She picked up her phone for what felt like the hundredth time in the last half hour and each time a little more colour drained from her face.
"Yuh good babes?"
"Uh, yeah." She offered me a smile but it didn't reach her eyes. "Aguh bathroom, soon come." I paused the movie and she got up leaving the phone.
I was minding my own business but the phone started vibrating again and I let my curiosity get the better of me making me pick it up.
'Ricardo 🥰'
Was it......him?
I contemplated whether or not I should answer and it stopped ringing which gave me the motivation to put it back down until it started ringing again and before I could stop myself, I accepted the call and put the phone to my ear.
"Yuh si y mi nah stop beat yuh inna yuh bloodclaat likkle horing gyal. Yuh lucky mi neva deh yah Wen yuh come bout yah tek up clothes. Anytime yuh come back inna dah house yah pussyhole, a murder mi go murder yuh bloodclaat since yuh wah style man ting an mek mi look like clown a road. Di man dem did tell mi seh yah commonaz enuh an mi shouldn't wife yuh up but a cause mi did rate yuh, now mi seet clearly weh dem did a seh." I was shocked to say the least and was at a loss for words. "A bet seh mi kill yuh an hide yuh fucking body mek dem cyaan find yuh? A bet seh mi mek dem bawl fi yuh likkle dash weh belly hore out, big pussy gyal."
"Weh yah duh?" I looked up to see her standing there and I took the phone from my ear before ending the call. "Y yuh ave mi phone?"
"Who is Ricardo?"
"Nobody."
"A him a yuh boyfriend?" She didn't answer and I sighed. "No Ky, yuh cyaan guh back deh suh. Di man literally just threaten fi kill yuh."
"Him nuh mean it."
"Girl, be so for real."
"Wen mi guh home tomorrow, wi aguh talk bout it an den everything aguh good."
"Are you fucking crazy?"
"That is where I live Iyana."
"An yuh can nuh live deh nuh more suh come again."
"Mi affi guh back."
"No the fuck you don't." She ran her hands down her face with a heavy sigh and a groan. "An if yuh guh back and it wasn't all talk?"
"I don't know."
"You won't know because you will be dead. Love or no love, yuh cyaan a play wid yuh life suh Ky."
"Mi nuh ave nuh weh else fi guh Iyana an mi cyaan guh back a St. Thomas, nthn nuh deh deh suh fi mi."
"You're working Ky, yuh can get an apartment an move out." Sighing yet again, she sat down on the arm of the couch and her head fell into her hands.
"I don't have any money."
"What?" Even if she didn't have alot of money, she was working so she must've had something to fall back on because she had to at least have something saved.
"I'm broke."
"Suh yuh neva did a save?"
"Yes but he took all my money out of my account so now I have nothing and the reason why I was going back is because he promised to give it back if I came back."
"And you believed him?"
"I worked so hard to save all I could, mount a partna mi throw cause mi a try start smthn fi mi self an now everything gone cause mi trust dis man." Her voice broke a little and so did my heart. "He was my first everything an a him mi first meet wen mi run weh from St. Thomas come a St. Ann. Mi neva think mi would a end up inna dis yah situation yah, neva think mi would a end up like mi madda."
"I'm so sorry."
"Wah mi aguh duh?" She looked up at me with tears welled up in her eyes and I walked over to her before pulling her up into a hug. "Wah mi aguh duh?"
"Weh yuh nah guh duh a guh back tuh him an yuh nuh affi worry yuh self cause mi aguh help yuh. Mi aguh talk tuh Keel an si if him can help inna anyway then we'll figure out the rest." Yet again, I needed to call on Nasir because his name held alot of weight so maybe there was something he could do to legally help her get her money back but even if it was illegal, as long as she got something back and he got what he deserved, I didn't really care.
"Mi promise seh mi aguh pay yuh back one way or another."
"Mi nah try help cause mi a look fi a payback Ky, mi just want yuh fi be safe." And that was all that mattered because I couldn't live with myself knowing that I could've done something but did nothing.
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I knocked on the door to his office and waited for an answer but instead of an answer, the door swung open revealing kj.
