Hi, I'm Dei'Dream Monroe, A professional and certified Nurse Practitioner. Just a ordinary twenty-two year old girl trying to make it out in life for better or for worse. Love isn't really my thing which is why I don't tend to put my focus on that...
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Flashback 13 years ago
"Ky" My mother called me for the umpteenth time
Dah ooman ya man.
"Yes mommy" I get up from infront of my gaming set up
"Carry this guh give miss Mazie, and she aguh give yuh something for me" she handed me a bag with God who knows what's inside
"Alright mum" I walked put with the bag
I walk on the streets, with my earpods playing Vybz Kartel- Drag Dem Bat as I make my way to miss Mazie's house.
After walking for a while, Im now close to the house and just before I could I see a group of boys from the community. Them claim say a dem "run di place" .
Muss run dem run ROUND it Caz me know a one Crips run dis
(Crips is his father ppr.)
Bout dem name Young Boys Inc...and dem fool fook leader name mussi Javi, Javar- Mi nuh give a fuck.
Passing them midway, one of the called to me but I ignored him until I felt a fist to neck back
A weh di bumbo?!
Dropping the bag that I had in my hand, I quickly retaliated and starting throwing blows at him. I pinned him on the ground punching hin continuously, as he tries to hit me in mt face. I use my hand to cover it.
I get up from him and just in time I saw his friends running up to me. In quick action, I grab a piece of board that was on the road side and swinged it just as they reach infront of me, hitting each of them causing them to all fall to the ground.
Weak.
I take up the bag and spat on the first one and walked away to miss Mazie's house.
I open the gate and called her name, her daughter Jessica came out.
"Ky wah duh uh face?" She open the grill and came infront of me, touching my face.
"Nun, Weh uh madda deh?"
"She inside, come" she dragged me inside
"Mommy" we both entered the house
"Jess- jesus christ, ky wah duh uh face" she hurried over to me
"A nuh nun miss mazie, mommy say mi fi carry this come give yoh" I hand her the bag
Mi wah gah mi yaad kmrt.
"No, come me dress this before yuh guh up" I sat down knowing that she wasn't going to give u no matter wah me say.
She determined yf.
She came back with a kit, she took out the ethanol, cotton and bandaid. A just one likkle cut she a gwaan suh ova jah jah.
She did her thing and when she was finished she gave me glass bottle with some bush thing it for mommy
"This a fi uh madda, guh straight home and stay out a trouble" I took the bottle from her
"Alright miss mazie" I make my way out the house and continue on my journey back to my home
"Why dem a tell me say uh beat up some boy weh round desso?" My mother voice meets me as I step foot into the house
Bay informa deh bout eno.
"Mommy a dem look trouble wid mi, an mi nah tek eh botheraton" I said giving her the bag hoping she wouldn't prolong this conversation
she love cuss.
"Mi inna mi room mommy" I said going to the direction of the stairs.
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8: 41 pm
"AUNTY SHANEL!!!" We heard someone from outside calling my mother, she got up from around the table and went to look
We were eating our dinner.
"A who dat?"
"A Jessica"
Oh.
"Oh, wahmu baby come een, why uh out a breath?"
"Mi.. ave.. something fi.. tell uh" She said in between breaths
"Mek me get uh likkle wata first baby" Mommy hurried to the kitchen and got a cup of water for her
I watch her as she drank it off quickly
"Alright weh uh say now baby?" My mother sat down with her
"Mi did deh a shop, Uncle Ky did deh there wid some other man a talk" My ears perked up at the mention of my father
"Mhmm" My mother hummed
"Mi deh there a order, an then me just see one black car drive up and start fire shot, and dem shot uncle, mnk if e-" she was cut off by both my mother and me "WAH?"
I got up hurriedly went through the door ignoring my mother calling. I run, with my eyes watering tears streaming down my face.
"Ky, you mia look fah" Malique came up to me "Weh yah seh?" I ask him hoping it wasn't the same news he was rying to tell me
"yuh father...jah know" He started
Fuck no.
"WEH EM DEH?"
"round kiesha shop" I ran off quickly
I reached at the shop, I stand still, my body feels numb seeing my father laying in a pool of blood, people from the community cussing.
My mind far away from here, thinking about the memories me and my father shared over the years, it will be no more. Mi father gone. FUCKING GONE.
I pull out of my trance and run over to him kneeling down and try to perform CPR on him but it was no help. I even tried to press down on the wound to stop the blood from bleeding out
"Ky" He called my name weakly
"Stop eh talking daddy, mia guh save uh, yuh cyah dead leff mi" I continue doing what I'm doing
"Tell uh mother say mi, mi love har" He bagan to say making my heart shatter
"M-mek uh m-mother and me p-roud" He spoke again before his close down
"NOO, YAH GUH LIVE DADDY" I continue trying to perform CPR on his
bumboclaat.
My head started to feel light and before I know my vision became black and I fell to the ground.
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📍KPH X6G4+R2Q, North St, Kingston
Opening my eyes, bright lights beaming through the room, I look over seeing my mother with her eyes red and puffy signaling she hasn't slept and she had been crying.
"Mommy?" I call her
"Yes son" She look
"Weh daddy?" I ask her, her face flushes at my question
A swear to god mi did a dream
When she didn't answer me, my eyes start to brim with tears as the roll down uncontrollablely, she started crying as well and she came over and hugged me as well bother cry together.
