Time fi you

54

Annakaye  (Karalana Mada)

"Fada God. . .The Bible seh knock and it shall be opened, seek and you shall find and ask and it shall be given. Suh Fada mia ask yuh fi please mek them find mi son-in-law please mia beg yuh fada God. This whole situation a affect mi pickney, it a affect everybody at this point , yuh see and yuh know. Him a waah good likkle young man, just right fi mi daughta. Fada him even have a daughta and a next likkle one pan e way. . .fada juss-" I was cut off by a loud shouting.

"A them yah bomborassclaat singthing yah mi cyaah badda wid innuh. Wah the fuck!?"

"Jesus piece pickiney bwoy, a wah it!?"  I asked.

"Yo, Moms, come look yah." Kajay called out to me seriously. If him a gwaan suh it muss be something serious. Him always a laugh and him nuh mek nothing bother him.

I cut my prayer short and got up off my knees.

God see and him know. . .him naah sleep.

Mi guh innah the living room fi see the news on. The rest pawpaw (Karalana's Father) was there staring intensely at the television, I too joined in.

The headline catching my eyes "19- year old Karalana Campbell is responsible for Danchell Artiste 450 going missing"

Wait- mia wonda if mi naah see right. . .Karalana Campbell As in my Karalana Campbell. Fimmi daughta?

"Them a seh she get arrested and them find evidence." Kajay said.

And mi feel mi belly bottom come down.

Pawpaw kiss him teeth and got up heading to our room.

"No, this cyaah be." I said.

"Kajay, look pan mi dresser yuh see mi phone." I told my son, while I sat down on the couch.

He hurriedly got and went for the phone.

I started to bounce my legs. Them lock up mi daughta, lawd have mercy.

Kajay came back with my phone in his hand. "If a Plum Plum yaah guh call, mi call ar phone how much time already."

"Pass e gimmi deh mek mi try Shae phone."

I took it and found her number.

She picked up on the first ring.

"Shae, a wah mi hear seh a gwaan?" I asked as the call connected.

"Bwoy Anna, them come arrest Lana this mawning and mi get waah Lawyer fi her but according to weh him a seh , e nuh look tok good." She said her voice cracking.

"How them fi duh that wid out no evidence, them crazy?" I replied and Kajay gestured seh mi fi put e phone paah speaker.

Cyaah see seh him worried bout him sista.

She let out a sigh and said "Them find a glock 18 and waah bloodied shirt."
Mi gasp.

"Suh a weh them find that?" I asked.

"Same place innah the house. Mi nuh trust them innah Anna cause nuhbody not even gi them permission fi search the house mi not even know if them search e, them coulda all a mek up sumn."

"A simple sumn that fi smaddy mek up. Mek mi find a who a try frame mi sista. Like mi haffi a mek a duppy innuh, mi nuh play when it come to mi sista innuh, know how long mi nuh kill a man."

"Kajay nuh badda wid the foolishness, easy yuhself." I warned him.

"Tell him deh yaah, e nuh easy , right mia try mi best yaah mon." She said sniffling.