Amore

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                            KENYA

MONDAY, 3:00

It's been a week and 2 days and I've settled in pretty nicely, apart from the revelation. Claudette doesn't know that I figured it out and calling her anything other than "aunty" or "Claudette" felt weird.

"Come guh round a Joe fimi" I get up and go to her.

She hands me a crisp $2000 bill.

"Buy a big mackerel, five frankfurters, two cherry Koolaid, a soda and something for yourself. Don't mek it pass $1500" I nod, putting on my crocs.

Yuh crocs tired mumz.

Me nuh care.

I take my sweet time to walk to the corner shop to buy what I was supposed to.

I pull my brown bodycon dress down over my thighs, the sun scorched my exposed skin.

"Psst, dark chocolate, me cyaah get yuh" an older man sitting on the wall catcalls.

I hold my head straight. If me ignore the dumbass, he'll go away.

"Yuh feel me a beg yuh nothing? yuh black and ugly like" he jumps off the wall, walking behind me.

I turn around now, paranoia seeping in.

My face scrunched in disgust. It's a man that used to come around when Kj and I used to visit Claudette as kids. He was a little too touchy and I didn't like him one bit.

Watch the dutty man.

"Sir yuh nuh used to watch me a run up and down inna pampers?" I roll my eyes, walking faster.

"Dat a when yuh wear pampers. Yuh older and yuh batty fat up now" he looks down at my body and then back to my face.

"Wouldn't tell nobody if yuh gimme a piece" I wanted to throw up in my mouth.

"Hear wah nuh, stop talk to me. Yuh crawny like" I scrunch my face at him.

He reeks of cigarettes and white rum.

"A yuh aunty me aguh talk to, yuh nuh have no manners" he hisses his teeth.

"Alright, Suck out yuh madda. Tell her me tell yuh dat" I beat my chest.

He walks off, flipping me off and cussing me out.

Yeah man, guh dead someweh now, dutty dawg.

I get to the shop, buying what Claudette sent me to buy and a bag.

"Amore, a you dat?" I turn around to the familiar voice.

Delroy.

He had a few grey patches in his hair and beard, and the warmest, most fatherly smile on his face.

He's one of Gary's friends.

"Diddy" I smile at him, extending my arms for one of his infamous bear hugs, one KJ and I used to fight for as kids.

He gives his order to Joe's daughter as Joe attends to me.

"Good morning" a husky voice says and all the hairs on my body stand up.

Him voice sexy eeh.

I turn around and my breath gets caught in my throat.

What a bwoy nice.

His skin was the perfect caramel shade, lips slightly pinkish. His almond shaped eyes peered in front of him impatiently. He had on a white merino and a pair of grey sweatpants.His hair sat perfectly on his head and his cologne made me lightheaded.