"Comm check...
Testing, one... two...
Kwes Boaz speaking.
...you a hear me?
Ah. You ever wake up and feel like something's...missing? That's my life. Seven years after. Now I'm back, but nothing's the way I left it. Not even me.
Amnija happened righ...
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A few days had passed. Still no word. No missed call.
No quick "hey."
Pain. Pain. Pain.
What did I expect though? I did do my research, the man's net worth was pushing £65 million.
Big fish don't text back, apparently.
"Him nuh text yuh back yet?"
I looked up from Zoe's Ariel lunch kit to see Mommy standing at the doorway, arms crossed and eyebrow raised.
It threw me off for a second.
"Who—mi baby father?" I blinked. "Him a come fi Z—?"
She held up her hand like she was swatting a fly. "Who care 'bout yuh dutty baby father?"
Zoe exhaled sharply through her nose, the only sign she was paying attention. She kept her eyes glued to her iPad like it owed her money.
I eyed mommy with a stifled laugh at my baby's reaction.
"You don't like when nobody say nutt'n 'bout yuh pah," Mommy teased, her grin wide now.
Zoe kept her gaze on her IPad, and her IPad only. She was a daddy's girl. I get it. I'm the same. Though my father is not the nicest person.
I smiled at mommy. "So if a nuh him you a talk 'bout... who then?"
She didn't answer right away, just gave me that look, eyes know, the one that said 'you already know.'
Wait.
Did Amoy tell her about Monté?
"You know 'bout the footballer?" I asked, blushing before I could stop myself.
Mommy burst out laughing.
Oh great.
Ami can chattttttttt!
"You ever know Amoy to keep anything to herself?" she said, shaking her head. "Dat likkle gyal is a sponge, soak up everything and squeeze it right out, but mi nuh wrong her a me she get it from."
I laughed, grabbing the Eos vanilla lotion from the dresser and massaging it gently onto Zoe's tiny hands. She was already dressed for school, hair in two neat puffs, her Clarks shoes by the door.
