engrossed in his game, he was purposely ignoring us.

"Which girlfriend?" Imani questions, resting his head on my shoulder, his arms wrapped around me securely preventing me from pushing him off.

"Oh, yuh boyfriend then" I nodded, "is an all boys school unu go, yuh muss have a boyfriend".

English laughs a little, "swear, unu come like idiot".

"Tell him fi let me go"

"Me?", my mouth falls open at my brother's question.

English took his eyes from his game to look at us, he turns around and ups the volume before getting up.

"Weh yaah go?" I call out, fighting with Imani to let me go.

"Me hungry" was his only reply, he left me in here.