"Den watch big stranger." I didn't hesitate to run into his arms for a hug making him laugh. "Yuh did miss mi after all even tho yuh stop call mi."
"My bad for not reaching out, mi nav no excuse." I told him while pulling away and taking a step back to look at him. "Maamz agree wid yuh tho, look like yah get fat suh." I hadn't seen him in about 3 months but he looked good and he didn't seem to be harbouring any ill feelings towards me.
"Life happens but mi still love yuh same way." He shut the door behind us as he took my hand and walked me to the couch in the corner of the office. It looked a bit different in here or maybe it was because I hadn't been here in a while."Wah bring yuh dem side here?"
"I came to see Nasir but it look like mi miss him."
"Him soon forward, him run gone down a accounts."
"Oh, a him yah wait pan to?"
"No girl, I was upgraded to personal assistant baby."
"Congrats babe."
"Thanks but di barbs dem hate mi now, fi wah, a doh know."
"Typical them."
"I asked Mariah to marry me."
"I'm so happy for you." I pulled him into a hug and he chuckled before I pulled away. "I hope I'm invited to the wedding."
"Then of course babes."
"Mi happy fi yuh suh til, mi could a scream and cry."
"Yuh suh extra but thanks." He bumped my shoulder with a smile. "Unnu back together now?"
"No."
"Unnu aguh get back together?"
"I still love him and I want him back but mi cyaan guh thru di same ting dem again."
"Yuh talk to him cause him talk bout yuh everyday an every chance him get once mi willing fi listen."
"Yes and no."
"I loved the both of you together." When were good, we were good but when we were bad, it was absolutely awful and I didn't miss those times for not even a second.
"We'll see—." The door opened cutting me off and I looked up to see him walk into the room.
"Bro, mi buy juice, mi nuh know if yuh wan—. Oh, baby, mi neva did expect fi si yuh ova yah suh." He locked the door and walked over to where we were sitting before handing the bottle to Kj.
"Thanks bro." Bro? Dem look like dem get close.
"Hope mi nah intrude."
"No, yuh good."
"At my desk." He gave me a smile before getting up and Nasir took his place next to me.
"Mi neva know seh yuh did a forward suh mi only get two juice, yuh want mine?"
"I'm good, thanks."
"Everything good?" He asked as his eyes scanned my face and body for anything out of place.
"I need your help."
"Anything."
"You've heard me talk about my friend Kyra right?"
"Yeah."
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"Mi aguh si how best mi can help her out."
"Thank you so much. What can I do to make it up to you?"
"Mi nuh duh nthn yet."
"But you will, I trust you." And I did because had never let me down.
"Weh she a stay now?"
"With me and Z but I wanted to ask if it was okay for her to stay at the other apartment since we don't really have much space."
"The apartment is yours, you can do whatever you want with it."
"No it—."
"Mi put it inna ur name from di first week yuh move in an yuh sign fi it, yuh just neva know." I looked at him and he shrugged like it was no big deal because to him it wasn't. Who in their right mind just gave someone a house because they could? I didn't even have any ties to him other than we used to date, we shared Zahra and an angel baby but even then, there was still no reason for him to give me a house.
"A suh mi could a sign weh mi life an don't even know?"
"Nthn like dat an mi only wah yuh sign weh yuh life wid ur consent."
"Mhmmm. Yuh still nuh tell mi how mi can mek it up to yuh."
"Give me another chance."
"Another chance to what?"
"Be with you and love you properly this time. I promise to do right by you this time around." He took my hand in his making me look over at him. "An before yuh think seh mi nah guh help yuh fren if yuh seh no, mi still aguh help her but mi just wah yuh know seh mi would a duh anything fi yuh gimme a next chance."
"Let me think about it."
"Wah change yuh mind?"
"Mi neva seh yes."
"But yuh neva seh no suh yuh mind definitely change. Why?"
"We keep falling back into each other so it makes it impossible to move on, not that I want to anymore, not that I ever did and I miss you." The corners of his lips curled up in a smile, one that I hadn't seen from him in so long. "Come by the house later."
"I'll be there." He stood up before helping me up and I smoothed my skirt down. "Yuh wah mi mek Dane drop yuh off?"
"I'm fine."
