Zaidan's POV
Tuesday
2:56 pm.
I've been trying to call Aaliyah and she's not answering.
Weh di bloodclaat a gwan?
We're on good terms and she messaged me an hour ago so I don't understand why all of a sudden she's ignoring my calls.
I look at my phone on the tracker, and it's showing that her car is parked at an unfamiliar location.
A weh di fuck she a do yah suh?
I let out a sigh and rub my palms down my face.
I quickly get my keys and head outside to the car.
I put the address onto the car map and begin to follow the location where it shows that her car is parked.
It shows that I'm 30 minutes away.
In about 30 minutes I'm driving through a neighborhood and the navigation stops me by an orange house.
Aaliyah's Gwagon is parked on the outside.
I spot a little boy on the outside seated on the verandah.
I wind down the window and when he spots me, I signal him with my fingers to come here.
He gets up from the chair and runs into the house.
Atleast him nuh guh to strangers.
Dem teach him well.
A who fah yard dis she coulda deh weh mi nuh know bout?
Seconds after a short dark-skin girl comes out.
Leah's POV
3:10 pm
"Someone is outside" Nique brother comes into the living room saying.
"Who?" she asks.
"I don't know" he says.
My aunt gets up from the couch and head out there.
"Give me my phone, I'll give it back to you soon" I tell him.
My eyes widen when I see the amount of missed calls.
Di likkle bwoy really see di phone a ring and nuh bring it come.
"Why didn't you let me know that my phone was ringing?"
"Him always hang dem up and nuh care. Yuh nuh know pickney?" Nique asks shaking her head.
"So why doesn't he have a tablet?" I ask.
"Di amount a tablet him get and mash it up"
I hear a familar voice coming from outside.
Zaidan?
As I'm about to get up from the sofa my aunt enters the living room and he's behind her.
What the hell...
How did he find here?
"How yuh never tell mi say him a come?" my aunt asks.
"I...I forgot" I say.
I have no idea how he knows where I am.
"Mi call di man and him run weh" he says looking at Niques brother.
He walks over to him and holds out his fist for him to bump it.
"Him know nuh fi guh to strangers" my aunt says chuckling.
"This is my daughter, I don't know if lee lee made you meet her" my aunt says reffering to Nique.
"Heard of her one time but first time seeing her"
"Oh, it's good to finally meet you because Lee Lee said she's gonna bring you here and I was wondering when that day is gonna come" she says and I roll my eyes inwardly.
He chuckles.
Minutes after I tell the they're goodbyes and I leave the house with him.
When we're on the verandah he shoots me a look and the mask he had on earlier is no longer there.
There's the real him that they dont know of...
"Me aguh mek somebody pick up yuh car just gwan inna di car" his tone harsh.
"How did you find my location?"
"Nuh worry bout dat"
"Did you put a tracker on the Gwagon?" I ask.
I told him I didn't like the idea of that the last time he did it.
"Gwan inna di car" he says not answering my question.
"I'll drive home"
"Aaliyah" he warns.
"Whose gonna take my car back home?"
"Blackman" he says.
"No thats okay, I'll just drive behind you"
He opens the car door and looks at me.
"How long yah guh mek mi wait?"
He attempts to pull my wrist, I raise my hand and a hard slap connects into his face.
"A weh di fuck yuh just do?"
"I can make decisions for myself, I'll like to drive myself home"
"How dat mek fucking sense?"
"It mek sense than have somebody come all the way over yah suh fi it!"
He pinches the brick of his nose and lets out a sigh.
"Aaliyah give the key to me"
I hand the key to him and gets into the passenger side of his vehicle.
I can't believe we're doing this here.
He slams the door shut before going around to the driver's side.
10 minutes into the drive the car has been silent.
His phone rings and he picks it up with his other hand.
"Youth just nuh call back dah phone yah fi di rest a di day" his voice stern.
I pick up my phone and scroll through it to ease the tension in the car.
"Can you please stop at plaza, I need to pick up something from a friend" I say breaking the silence.
As I thought he was about to turn into the plaza he drives passes it.
"Let me out here"
"When mi let yuh out how yuh bloodclaat reach home?" he says.
