Young

19

I stop dead in my tracks looking at the man sitting under the big tree in the center of the yard with my aunt and an unfamiliar woman.

"Mi daughter" he greets with a bright smile stretched across his face.

I look behind me to figure out who he was referring to.

"Who a yuh daughter?" I ask rolling my eyes at my excuse of a father.

He opted not to answer  me staring at my face for the longest time.

"Wah yah do here?" I ask wanting to get him to get to the point so I could get him out of my face.

"I missed you" he sighs looking at the ground "mi know say throughout yuh life me neva really be the best father but mi wah dat change today"

A prank?

"So who tell you say mi wah nothing change?" I sass folding my arms across my chest.

"Me a yuh father" he says a frown making its way onto his face.

I shake my head letting out a bitter laugh.

I look at the my aunt then my gaze lands on the lady, my eyes drop to the hand she had holding her stomach a small bump evident.

She smiles warmly when she notices me staring.

Poor woman.

I turn my face away from her.

"Nia come sit beside me nuh" he says pointing at an empty chair.

"Ania"

"Huh?"

"My name is Ania" I stated fighting the urge to roll my eyes at him.

My father pinches the bridge of his nose something he normally does whenever he's annoyed.

"Ok" he sighs relaxing his shoulders "this is Tameka my wife" he smiles at her rubbing her swollen stomach.

Ohhhh.

She giggles looking at him "well we aren't actually married but he loves to refer to me as his wife" she says the smile never leaving her face.

So mi wah happy like she when me grow up.

"It's so nice to meet you tho" Tameka says smiling from ear to ear rubbing her stomach.

She hand cyaa move?

I look away from them biting the inside of my cheek.

My 'father' always does this, whenever he's sober he comes back to re ruin me and my mother's life all over again.

It's a never ending cycle.

It seems to have sorta change tho seeing as he now has another baby mother.