"Okay."
"I know he's following me so I'll be fine to take a taxi." Chuckling, he walked over to his desk and picked something up. "Mitch, I'm leaving enuh babes." I perked around the corner and he gave me a thumbs up before pointing to the phone he had at his ear. "I'll call you." I mouthed to him and he gave me a smile.
"Let me walk you out."
"Thanks."
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Unlocking the door, I pulled it open seeing him standing there looking as fine as ever.
Think rational thoughts girl.
Now is not the time to be thinking about sex.
"Hey." I opened the door further for him to come in and he stepped through the door. Stepping to the side, I shut the door behind him and turned to look at him. "No likkle hug?"
""Mi nah walk a hug people fi free enuh."
"Name yuh price."
"10 million dollars, a car, a house and a yatch."
"Done." Kissing my teeth, I stepped closer to him and reached up to wrap my arms around his waist.
"Yuh know mi just a joke." Wrapping his arms around my waist, he pulled my body flush against his and I could feel every curve of his body including his dick.
"I hear you."
"Come." Reluctantly pulling away, his hand lingered on my waist and I bit the inside of my cheek while looking up at him seeing him staring at me with a dimpled smile. "What?"
"Nthn." He cleared his throat and I stepped back before turning around and walking away knowing he was following me because I could feel his eyes on my ass.
Kyra was waiting in the living room and Zahra was in her room sleeping. It wasn't late but she had come home from work with a terrible headache so I made her shower, eat dinner and take some painkillers.
"Ky, you haven't officially been introduced to Nasir."
"Hi." He gave her a head nod and she smiled before he took a seat in the single couch on the opposite end from where she was sitting.
"Weh Z deh?" He asked while looking around before his eyes landed on me.
"She's sleeping."
"Suh early?"
"Yeah, she neva feel good." Concern was written all over his face. "Anuh nthn serious, she'll be fine in the morning."
"Yuh sure mi nuh affi—."
"I promise you she's fine and I would have let you know if it was something more serious."
"Okay."
"Alright. Ky, tell him everything."
"Him nah guh judge mi?" She asked looking at me and I offered a smile.
"Mi know him look a likkle bit intimidating but he's the sweetest, I promise you."
"Okay."
°.........."
"A who di fuck raise dem bredda yah man?" He asked more to himself than to us. "Dem a must battyman cause nuh man weh love woman nah guh abuse dem."
"Is there anything that you can do?" I had to steer him away from his anger because he wasn't pleasant to be around when he was angry and I didn't want him to scare Kyra. She had seen enough of a man's anger at no fault of her own.
"Just gimme him name an mi si wah mi can work out."
"Ricardo Muller."
"Mi aguh deal wid it, nuh worry yuh self."
"Thank you. Thank you so much."
"You don't have to thank me, thank your friend." She looked over at me with unshed tears in her eyes and I scooted closer before pulling her into a hug.
"I told you that I'm here for you Ky."
"Thank you."
"It's okay, mi know yuh must tired suh yuh can gwaan guh sleep. We'll talk in the morning."
"Okay." We pulled away from each other and she got up from the couch. I waited until she turned the corner to go to the room before I got up and stood infront of him.
"Come outta yuh head fi a second."
"Mi deh yah man." He looked up at me before his hands reached out to grab my waist. "Come here." He helped me to straddle his lap and I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"If mi give yuh another chance, yuh promise nuh fi mess it up?"
"Mi swear pan mi life."
"I don't need you to swear on your life Nasir, I need you to promise me that I won't end up hurt again."
"I promise." A promise was a comfort to a fool and yet here I was again opening myself up to the possibilities of getting hurt again because I knew him, a little too well if I was being completely honest.
"Okay."
"Thank you. I'm going to do right by you this time, I promise." I pecked his lips a few times before resting my forehead against his. "I love you so much."
"Of course you do."
"Mi aguh gi yuh dah one deh." He squeezed me tightly and let out a heavy sigh. "God I missed you."
"I missed you too." I hoped I didn't regret this but knowing our history, well his, it might be a long shot to expect otherwise but I wanted what I wanted as always and I was making this bed yet again so I had to live with whatever consequences it came with at the end.
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