"I know you heard when I said stop at the plaza"
He goes silent.
His face looks hard and he has a firm grip on the steering wheel.
When we got home Zaidan went back on the road. The nanny is on break today so I'm just home with Ivy only.
I'm trying to decide what to do for Zaidan's birthday since the day is getting closer.
A vehicle beeps from outside and I make my way outside.
A familiar Honda is parked out there.
My eyes find the license plate and I automatically know who is it.
Nate?
The car door opens and he steps out. He looks around until he finally spots me.
"Sis" he greets me.
"Hi it's good to see you" I say with a warm smile.
He looks different...
"Yuh know say a di boss mi come here fi talk to"
"Him nuh deh here, yuh can stay until him come back if yuh nuh mind wait" I tell him.
"Mi know man, him tell mi fi wait pon him" he says.
"Let me open the gate so you can park inside" I say as I walk over to the gate.
"Ah" he says getting into the driver's seat of his car and closing the door.
I press the button and he drives into the yard once the gate opens.
He parks the vehicle and steps out.
"Years pon top a year's mi nuh come yah suh enuh" he says sarcastically.
"Haven't seen you in decades" I say chuckling.
We're both distracted when Zaidan's Porsche drives into the yard.
After a while, he steps out of the vehicle and approaches us.
"Wah gwan...just get to it" he says to Nate and the bump fists.
"Suh hear weh me a say bro" Nate says.
I walk away and make my way back into the house.
I wonder if he still works for Zaidan.
Zaidan's POV
6:40 pm
"Mi nah lie, mi did know say yah guh lock dung dah one yah enuh but all engage?"
"Suh weh yah say dawg...me cya get married to?"
He chuckles.
"Suh if yuh fi choose between yuh gun and yuh woman which one yah let guh?" he asks.
"Yah fuckry man enuh"
Dah youth yah...
"Nuh muss mi gun" I finally say.
"Somebody pinch mi cause a muss dream dis" he says dramatically.
"Aaliyah a mi life..."
"Mi proud a yuh boss mi nah lie"
I wrap up the conversation with Nate and head into the shower as I get in.
I quickly shower and try my best to not wet my hair.
It still ends up getting wet.
If a neva fi Aaliyah mi cut dis bloodclaat...
Mi cya badda fi a siddung inna chair fi hours.
Using the towel to dry my hair, I walk out to Aaliyah seated on the bed.
Her eyes don't look my way not once.
Let's see how long she can hold out.
"How yuh can ignore man suh?"
"If you didn't give me a reason to...I wouldn't" she says rolling her eyes.
I attempt to touch her and she shoves my hand.
She knows how I am when she's not answering my calls.
"Gwan get ready"
"For what?" she asks.
"I'm taking you somewhere"
"Where?"
"Stop question mi"
"What should I wear?"
"A dress is good"
"Makeup or no makeup?"
"Yuh nuh need makeup"
"Yeah but what if..."
"Just gwan get ready" I cut her off.
She barely puts on makeup and when she does she looks beautiful but I just prefer her natural.
8:09 pm
"Suh a weh di other chair fah mum?" I ask.
"Some guest" she says.
She's the one who set reservations for us to have dinner.
"Suh yuh nuh tell mi say a Aaliyah mada and we alone?"
"Yes but I decided to invite some other people"
"A betta wi lef yah suh enuh"
"It's just 2 other people" she says.
Shi tell mi a four alone now all of a sudden more people a come.
My eyes find her mom slowly walking up behind her and I take my eyes off her.
She touches her arm and she looks around quickly.
"Mommy" she exclaims.
Aaliyah's father came after and there's one more chair left so I'm guessing someone else is coming.
"Daddy when you came down?" Aaliyah asks her father.
"Yesterday"
It's nice to see how they are coming on.
A Africa di next person a drive from?
All now wi nuh start order.
A chair slides out from under the table beside me and I turn to look to see my father.
"A lie!" Aaliyah's father says and all eyes are now on him.
"Nuh say nothing to mi cause remember yah still corruption to mi" my father says.
"I still have you up too"
They both get into a fit of laughter.
