🥒 SUMMER BUDDY 🥒

CHAPTER 9

                   
                      Chapter 9

                       Arly's pov

  Since Tiony was okay with eating some of the leftover dinner from the evening before, I warmed it up for both of us. Thankfully, Mummy was playing her gospel music lower than usual. I would prefer to go back and curl up in bed with Tiony, but I had my weed grung to attend to and my laundry to get done. My back door was knocked, and I looked through the window, seeing Mummy and opening it. "Good morning." I greeted her pleasantly, trying to keep her from glimpsing Tiony at the sink, washing up the things we just used.

"Morning." She responded, handed me the covered tray in her hands, and walked past me into the kitchen.

  Shit! Dah 'oman yah! I say in my head and go in behind her. "Hello, good morning." Mummy greeted Tiony, who had turned looking at her with furrowed brows over her bright pair of eyes.

  "Good morning." Tiony greeted her in turn, and I set the tray down on the counter and introduced them.

  "Mummy, this is my girlfriend, Tiony. Tiony, this is my mother, Ms. Beverly."

"Girlfriend? I could've sworn you told me you wanted a wife and mother for your son." Mummy says with an accusing look at me.

  Tiony straightened, and before she misunderstood my mother's words, I quickly told Mummy. "Suh mi nuh affi start at girlfriend first, and see if Tiony think I'm worthwhile enough to stay with mi. We only met recently. "

  "Oh, okay. It's nice to meet you, Tiony." She says to me and then to Tiony.

"A pleasure, Ma'am." Tiony responds calmly.

  I waited until my mom had gone, then covered my face with embarrassment. "A nuff 'oman Mama get introduced to ino." Tiony sayss poking me in my left rib cage, and I spluttered out laughing.

  "Which nuff 'oman?" I asked her, turning to her and playfully spanking her ass.

  I heard Arlem calling. "Uncle André." And we both look out over to my sister's house where André stood waiting on him to come down the verandah steps.

  André brought him over, and I told Tiony that I would soon be back and carry him with us to my weed farm. Daddy joined us in the afternoon, bringing juice and water, and we talked about weed, the sales, profits, and how many more fields I intended to plant back while we cut and hung the weed inside the weed house to dry. I cleaned the cooking area, and inside the tool shed where my old single bed was. It was very useful if I wanted to take a rest whenever I'm over here working alone. The fan and small boom box was also for comfort, and I brought them over here when Arlem was younger, and Kimeka used to come and stay with me while I worked.

  It was evening when we were finished, and I carried Arlem on my back eating apples as he was hungry. I was hungry too, and I hoped Tiony had maths up something, as this is one of the reasons I needed a real woman in my life. Coming home to a home cooked meal, a comfortable home, understanding, and caring woman is what my heart truly desires. No pots were on the stove when I entered through the back door with Arlem, and I felt a little bit disappointed. I washed his hands at the sink and warmed up my breakfast from Mummy, which was covered up on the kitchen counter.

  Tiony was lounging on the couch in the living room, reading something on her phone. "Chantelle says Natty is sending dinner for us, so I didn't bother to look after anything." She tells me, and I wonder if she is feeling my thoughts and responds.

"Okay."

  I bathed Arlem and put him to play on his tablet in the living room, but he kept peeping over it at Tiony. We smiled at each other seeing him, and I went to bathed feeling a bit contented. "General?" All-purpose called at the living room side window.