He left two bags for Ajani while we all walked up to my house.
Den dih dog dem wih call neighbor come out a fass.
"Wahm'n Shavell." Aunty Veenet calls, walking out to gossip.
Mommy sighs audibly.
Dávonte laughs softly.
Ajani's had his hand in mine drinking the juice box mommy gave to him.
"Mih deh yah." Mommy answered.
"A yuh husband this Shanni?" She inquired and my cousins looked out.
"It's har little family. Wih a hurry Vee, lata." Mommy hurries as we quick got away from her.
We got to my house and Ajani lets go of my hand to take a tour just as mommy did with him.
She was planned for their visit indeed.
Mommy makes her way into my kitchen, stacking the fridge with juices for Ajani and puts the container of snacks she was carrying on my little dining table.
"Not because dem inna yuh reach nuh mean seh yuh fih eat dem. Yuh hear mih Ashanni?" She warns.
"Yes mommy." I sighed, leaning against the opened doorway.
Dávonte pulls out his car key and puts it my hand. "Put it inside?"
"No, yaa guh drive it come park right deh suh." He points in the spot.
Smiling, I took it and looks at him as if he's playing with me. "Yuh sure?"
"Yes, cause mih naw walk guh suh far." He replied smugly.
Happy, I hugged him then rushed off to get it.
"Shanni!" My cousin called as I passed her house.
"Yeah?" I slowed down but didn't stop.
"How long you an Slaughter Don deh?" She inquired and I saw how her mother and siblings looks out through the window.
"Mih nae deh count." I remarked. "Lata."
"Yuh neva did a guh somewhere?" She asked and I rolled my eyes.
"Yes."
I didn't stick around to hear anything else.
Daddy side a family fass yuh fret. Dem naw ease up none at all.
In the process of driving out the lane, I boastful pulled the windows down and played music from the speakers.
Passing my aunt's house where they're looking out.
A now dem can chat.
A good while now Mister Slaughter a teach mih how to drive.
Mih cyaw wait fih daddy si mih. A now him can mek mih drive the car him have park up a collect leaf and be a hiding spot fih sometime-ish Betsy.
In the spot where Dávonte wants me to park his car, something else was in place.
I gasped and parked immediately, taking out the key and made an exit.
Dávonte and mommy were recording. Ajani is drinking another juice box. Daddy stood there holding the keys on a pink butterfly key ring and a white envelope.
A matching pink 2018 Land Cruiser.
"Unnu cyaw trick mih. A nuh mine dat!" I laughed, though my eyes were getting filled with tears.
"Take the keys Shanni. Happy early birthday." Daddy held it out.
I shook my head and covered my face.
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Nouvelles"Mih don't know wah me did a think mih head did mash up. An a who tell yuh fih falla me because me neva seh suh. Please tell me that I'm dreaming, oh gosh, no..." I opened the door and almost screamed to see Slaughter standing here serious wih blood...
