Chapter 11.
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Litmus test
- a metaphorical test used to determine someone's true intentions, character, or beliefs, often by observing their reaction to a specific situation or question.
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TUESDAY
📍 Air BnB
2:00 AM
Ja'Aliyah's POV:
"Mi tell you seh we nah fuck until we deh."
"Arite we deh."
"No, no, no. You haffi mek it special."
"Jah know b?"
"A wah? mi nuh worth it?"
"Neva seh dat...Come here."
I made my way over to him sitting atop his lap after shifting his dick.
"Kiss me."
I leaned down towards his lips and we began kissing.
"Liyah."
"Hmm?"
"Will you be my girlfriend?"
"Nice try."
What a man eager fi sex. Can see seh him nuh use to waiting. Well that makes it even worse him haffi guh wait. Good things comes to those who wait.
He chuckled before capturing my lips in another sensual kiss.
I really do like him.
We would make cute babies too. See how far your mind gone.
"Tell me some dealbreakers you have
while you are in a relationship." Tevoy asked.
"Okay...
Firstly, if you aren't a believer of Christ, we cya deh."
"Believe ina God yes, but mi nah guh church."
"Why not?"
"Cause mi nuh haffi guh church fi praise God, furthermore some a dem weh ina church a duh worse dan me the sinner. And nobody nuh holier than them.."
"Okay, Fair enough. I get that."
Me personally stop guh church. It's hard to find a genuine church nowadays. A bay false prophets and hypocritical people.
Pastor literally a sleep with the deacon wife and the deacon a sleep with the pastor daughter.
Sister Margaret chat Sister Paulette seh she love young man and when you look a she that teef weh the lady man.
Ushers a teef out the tithes and offering and the pickney dem a watch blues ina church.
Who nah have affair with them church sister a have affair with them church brother, whether man, woman or the indifferent.
So who am I to judge if someone doesn't want to go to church. It better you worship by yourself sometimes.
"Another thing is cheating. If yuh bun mi we affi leff. Mi nuh care bout no revenge. It simply mean seh mi nuh worth yuh time and loyalty, so I wouldn't go out of my way to continue the relationship just to try and hurt you. Woulda just make me happiness mad yuh." I stated shrugging my shoulders.
Seriously tho, mi nah hackle up myself fi please no man weh nuh give a fuck bout mi feelings.
"Same, but if yuh fuck pon mi, a muss wah nice plot yuh see ova Lynn's."
Mi get fi realise seh everthing him and Dominique talk bout haffi duh with some form a death. A wah duh them man.
"Talk yaa talk."
"Fuck around and find out."
He responded puffing his scliff.
"Hygiene, respect, and things like that are some other things but the ones I said earlier are the main ."
"How about you though?"
"Firstly, Lying. Yuh know how mi feel bout liars suh mi not even three haffi guh dung ina dat. Mi hate a thief too. If yuh thief from mi just know it nah guh pretty."
"I wouldn't need to steal from you though, mi nuh in need a nothing."
"Yuh have some people that are kleptomaniacs. Nuff a dem mi come across. Worse part is, mi anuh wah mean guy. 9 times outta 10 you ask for something I'd willingly give it, so there is no reason to steal."
"Okay understand."
"A next thing mi hate too is a snitch.
Informer fi dead no jokes."
"Seriously? What if a something life threatening though."
"It depends. If you think you see me doing something that's life threatening mi obviously aware of that. Mia big man and can hold mi own. I know exactly what i'm doing and every intricate detail of what I do. So whether or not it may seem life threatening to you I can handle it. Furthermore, I'd never put you in any form of danger so they're would be no need for you to tell anyone."
"Okay...What do you mean by you know every intricate detail of what you do? What do you do?"
"Just a general statement b."
"Okay..."
"You've never told me what you do for work."
I stated pressing the situation harder.
"You've never asked."
His voice comes out low and gruff.
If mi neva have no principle wi fuck right yasuh.
His voice just does something to me.
"Well I'm asking now."
"Ah. I own a couple businesses."
"What kind of businesses?"
"Car marts, Air bnbs, real estate properties etc."
"Oh. Okay that's nice."
"Yah."
"... Mi wah guh lay down now."
"Fawud nuh."
We got out of the jacuzzi and dried our bodies then
I got a clean pair of underwear and one of Tev's t-shirt. It fits just like a mini dress plus it was mad comfortable so why not.
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1:00 PM
Mi nuh too long wake. We went to sleep around 4 this morning after talking about things we'd like to do in the future.
I love talking to him. When we met I thought he was rude because mi honestly couldn't control the trolley. Then when I saw him at my salon he gave me a different vibe. Then...I saw how he dealt with such girl. Me honestly shame fi she up till now. So he's pretty hard to understand. Him must bipolar.
He has been very kind to me, always asking if i'm okay and constantly checking up on me.
I think he's going the extra mile because he knows I'm anaemic.
I'll be okay as long as I take my prescribed supplements and vitamins though. Without those mi honestly nuh know how mi woulda make it through a day.
When I woke up Tevoy's side of the bed was empty so I went to the bathroom to do my morning routine and then changed into some leggings and a tube top.
Mi like play house.
Even though it was my idea to come here I hadn't really given much thought about what exactly I'd like to be doing once I got here.
To be honest though, I don't mind us just getting to spend time together, bonding and stuff like that.
I made my way down stairs to find Tevoy seated around the island talking on his phone.
"Yeh bro, right now mi ears come in like it a bleed chaagie."
Before I could continue eavesdropping my phone began ringing, turning his attention towards me.
