Time fi you

59

Karalana Atalyia Campbell

For the past two months I have been hoping and praying that he was alive. Days go by where I would imagine the day I'd see him again. Mi mek up whole heap a scenarios innah mi head. Some a the days them mi woulda lose hope but mi did haffi remain strong.

Except innah the scenarios them mi neva imagine seh mi woulda a come outta jail and him lean up pan him car a wait pan mi.

The man look as good as eva. When he saw me approaching him lean offa the car and start walk towards mi. If mi neva tyad mi woulda run innah him arms but mi walk up faster and the more mi walk the more the tears them fall outta mi yeye them. No man. . .this just seem like a dream.

Mi pinch miself and let out a hiss. Definitely not a dream.

This woulda a come in like a scene innah waah movie.

A who have the camera?

As I was a few inches infront of him I stopped, he walked until he was right infront of me and I looked up at him, he was wearing shades so I couldn't really see his eyes clearly .

None of us moved or said a word. We were just staring at each other. He looked me up and down and his eyes stopped at my belly. I can see when a tear dropped from his eyes and that cause mi heart fi break, I moved closer to him and hugged him tightly. He immediately return the hug squeezing me tightly.

I let out a sob, I'm finally in his arms again nothing matters anymore. I can sleep peacefully knowing that I'll be seeing his face again. I don't have to be worrying if he was dead or alive because he's right where he is supposed to be and that's with me.

He rubbed my back and kept whispering "I'm here now" to me and it felt sooo good to hear his voice again.

After a whole eternity we finally pulled apart. I could feel the lingering eyes of the people in and around the station.

A wonda weh big hole Stacy she deh? A wonda if she a see this right now. Mi shoulda report her but that nuh really matter right now.

I felt Tristen's hand moved to my belly rubbing it.

"I'm sorry." He said, his voice breaking. Mi juss know seh the man a cry right now, he must've been through hell the past two months. I can't wait to hear what has happened to him.

Mi mind a tell mi seh anything weh did happen to him suck front Maliek have sumn fi duh wid e.

"Come." He said holding my hand leading me to the car.

He opened the door to the back and I went in and he followed after me.

In the driver's sear I could see Raheim and I got why I had to go in the back and he followed. He wanted to be close to me. Not that I mind.

"Waah gwaan cuz in law? Long time mi nuh see yuh." Raheim greeted me and I smiled at him.

"Deh yah mhon." I replied. Everyone isolated themselves when Tristen went missing. Probably wi couldn't stand being around each other when he was missing it felt. . .odd.

"Yo cuz bwoy the internet a guh crazy dawq." Raheim said to Tristen. "People Them see yuh a the airport and tek yuh picture suh post it. . .suh them think seh a overseas yuh did deh. Suh the plan work."