Fatal Attraction (Jamaican Novel)

•Chapter 29•

Kingston||Thursday||11:40 A.M

Tanoi Cunningham

"So what you want me to do about it?"

This was the third time for the day that Johnathan has called Imani, pestering him about money and jobs to be done.

I'm curious to how many jobs they could get done in one day.

Imani rubbed the back of his neck and sighed out in frustration and anger. I sat next to him on the bed, watching as he kept getting more and more upset.

"Johnathan a you cause it eno, weh yuh want me fi do bout it?", he rolled his eyes, moving the phone from his ear, "this bloodclaat man essi, mi cyaah rest".

He starts to get off the bed and I watch him carefully, he was already stressed about everything that's going on with English, trying to figure out the best way to ask Johnathan who put a bounty on his head and maybe get some information about something they won't tell me.

I won't ask either.

Learnt that the hard way a lot of times.

"Alright, alright, me will fix it" Imani loudly says, "nuh call back mi phone fi the day".

He starts to fidget with the phone in his hands, I got up and approached him slowly. I take his hands in mine, I take him to have a seat on the bed.

When he sat down, he squeezed the phone in his hand, causing his knuckles to turn almost white. I take the phone from his grip, basically fighting for him to let it go.

"Me affi go Florida today", he lets out a frustrated sigh, "fi a week".

"What happened this time?"

"Some shipment get mixed up, me affi go there personally fi sort it out else it naah go do good"

"Okay, well just do what you have to do and stop stressing yourself about your father's stupid decisions"

"Sumn weh me cyaah do caz everything him do always affect my work B, a caz ano time fi him croak yet eno"

My eyes widen as I immediately stare at the floor.

WHAT?!

"Anyway" he casually distracts, "you want me come doctor with you before me leave or yaah wait until me come back?".

"Can probably wait, told you it's nothing serious" I answer with a shrug.

He nods, "alright, me a go sort out some things, later me call yuh".

"Okay, be safe please"

He kissed my forehead before getting up to leave the room, I watched as he contemplated his next move.

"Mani"

He looked at me, "I'm fine".

That's a lie.

He's so stressed these days, I don't know what I can do to make him feel better.

After he left I texted Chey to come over here,  she must have been bored since English wasn't home today and Mani was over here.

"What you want us to do today?" Chey questions, "I'm not staying in for the entire day".

"I'm going to see Tracey first, English asked me to give her some money for the shop and for her kids"

"Okay, and then what?"

"We could get some food, buy some stuff, we're going grocery shopping and maybe get some clothes"

"Ooohhhh, can we buy a cheesecake?"