"Hey." I said as to play it off like I just came behind him.
"Wassup you good?"
"Yeah." I responded as I slid the screen across to answer Poochie's video call.
"Heyyy." I said smiling at Poochie.
"Hey girllll, guess wah???"
"Come here." I looked up from the screen to see Tevoy signaling to me.
"One sec Ali."
I walked over to him and he wrapped his hands around my waist before kissing me.
What a man love kiss sah.
"Yuh food ina the microwave."
"Arite." I walked over to the microwave to inspect what he had made.
Fry dumpling with salt fish and plantain
"Neva know yah chef b." I turned to smile at him.
"From a longer time."
I placed the food in the microwave setting it to only 30 seconds because I didn't want the dumplings to get hard. Mi shoulda tek out some too cause mi nah eat suh much.
"Yuh can talk now Ali." I said. Neva memba seh she deh pon the phone.
"As mi a seh, guess wah?"
"Mi nuh know a wah??"
"I'm somebody's girlfrienddd." She said screaming through the speakers.
"Bomboclaat bredda, ya guh buss mi ears drum."
"See weh mia talk bout Esco?"
Ohh a Jevanté him did a talk to.
"Congrats tho b, likkle afta dis him haffi guh wife the doll."
"Purrrr."
Mi happy fi her, even though that was quick. I don't really know Jevanté like that but he seems like a good ute. Plus a Dom fren so if he thought Jevante wouldn't be a perfect fit him woulda been tell Allison.
"Mi just call you fi tell you still, mi aguh call Mommy now."
I chuckled at her statement before hanging up.
Retrieving the food from the microwave I placed it on the counter and went in the fridge to get some apple juice and ice.
"B, mi nuh want so much dumpling."
"B, them here little so you can eat it."
Disregarding his statement I scooped two of the dumplings in his plate and sat beside him.
"Why you so stubborn?"
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TEVOY'S POV:
5:00 PM
Wonder if she aguh come through. This will decipher whether or not mi fi make things official.
We were currently in the KFC drive through because this is what she asked for.
I'm planning on telling her I left my wallet and I don't have any cash on me to see how she'd react.
She know mi have money and ting suh if she move a certain typa way mi know seh mi haffi run her weh.
As Alkaline woulda seh,
"She doh love me, she doh love me, she just love money, she nuh love me. Mi seh she doh love me, she doh love mi, mi seh she doh love me. She just wah fuck a money man..."
Dah song ya come out round the same time mummy drop out and mi ooman at the time leff mi fi a car ute. Nah guh eva fi get dah day deh.
As we progressed in the line I placed our orders and we were now waiting to move up.
"Shit."
"A wa?"
"Nothing."
"A wa happen Tevoy? why yuh face look suh?"
"Look like me leff mi wallet b."
"When we done nuh straight back we aguh?"
"Yuh nah get weh mia seh,
mi nave no funds pon mi and mi leff mi wallet."
"Ohh. Mi have mine yuh can use it."
I turned to face her as she shuffled through her purse for the card.
"Just like that?"
"Yeh b, weh else mi fi duh? mek e two a we dead fi hungry?"
"The pin is 1204" She added handing me the card.
I expected her to use her card but mi neva expect her fi be so willing. Or maybe a cause she know seh as soon as she reach up she aguh get it back.
"Why you give me the pin when you can just put it in yourself?
"Cause I know you maybe feel some typa way bout it. Plus yuh know how people fass already dem aguh seh you have ooman a mine yuh."
Oh. Not even did a medz dat.
"Haffi wife yuh bro."
"That's the least babe,
look how much time you buy mi food
since the past week,
not to mention filling my tank up,
so the one time me buy we food
that nah kill mi."
"It may seem minor to you but you'd be surprised how many girls woulda probably class and laugh after mi but instead yuh volunteered, plus you gave me your pin."
"Mi have mi card still, just did a see sumn."
"Test yah test mi?" She laughed.
"Something like that."
We pulled up to the window and I paid for the food then drove up to collect it.
"It woulda decline still."
She commented giggling.
"Big man ting?"
Rass a that's why she give mi?
"A joke. Mi pocket nuh fracture b."
"See yuh face."
"Very pretty."
"Glad yuh know."
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"Wah gwaan otherwise tho?"
"Nothing much.
Me and Akeliah a watch a movie."
"Oh, which part the next one?"
"She nuh deh here."
"Oh, Arite sis call mi if anything."
Ja'Aliyah was upstairs talking to her mom so I came to sit by the pool to give her some privacy and decided to check up on Kay. Mi know she secure but she can never too safe yuh zimi.
After resuming my music and putting my phone down I jumped into the pool. Longtime mi nuh swim.
"B how you come out here so without me?"
"Come in then nuh."
"No mi nuh wah get mi hair wet."
"Liyah come ina the water." I spoke getting out of the water.
"Doh touch mi inuh." She screamed as she ran away from me.
I ran around the other side of the pool to meet her halfway swooping her from her feet.
"B please nuh throw mi in, mi nuh wah get mi hair wet."
Regardless I threw her into the pool.
Mi can buy it back. And 10 dozen more if she want.
I turned away from her and went to skip the current song to Summer Time-Vybz Kartel.
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What the fuck.
She cya swim?
Mi think a sumn else yuh did a plan fi drown her wid.
"Liyah!" I got up from the chair to move towards the pool.
No response.
I jumped into the pool and retrieved her from the water resting her on the ledge.
"B." I said shaking her body.
No response.
"Fuck!"
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