Best Friends

53

I sigh and dial my father number. It ring for a few then end. I try again and this time he answer.

"What!" His voice ring out and I swallow real hard.

"Pops mi need your help with something."

The line goes silent for more than ten seconds before he speaks again.

"Suh after you single handedly fuck up four shipment, got yourself locked up in Florida not once but twice. Mek soldier put curfew ina mi place and about fi fuck up mi reputation ina the streets your lightbulb finally go off ina your bird brain seh fi call my phone. Oh fucking good."

"Mi sor...."

"Shut the fuck up. Wah you want?"

"Ria ina trouble. She a link with a yute weh a beat her."

"Suh wah that have to do with you? A you a get the lick them?" He snap.

Him just vex with me because a wah gwaan with the gang. Him love Ria suh mi know him go wah help.

"She pregnant pops."

"And so fucking what? Mek mi ask you this. You use to fuck her?"

I don't know if I should be honest or lie but I do know I want to help Ria regardless if we not together anymore.

"Yes." I hesitate.

"Is the pregnancy yours?"

"No. I don't think so."

"How you know that?"

"We stop talk almost 7 months ago."

"You use condom?"

"No."

"Well find her doctor office and do a DNA test. Mi nah go ina man and woman business just because you nah get the pussy again. If a my grandchild then that different."

"But weh mi go get blood from?"

"Idiot, go to her doctor and get her blood from deh suh. Every pregnant woman do blood test. Mek them test you and when you get the results you talk to me."

He end the call and I throw the phone down. If it comes back that I'm not that baby's father then pops won't help and there is a high chance I'm not the father.

I still got to do what he says so I pull up my pants, grab my car key and head outside to my car.

The journey back to the doctor office is far as fuck but I need to get this done now.

I pull up to the obgyn office and park my car in a hurry. I walk in and a doctor is standing in the reception area waiting on someone. He smile and outstretch his hand to me which I don't take, he eventually realises I'm not going to shake his hand and put it down.

"Mr Lewis, we have been expecting you."

"Wah you mean by that?"

"Your father called a few minutes ago and informed us we should do a paternity test for you. Let's go, no time to waste since he needs the result today." He walk off with two nurse beside him including the one I heard talking about Ria this morning.

We walk to the back of a room where they draw my blood and then instruct me to wait a few.

8:45pm

"Mr Lewis, the results are ready." The doctor says handing a paper to me.

I look at it and grab my phone to call my father. He answer on the third ring.

"Yes."

"It says it's 99.9%"

"Okay, suh u the papi señor." I hear uncle PinPin shout in the background.

I don't know why him cannot mind him own business.

"Suh you go help mi now pops."

"Yes. PinPin and myself will be in Jamaica in a day."

"Thanks Dad."

I end the call and walk out of the office looking at the paper in my hand. Finally something going good for once. My baby is inside of the girl I care about the most.

Holy fuck, Ria pregnant with my baby.

Diamond pregnant as well.

Mi cannot mek pops know that inuh.

What the fuck mi a go do?

Skull Pov

I walk out of the bathroom and start drying myself. The shower was exactly what I needed to get my head level.

A knock comes on my door and I roll my eyes in annoyance because Diamond and I is the only two here and it cannot be Busshead because him nuh knock pon door.

"Skull please, I just want to talk."

"Come in." I yell putting on my clothes.

Diamond walk in and take a seat on the bed while rubbing her palm over the sheet. She look up at me occasionally with what looks like tears in her eyes.

"Wah happen?" I ask standing beside her.

"I know we haven't really spoken much but I swear I love Busshead and you know this. I'm pregnant with his child for god's sake." She says letting her tears fall.

"Diamond cut the act. Mi and you know you only like the fame and money that's why you breed."

My phone starts ringing before she can answer and so I answer it.

"Hello."

"What the hell is happening to Ria?"

I move the phone from my face and look at the screen. I hiss but decide to entertain her for a few minutes.

"You nuh have no right fi call my phone and ask me nothing my girl."

"If anything happens to my friend I'm going straight to the police and tell them everything."

"And what is everything? You nuh think police work for us? Jody stop fuck around and tell me the real reason why you call me."

"What real reason are you talking about?"

I smirk "You miss the buddy. You can say it mon."

"I left your ass so I don't miss shit and if Ria didn't call my phone crying for help today and won't answer now I wouldn't be calling your phone."

"Wah! Wah number she call from?"

She hiss then hang up the phone. I try calling her back but it goes straight to voicemail.

At this time Diamond is sitting in my room acting as if she is not listening to report back to Zahria. The only thing saving them is that the nigga is still working on the footage from the camera. Who ever they got to tamper with it was damn good.

"Diamond excuse us."

I turn around and Busshead is inside the room with a frown. Diamond roll her eyes and walk out.

"What happened?" I ask.

He hand the paper in his hand to me and I smile when I see it.

"Suh how we go get her out?"

"Pops a forward a Jamaica probably tomorrow with uncle PinPin."

"Fuck dawg, mi nah come round when daddy forward inuh."

"Then if a fi you father and you fraid a him wah mi fi do?" Busshead ask laughing.

PinPin a mi father yes but him nuh have no limit. Him disrespect any and everything, plus mi still a hide Brandy from everybody.

If him find out then everything get fuck up.

My mother she seh she a hot gyal and me nuh fi turn her ina grandmother until she in her 50's suh if daddy finds out him go tell mommy no doubt.

Worse if him find out seh Brandy use to walk and sex everything with two foot. Maybe mi fi just kill myself right now and done.