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KENYA
MONDAY, 9:00pm

Surprise?!

"Come again?" Kj, who was coming through the door at just the right time says.

Weh him a come from?

Ova Micheal. Yuh nuh know already?

"I think we all need to sit down for this" Claudette says, holding out her hands for the both of us to take the signal and sit.

I think not.

"Claudette ami madda" I roll my eyes and walk out, leaving them both shocked.

"How yuh know that? When yuh find out? Kenya talk to me nuh" she walks behind me.

"Does it matter? Di wull a unuh come together and play unuh part inna lying to me" My eyes starts stinging.

Nuh badda wid the bawling now eno. Me nuh know how yuh love bawl suh.

I didn't even realize that Kj was hugging me, glaring at Claudette.

"Come mek we guh tek a walk" he puts his arm around me, leading me to my slippers and out the house.

I don't protest.

On the walk, I tell him all that I found out.

"I found out when I went to their photo room. Me see a picture of Claudette with me as a baby".

"I remember seeing both mummy and Aunty wid big belly around the same time but mummy lost her's" I flash his hand off, now angry at him too.

"And yuh not even seh nothing to me?"I walk off.

"Wah me really did fi tell yuh Kenya? Yuh did understand shit?" We're now arguing on the block and I prayed to God that no one was close by to hear.

"You could've given me hints! Yuh see Carol a treat me like shit and yuh nuh give me nuh hope at all. If I had known-"

"Adult conversation dat my girl" he says nonchalantly and I fight the urge to push at his chest with all my might.

"Yuh nuh understand the gravity of the situation? You're my brother and my cousin in one!" His eyes widen. He seemed to have missed the part about Kevon being my dad as well.

"Wah the fuck yuh just seh?" He shouts at me.

"Kevon a we father and a two sister have we, yuh slow?" I touch the side of my head.

Have manners likkle girl!

"Kenya, mek we guh stay over Sharon till this cool down likkle bit".

I don't protest, following behind him with folded arms.

"I'm gonna get some of your clothes,you'll be okay" he kisses my forehead.

He brings me to Sharon's house and calls Micheal to collect me, leaving out the parts about him being my brother and cousin in one.

"Wahmo Amore? Yuh good?"

"Yeah" I lie.

Look how yuh shame the woman and a fi her house yuh gone hitch up.

He leads me inside and I greet Sharon.

Father God, I apologize for being rude to adults suh please nuh mek she run me outta her house.

"Great to see you again, are you hungry? I'm cooking coconut curry shrimp and rice. Yuh want some?" she smiles softly.

Me nuh sure me deh pan your good side and me nuh want yuh poison me.

"I'm not hungry, but thank you" I reject politely.