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Stuffing the last of my clothes in my suitcase , I hear the room phone go off
"Hello?" I'm the first to speak
"Good morning Ms. Bernard. There's a miss Elle and a miss Ann here to see you. Should I send the up?"
Den look how time early day just a light man, no
"Yea sure Raheem" I say then hang up
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"Weh yaaw pack ago?" Elle asked staring at my suitcase on the bed
"Home. Why did you guys come here?" I ask getting straight to the point. I don't wanna miss my flight and spend another day here
"Yuh cyaah leave" Ann says looking at everything but me
"Watch me"
Tf she think this is
"Yuh cyaah leave fi true Chalynn. Him just go find yuh any weh yuh guh. Him a big Don and have links every weh. Plus him go mek we suffer if him nuh get yuh. Know yuh nuh really know we but please mi grand daughta" Elle says with a pleading look on her face
She's right. You don't know them so can leave them. Come on let's go
Sighing I sit on the edge of the bed
"How am I suppose to give up my life just like that?" I ask to no one in particular
Sitting beside me my mom says, "I know it's not what you planned but please baby"
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"Fine, I'll do it" I tell them
"Ok they'll pick you up tonight at my house" my grandmother smiles
She's too happy
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9:19 pm
Two houses down from Elle's, in my uber, I see a big crowd.
"Thank you" I quickly say to the uber driver running out of the car
I'm greeted with screaming and people trying to out my grandmother's 2 story home that is set a blaze.
"What happened!?" I ask the nearest person to me, Janice
"DG dem light we house wid we in deh because a you!!!Look pon mi hand!" She shouts and cries
Weeee???
"What do you mean? What did I do!?" I shout back at her
"Look pon the time lili gold spoon pickney. Dem seh 8pm and yuh mek grandma call n seh yuh go deh ya and yuh neva come so dem seh this a strike 1!"
