Mi wa guh a mi rassclat yard, no sah dem wuk yah ano play thing.
It was sometime after 2 n god know seh mi tired. Man a run up n dung from day, and a sweat yf. cah tek e heat bradda.
"nuh 3 uh suppose fi a lef work ash" I asked.
"ye but mah guh do over time today more money yzm" Ash answered
"Oh,"
"suh wah yaw seh, yaw mek a move wid mi later?" Ash asked and she showed me how to cash the customers.
"Yow mi nuh deh pon e fuckry eno. so if uh know seh a u n u man ago, n then uno gweh lef mi might as well mi tan a mi yard. cause a fi uno regular thing fi duh" I said as i took started to check the float.
"no man nth like that. How much money uh just count? ash asked
"6 gran"
"ah suh that a e float everyday uh cash uh fi lef 6 gran inna change fi the float, e nuh really matta how uh lef e just mek sure seh a inna change, no hard money everything affi inna change. Understand?" Ash said
"ye mi get e" I answered.
After that a crowd of customer came, I mean a big crowd.
"yow come cash fimi, a rush hour now" Ash shouted
"a KFC yah suh " I said while laughing "look pon ppl"
"yaw sample eno" Ash said as she pushed me towards the machine.
"next"
"new girl cah get wa lunch special"
"ye man, which part a the meat un want?" I asked.
"Breast, wid curry gravy" the man said.
"ok"
This continued for the next 2 and a half hours and after that, we started cleaning up so we could close.
"Yow Hail" Rushawn said
"A me yaw call?" I asked.
"ye mon, gwan swing e mop when uh down wid that" Rushawn said
"ye soon as mi down wid this" I said
kmmmt who the rass yaw call Hail, kmt batty man. Nuh wa dis a man eno cause today a mi first day.
After that I helped cleaned up and mopped the floor as Rushawn said I should.
"Yow a 7:00 eno, n mi do enough over time mi a come guh a mi yard" Ashley said as she walked toward the door.
"wait pon mi nuh gyal, mah guh clock out" I said as I walked towards the locker room.
"Ready"
1 hour later
Ash and I went to her man's house
nuh 3 like deh place yah eno, n worse mi n har man nuh get a long from high school days
Flashback
"my girl y uh like deh wid e nerd dem" Shawn asked
"who yaw call nerd?" I asked
"nuh uh man, man come out wid we n e man not even seh nth to we, jah" Shawn said
"E last time mi check him a big man fi uh. N plus y him fi walk n chat up to ppl him nuh know. him seh ypree n none a uno nuh ansa, suh fuck off n nuh seh nth out mi man, batty man" I said.
"whatever" Shawn said.
End of Flashback
He said something about my Ex, He was 22 and Shawn was 19. when we were together and one thing I hate is other people saying things about my man. So imma defend him like lawyer in court.
YOU ARE READING
Wah uh want from mi?
RomansaA Jamaican book that tells the story of a Jamaican woman who falls in love with a man twice her age.