"Dem man yah neva like mi enuh" my father says.
Everyone around the table laughs but I keep a straight face.
"Watch dah one here yah have mi up fi fuckry and me build him" he says eyeing me.
Build me?
"A how yuh build me?"
"Lord jesus, Zaidan please..." my mother says.
I don't know why my mother is so forgiving...
People can do her the worst things in life.
"Nuh man nuh build mi"
"Ask dem man yah, if a neva fi me yuh wouldn't name weh yuh name suh mi wah yuh show mi more respect"
He left me and my brothers at a very young age when we needed him the most in our lives...
Right now di man dem woulda deh yah if a neva fi him.
Him enemy dem couldn't get to him suh dem target him family.
"Mi bredda dem woulda deh yah if a neva you" I say voicing my thoughts.
"If yuh bredda dem neva tek up bloodclaat badness dat wouldn't reach dem, yuh nuh remember di time dem when mi used to talk to unuh?"
"Suh di man dem nuh must defend dem self him yuh left wi a jamaica fi people kill wi?"
"My youth yuh know a who yah deal wid?"
"Mum why yuh suh forgiving after all dah man yah do to yuh?" I ask looking at my mother.
"Son we both made a decision, you need to stop holding grudges and let go the past"
If a neva fi Aaliyah parents mi lift up from yah suh.
Me and Aaliyah's eyes meet and she shakes her head.
"Night, are you guys ready to order now?" the waitress approaches us.
I can tell she feels the tension around the table.
"Night, yes" my mom says.
"Let me get the grilled sirloin and the broccoli salad" I tell her.
"Sure and what drink?"
"Sea breeze cocktail"
The waitress takes our orders and returns with our food in couple minutes and in about an hour, we're all finished eating.
"I won't stay for desert...I have the nanny at home waiting for us...today was supposed to be her day off" I say.
"Okay no problem" my mom says.
We say our goodbyes and head to the car.
I start the engine and pulls out.
I look at Aaliyah and she has her eyes now pierced to her phone.
The dress that she's wearing rides up and is exposing her thighs.
Yuh wah tek it off.
"Yuh good madhead?" I ask.
"Yes" she says not taking her eyes off her phone.
"I'm just thinking about what happened earlier" she adds.
The energy around the table was off after me and my father quarreled.
"Mi nuh hate di man enuh, a just wah him do and come a gwan like everything kool"
"I understand where you are coming from but I also understand your mother's side"
Mi nah wul up nuh grudge fi dat.
If it wasn't for him my brothers would be alive.
"I looked up to my bigger brothers...they we're involved in crimes but I was blind to that side. When the shootout happened and I heard the news I never was the same that day. I started smoking...pick up gun... Aaliyah you don't know the half"
It all boils down to me not having a father to talk to me and the persons that we're both like a father to me, they took them from me.
"I'm really sorry that you had to go through that"
"Mek wi pull over yah suh and buss a one fuck nuh" I say changing the subject.
"Okay" she says taking me by surprise.
"Fi real?" I ask smiling.
"Yes" she says battling her lashes.
I pull over on the side of the street on red hills.
I recline my seat and she scrumbles over on my lap.
I part her lips with mine and she kisses me back with the same passion.
She moves away from the kiss and lifts her dress over her ass.
My breathing is heavy reflecting on how I feel.
"Get up deh"
She looks at me confused before getting up and going over back to the passenger side.
I open the car door and close it behind me. I walk around to her side and open the door.
"What are you doing ?" she asks.
"Come out yah suh and cock up yuh foot pon di seat"
"Yuh mad?" she asks as her eyes widen.
"This side is not turned to the road so nobody won't see and barely any cars are passing"
I take her hand to help her out of the vehicle.
"What if someone stops here?" she asks looking around our surroundings.
"Them still nah guh see"
"Mek wi do it inna di car nuh" she whines.
"Come nuh babes"
"Hurry up" she says lifting her legs up on the leather seat.
I'm glad that I drove her car tonight.
From mi buy di car mi vision har cock up pon it suh.
Fuck.
Authors Note: Edits should be done in this chapter but enjoy...