Fatal Attraction (Jamaican Novel)

•Chapter 35•

Marabelle Estate||Wednesday||1:00 P.M

Tanoi Cunningham

"So yuh nobada want fi know" Dad questions over the phone.

He's called me at least ten times in the last 24 hours, I don't know why he thought my phone was a hotline.

Ever since I told him what Imani had to do he hasn't stopped calling me to find out if I'm okay, if I've spoken to him.

He's more open now about our relationship and he's accepted it.

Well, as far as he pretended to be accepting.

Right now he was trying to figure out why I cancelled the ultrasound.

I was supposed to go with Imani, but his father asked him to do something so he couldn't make it.

I don't want to go without him.

"Not yet, not without him" I answer sadly.

I stared at Imani's apology with a frown, I knew what I signed up for when I told him to just do whatever his father wanted.

Desso yuh go wrong.

What was I supposed to do?.

Run weh wid him, yaav time a worry bout Jonathon.

Sigh, yuh say it like it's that easy.

"I understand princess" Dad sympathizes, "what did he say about everything?".

"Something about Renae Price using him as a bargain, Jonathon after English but him need help to bring about him plans"

"So yuh tell Chinna fi go along with it, yuh sure yuh prepared fi it?"

"No, but weh me ago do?"

"Hmmm"

He could fix it but he refused to.

Maybe a yuh Mommy a tell him not yet.

She couldn't serious, she cyaah wait until somebody else life get tek before getting rid of him.

Dat wouldn't make no sense.

"How long him a do it fah?"

"As long as it takes", thinking about my own words I tried to keep my composure, "if him cyaah come around mi no know wah me ago do".

"Mi ago try get somebody to infiltrate Roger planning, him still bitter because mi never go along with some sick plans", he chuckles, "dem ago always use the weak link".

"What kind of plans were they?"

"Some teenagers him did want we hire but mi tell him no because mi did have three boys a raise, with him bright self him offer fi me give Brandon the Don-ship at 18 and me refuse, me and Brandon did already talk bout him taking over at 26 but me naah go tell Roger that, him did a try fi use the teenagers fi cover some stuff and me never on board so him run to Jonathan"

So if him did refuse Brandon.

That mean....

"Roger help kill Brandon", never mean fi it come out a me mouth.

Dad still answered me, "yeah".

He sounded defeated, I knew Brandon's death was what broke him and he'll never be able to recover from it.

The fact that he didn't cry, up until today Uncle Jerry said he hasn't shed a tear.

He'll zone out occasionally and be closed off, that's when Uncle Jerry knew not to bother him because he was reminiscing about Brandon.