Fatal Attraction (Jamaican Novel)

•Chapter 24•

Kingston,JA||Tuesday||4:45 A.M

Tanoi Cunningham

I step out of the shower, picking up my towel and wrapping it around my body.

I don't know why I woke up at four in the morning and decided to shower.

I walked into my bedroom, heading to my drawers to find something to wear.

A knock on my door caused me to look over at it, it opened and my brother walked in.

He stood there looking at me, "why are you up so early?"

I shrugged, "I don't know, where are you going so early?"

"Work, me a go Negril, waah come?"

"Suppose me never wake?"

"Mi wuda wake yuh, fifteen minutes me a give so do weh yaah do"

It's been a while since English and I went on the road alone, where it's just the two of us talking, having a moment.

He's been so busy with work and selling me off to Imani, there's no way hadn't planned to this years ago, he's always trying to sell me off to him.

Now that Dad said it was fine he used it as a good advantage to get me out of the house.

I haven't seen Imani in two days because he's busy working with his father, he complained about it but still had to go.

Me wuda complain to, nobody nuh like him.

Him make everybody life miserable.

"Mi never understand why yuh claim yaah go get yuh hair done but all yuh do is wash it, treat it and color it" English mumbles, "yuh just naav no clue what to do with it".

"None a you don't want me to cut it, so I'm going to do whatever else I want with it" I argued back.

"Yaah go damage it, if it nuh damage already"

I give him a pointed look, "see me plait it out, so mi nuh affi a let it out and a wrap it up"

I did go to Tracey to get it washed and treated but I plaited it by myself when I came home, my hair was long enough to look like I had in box braids, and with the burgundy color it was really pretty.

All because Dad was making a fuss about the ends getting damaged, everybody so sensitive about my hair except me.

He throws me a glance, "me see it, and mi know a Dad tell yuh fi stop let it out and wrap it up"

"Shut up"

He laughs at me, "everyday yuh say yaah big woman but yuh cyaah do big woman things"

"Make me tell yuh wah kinda big woman things me can do"

"Yuh feisty, that a the only big woman attitude yuh can have"

"Turn back and carry me home"

"We reach too far now, you wuda affi walk"

He points to the Palms Resort as we got close to it, being snarky, just wait, must set Chey pon him by end of the day.

I take in the beauty of the resort, I could hear the water from where we were, I haven't been this close to a resort in a long time.

Things changed, we stopped taking trips due to having to work for Dad, stay at home doing nothing and just being boring people.

At least English got to travel around, even if it was for work.

Him and Chey knew how to disregard Dad's wishes and do what English wanted.

"Pick up or drop off?" I ask him.