Time fi you

12

Karalana Atalyia Campbell

"Look like yaah mad. Mi naah guh unda no bed." One man can complicated suh?

"Tristen, please just work wid mi nuh." I begged him whispering. I had closed the door and tell mommy seh mia put on clothes. The lady innah e living room right now a do God knows what.

Mi know she aguh wonda wah mi in yere suh long a do.

This yah stubborn man yah nuh waah guh unda e bed.

"Bhad man mi seh mi naah guh unda no bed. Weh yuh tek man fah? So wah if mi meet yuh Mummy?" Lawddd, Jesasss.

I was about to reply but then I heard my mother's voice again, mi know seh she d aguh come back. The lady impatient bad.

"My girl yuh nuh done put on yuh clothes yet?" She asked knocking on the door.

I started to panic. I had to think quick. I looked around and spotted the bathroom door. I opened it and pushed Tristen in it before it closed I heard him say "Yow, woman a wicked!"

I rolled my eyes not having any time to reply to him. I looked around the room and everything was in place. Mi d already change the sheet dem and sumn.

Mi guh a d door and open e. "Mi seh when mia come mi see waah piece a nice car uh see, if mi did thief meeda this drive e weh."

My mother said as she opened the door. Not even a "how yuh do"

But wait. Nice car? Nuh must fi Tristen?

"Lowe the people them car Mommy and mi nuh mean this innah no way but wah yaah do yah?" Mi seh.

She look pan mi and skin up her face "Suh mi caah come look fi uh?"

Mi nod mi head and she start peep round innah mi room.

"Jeezas, a who fa room nice suh? Room nice eee? Yuh pupa waah seet, talk bout when mi reach d place go look like sty cause mia come unannounced." As she spoke about my father my mood went down. Mi nuh hate him innuh but mi devu know. . .only thing mi can seh is him nuh deserve mi as a daughta.

The lady push pass mi and guh innah the room. While she naah look mi look round fi see if nothing in yah weh nuh fi in yah.

"Nice man. . .in yere smell strong tho. Wah kinda cologne yuh use?" Shit.

"Umm. . .A man cologne mi start use now mommy, the female one dem easy fi wear off." I told her coming up with a quick excuse. I just hope Tristen stays put but then again mi nuh know when this yah woman yah aguh leff yah.

Nuh get mi wrong meeda love fi catch up and spend time wid mi mada but not when mi have a man a hide innah mi bathroom.

"Dutty style that!"

Don't you think I know that?

"Well, mi see every part yah now." Yes! Sound like seh she ago weh now.

". . .Mi nuh see the bathroom yet tho, mek mi see waah gwaan." Bloodclaatt now. A wah do dah lady yah? Wah mia tell her seh?

"Might as well she find him in deh."

"Mommy. . .wait." Mi seh holding her back. She turn round and raise her eyebrows, lady pretty innuh.

"Yuh know seh mi bay use e toilet this mawning and e bung. . .mi sure seh yuh nuh waah guh in deh." Smaddy clap mi. Who can come up wid lies betta than mi?

"Nosa a the same gallonging yuh come a Town wid? Yuh naah drink enough liquid? Your shit them eva tough and then they tink. . .mi memba everytime yuh use e toilet it always bung. Yuh nahve plunger up here?" A hope Tristen naah hear nothing innuh cause masa this embarrassing real bad.