FACADE

34| Unbelievable

PAECYN

The car ride has been mostly silent... from my end at least. Mrs.Sheer has been taking calls, here and there while trying to read texts or is it emails? at random slow points of the journey.

My focus has been mostly on the roads.

St.Elizabeth seems to be such a calm and welcoming parish. Along the streets are just people going about their day without a fuss or a grumpy look glued to their faces.

I always find it intriguing how different people live in different parishes.

Their different traditions.

Their different way of speaking.

Their differe–

"Are you going to say what happened?" Mrs.Sheer breaks through with the question I was hoping she'd avoid.

Wah it matter? At the end of the day mi push a next woman offa stairs...

*Coulda be we!*

I know...

"I pushed her..." I bring my eyes from the road to my fingers in my lap.

"Saw that myself," she sighs before dropping her phone into what sounds like the cupholder, "but I also just watched it."

*Watch wah now*

Before I get to ask she continues, "I don't know of anybody pushing any body from stairs fi no reason girl, unless you clinical. So you affi tell me exactly wah happen. Mi know how Melli stay and in the video it looked like she brush yuh way too hard... and had way too much space not to."

Oh...

I just...

The person weh me wah ask mi deh behind we with who him prefer, so right now none ah that not even matter.

"Paecyn..." she pushes.

I sigh while my eyes find the side mirror, connecting my view with his car.

"She brush me yes and me almost drop. I had to catch myself and it hot up mi knee... then the girl ago giggle, so me push her, knowing she did ago end up offa the stairs too," my gaze moves from watching his car back to my fingers.

Mrs.Sheer sighs before mumbling, "man a really woman downfall."

*Agree*

"I'll talk to Jacen when me reach home," she adds, her tone filled with reassurance.

"You don't have to, him mek it clear..."

*Very clear*

The car falls silent for a good five or so minutes. We both sit there while she drives and I battle my thoughts.

Part of me wants to explain to him and watch his face when he sees whatever the video she has shows... and then another part of me just nahv nuttin fi prove.

*Mi wah work wid option two*

"What are you doing now?" her voice causes me to look at her.