Chapter 34

                 Adajay's pov

  I saw the miss calls from Miquel and waited until Bartley went to sit and talk with Righteous and Quefer over to the side of the yard. I stood in the living room where if I could see if he was coming and called Miguel, I was not giving him up because I wasn't sure me and Bartley was staying together. I am not bring any yam head and lay my eggs in one basket, I've came a far way and through the hurtful experiences I'm not putting my all into any man.

"Hello my darling," Miguel answered.

  I smile and turn the camera on Adalan. "Oh just look at him getting big already," he cooed.

  His eyes became misty and I chuckled lightly, gosh he is so amazing I thought. I kept my eyes on where Bartley was sitting in deep conversation with the others and have a lovely chat with Miguel. When we end the call I muted back his number, I will monitor my tjing without anyone knowing.

  Fuck loyalty if I ain't getting I ain't giving I thought as I text Dean again.

  I still got no reply from her half hour later so I called Antoine's phone hoping he hasn't been masaclawing her.

"Mi knock out har rass come defend it," he answered the phone telling me.

The brute must have saved my number I thought and said. "Afta yuh nuh waan mi come kotch somn pon yuh face."

  "Hi hi hi hi bumboclaate, hey a who yuh my girl? No, a which sista yuh bi wey mi nuh know?" He laughed asking.

"Why Dean nah answer har phone?" I ask.

"Why yuh nuh come find out?" He counteracts.

"Humn!" I stated.

"Yuh done? Yuh need fi come mek mi see you suh mi can chose which one a mi chappa dem fi gi yuh to," he ask then stated.

  "Oiiieee! Watch yuh bloodclaate mouth and nuh mek mi call back Dean phone an' nuh get har," I told him then end the call.

God damn, he surely wreak havok on my nerves I thought trembling, I could slap his face a dozen time for the confidence he spoke with and the disregard for whom he was speaking to. How the hell did Dean cope with him? I wondered upon a sigh, it must be hard and stressing being with him whenever he was on his wrong side.

  Bartley made me an ice-cream sunday and I chuckled and thank him, he had really tried. Taynia cut her eyes at his back and I looked questioningly at her, when he went inside she whispered.

"Him an' Righteous dem a guh a town, why him affi a draw Righteous back a him I dwo know."

  "Pssh, yuh eva si dem a guh nuh wey by themselves? Yuh nuh si dem eva itch on pon dem one aneda?" I sighed asking.

  "A don't trust dem, tsk," she said and hiss.

  Righteous came from the side of the house and came up unto the verandah where we are sitting. "Adajay, all now mi an' yuh nuh have a proper reasoning ino," he said sprawling out in the long chair.

"Don't tek nuh set pon mi," I told him.

"Suh who mi fi tek set pon?" He asked messing with Taynia's hair.

  "A git yuh fi git up, yuh nuh know who yuh fi guh tek set pon?" Bartley told him and ask.

  "Cho! Gi mi mi things!" I said grabbing him as he took my bowl of ice-cream from my hands.

  Bartley held him and I pinch him while trying to get back my ice-cream. "Hiyee! Yuh an' yuh man na've nuh manners, uno share ice-cream and uno alone a nyam," he said trying to escape.

"Hi! Hello! Carry ova yuh man cause him a behave like is over here him live," Bartley said to Taynia.

"Is yuh fren dow mix mi, di whole a uno a go a town to uno 'oman dem," Taynia said vexedly and Righteous's mouth fell open as he looked at her.

       Bartley's pov

  I bit down on my bottom lip in surprise at Taynia's outburst, I hadn't gotten a chance to tell Adajay that I was planning to go to town on business and the unconcerned way she was spooning the ice-cream into her mouth spoke volumes. Righteous tried to play it down with Taynia but it was obvious he was angry, why did he told her so quickly I wondered in composed anger. Now Adajay might think I was going toclook for women and all the devious thoughts that may be going through her head.

Righteous did not smile once while we watch a funny comedy, Quefer and Donique laughed uncontrollably and Adajay only smiled for convenience. Fuck Taynia and her jealousy I thought glancing at her sulking beside Adajay, I had business to attend to in order to survive- why did she have to think we were going to women, I didn't even habor those thoughts anymore. I've sex enough in my lifetime to just bill right about now, futhermore I didn't want another open back. I was not even meditating about other women of late I thought sighing lowly.

  The show ends and I just want them all to go, Righteous was the first one up and out as I got up and walk off to the kitchen. I heard his phone ringing and glance through the kitchen window, then Taynia walk up to him and he turn and went to the back gate open it and they both went through it.

"Bartley!?" Quefer called.

"Oosh!" I answered.

"Ina di lights," he said.

"Yea man bless," I replied.

  I took a bottle of water to Adajay who was still sitting same place. "Here yuh need some water? Yah guh feed him?" I ask her.

"Thanks. Yea," she said and took it from my hand.

  I knew she was only pretending not to be perturbed by Taynia's untimely outburst and I felt anxious and sad. I did not want her to feel that I've gone to be with any women when I leave, it bothered me because normally I wouldn't have given two fucks about how she felt and now I do. I care about how she felt and deep in my heart I didn't want her going away and leaving me again, it had been hard to bare. The loneliness, her absence and the fact that she was an extremely beautiful woman that hasn't realize how much she was truly worth had gave me sleepless nights.

  My phone rings and I answered my mom. "Mummy, good night."

"Night, wha a gwane?" She said then ask.

"Nutn, yuh good?" I replied and ask.

"Yes so far so good. Yuh need mi fi get anything fi di baby?" She told me then ask.

"Uhnm, mek mi mek yuh talk to Adajay, hold on," I told her and took the phone to Adajay who was apparently going to bathe.

"Mummy a talk to yuh," I told her.

"Good night," she took the phone and said into it and pause to listen

  "Ah, I can't think of anything at the moment and I was not aware he was going to Kingston," she said.

  I took a deep breath and release it slowly, she did not look on me once. "I'm ok thanks, take care of yourself too bye," she said then hand me back my phone.

"When mi come up," I told mummy before she ask anything.

"A'right, be safe," she said.

"Yea."

  I showered after Adajay came out of the bathroom, the smell of her feminine hygiene products overpowered the air freshener in the room and I wondered if it was too much for my son. So I opened the room window while I got on my clothes, then close it back after. She lay beside Adalan with her eyes close and I felt the vexness emanating from her.

"Babes," I called going to sit beside her.

"Speak yuh mind," she said.

  Her tone was casual with a get to the point feeling to it, life felt so different for me I thought glancing at her then across to my son. I guess it was time to actually act my age and my reality, I was now a father and a respectable spouse. I need to step up to the task at hand, afterall I was not hiding anything from her.

"Mi mek plans fi guh town however mi neva get fi talk wid yuh bout it before, to be honest a mi business dem mi a guh mek sure a run good, deal wid two thing also collect some things, bless up mummy an' forward back," I told her.

"Ok, safe journey," she said.

"Yuh need anything in particular dat mi probably can pick up?" I ask.

"No," she answered.

  I was left feeling a way by her flat response, but knowing it was the best I was going to get I went and checked that the house was locked up properly, then came right to bed. I tried to kiss Adajay the next morning but she eased me off and we stood staring at each other.

  "A business mi a guh look bout and come back suh nuh badda get no ideas otherwise," I told her then kissed her squarely on her lips then peck my son's forehead and went out to go in Quefer's car.

To be continued...