Fatal Attraction (Jamaican Novel)

•Chapter 20•

Marabelle Estate, Kingston||Monday||9:54 A.M

Tanoi Cunningham

"Mi naah go anywhere", it come like Ruel nuh sleep.

Him a try get me fi go New York in case things get outta hand.

English sat next to me on my bed, "Daddy it nuh make no sense she go New York by herself".

"Mi naah make Tanoi stay a Jamaica inna Jonathan way" Dad says getting all worked up.

"Oh, but it alright for English to stay?" I ask him.

"Tanoi"

"No, a him Jonathan after so why the fuck him can stay inna harm's way?, if yuh think yaah go make him take English best believe me a kill the two a unu me self, me naah go anywhere leave English nor Dre, so figure out sumn else"

They both stayed silent, I wasn't wrong. There's no way I'm going to New York without either of my siblings, Dre has to finish school and English has to live for himself at some point.

Whatever Dad and Jonathan have should not even be fiwe business.

"English" Dad calls out.

"Hmmm?" he answers lazily, "doh tell me fi talk to her, a your daughter"

Dad chuckles, "shuda know better than fi ask yuh fi help", he sighs, "cyaah believe me ago do this".

We wait for his alternative, I'm not leaving, no matter what he says.

It wasn't fair, I can't leave him.

I won't.

"Mi ago sort out sumn wid Chinna, and Tanoi, please, nobada make me affi kill him", him cyaah serious.

"Me?"

Me?, yuh betta nuh make him breed yuh else Ruel ago lick yuh inna yuh back.

"English, stubbornness run inna the two unu worse than unu mada, fi years she inna your care but right now things affi tight, me need updates and nobody location nuh supposed to off, if a location turn off the entirety a Kingston and St. Andrew a lock dung"

I zone out as he gives orders, that was none of my business.

Turns out Jonathan put a bounty on my brother's head, it's so weird that we've been living in Kingston for years and he just now figured out we were still here.

He still had a little power so of course he'll have men on his side.

A $500,000 bounty?.

Who wouldn't want that?.

Knowing only the smallest minds would fall for it. If I saw the security we needed just to get home and each of them came out unharmed, I'd collect half the money and just dip.

A man tried to crash into our car, he died but our driver came out fine.

Brandon's death was wreck less, Dad has more time now to plan and evaluate his decisions.

English and Imani together can cause chaos, I wouldn't chance it.

I've seen them work, voluntarily and involuntarily, as much as they try to shield me from what they do, I had to get used to it at some point.

Marcia put a bowl of banana porridge on the dining room table for me, a glass of water and a spoon as requested by my overly protective brother.

No wonder yaah get so fat, him feed yuh every chance him get.