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5

JUNIOR

I stare at my little sister as if she's grown three additional heads with horns as she rambles on about the contents of her night.

She usually tells me everything, vice versa, but it doesn't mean the knowledge of your sister being active with someone she just met will be easy to take in.

Wah bout Mikayla?

See, the only thing is, I've seen Mikayla once or twice when I spend holidays here but I since recently started dating her so it's different.

"Suh yaah big woman now?" I question her.

She rolls her eyes, "Junior it's not that bad".

"Oh really? Because I vividly remember you saying you suc-"

"KEVON" she shouts at me, signaling that her mother was standing at the door and I clamp my mouth shut.

Guh see Claudette a tump her inna her back.

"Suh why as me reach unuh quiet" Kenya glares at me.

"Anuh nun aunty, Amore jus didda tell me bout school".

Lie like yuh madda.

"Oh" she's not convinced as she walks away.

"Me naah tell yuh nothing again" Kenya hisses as soon as her mother is out of sight. She gets up, throwing the cushion off her thighs and unplugging her phone, making her way upstairs. I take that as my cue to go over Michael's.

I swing the door open and aunty Claudette shouts at me.

"Yuh cyaah stay inna yuh yard?" I push my lips up.

"Aunty just cool nuh" I move outside a little.

"Try mek sure seh anuh Sharon daughter yuh have yuh eye pan eno" she warns.

Feel ami eyes alone me have pan her?

"Suh how yuh silent suh? A Mikayla yaah mess round wid?"

She can chat like her pickney suh?

"Yes aunty, but it's not like that" I defend.

"Not like what? Because the last time I checked, you little boys want nothing but sex and then break the people dem girl child heart" she lectures.

"Aunty, me rate Mikayla pan a different level, I'd never hurt her" I assure her.

"Suh yuh cyaah seh love?"

"Nope. Only smaddy me love ami likkle sister. She alone deh deh fimi" a small smile plays at her lips.

"All right sir, don't mek dinner time pass and yuh nuh come a yuh yard" she slightly pushes me forward, closing the door behind me. The sun hits my skin and I flinch.

A cyaah 3:00 heat dis.

I put some pep in my step. Today is Tuesday so Sharon will be at work.

And Micheal a game head suh him naago hear when yaah knock him sista.

I open the gate and knock the door. Mikayla opens it.