Chapter fifteen

Earlan's pov

Balance was right about everything, I can't believe Torcha really did this to me. I would expect it from anyone else but not him and what hurt the most he was right beside me all along. "Jah know." I said upon a deep sigh, I was taking two of my dogs up to Sariah's house. A low rider and a german shepherd, they weren't getting the proper care and feeding since I don't spend much time here at my home again.

My interview had been filled with personal questions, it was embarrassing to admit that I only had sex with Riri once in my house. Then to be asked if it was a threesome, only God, alone know how much I have had to control my anger to answer. Right now Torcha needs to go and do the DNA test and get this problem off of me.

Sariah nearly leave me all because of this and Torcha not even care. "Tsssk, humn!" Balla looked through the mirror at me sitting in the back seat as we drove. "A thru yuh nuh know how mi feel betrayed, tsk. All a did coulda be avoided ino." I said bitterly.

"Mi waan know why him go fuck Riri, right now dat a bigga diss to me and she neva say nutn. This shady nuh fuck is either she really nuh know or did feel shame, but dis nuh look good none at all breda." Balla said.

"Not even waan talk bout it nuh more, cas a only one conclusion dey dey, him go in a di room an' fuck har afta mi gone up a mi room di night." I said distastefully.

"Pelpa sey Sariah have him unda high surveillance long time." Balla said.

"Bumboclaate breda mi a tell yuh sey, she ask mi sey if mi nuh check di next phone, but thru mi na surmise nutn mi a sey she just a assume somn. Cause mi trust him an' mi nuh look through di phone, a thru yuh doe even know star." I told him.

Pelpa drove ahead of us carrying up another of my vehicles to Sariah's house. The police goodly want to come and search my premisses, so I locked it up and decided Pelpa shouldn't stay down there. If they wanted to they would have to get in touch with me first. I felt a way not that I had anything to hide, but them coming to dig up my house is very unappealing.

Sariah was in a black tights with a yellow top and wearing a green apron, she was standing by the jerk pan looking sexy. I walked up to her and kissed her lightly on her lips, she smiled looking at me and I never wanted to lose that smile, I thought walking into the house through the kitchen. "Hello, how was school today?" I asked none of the children in particular.

Dinner nice caan done jerk chicken, shrimp fry rice, roast corn and plantain with avocado pear. Buoy dah woman yah can really pudung some good cooking, mi a one fortunate piece a buoy ino. I thought to myself looking at Sariah's ass as she went for more jerk chicken for the children.

Mi waan gi har somn later wine up ina har tight pumpum, can't believe mi almost lose har. She looked at me questioningly and I used my fingers to show her the duggu duggu sign, she cut her eyes and I laughed.

Dis mi a talk bout, I said to myself, as mi drink up mi big bowl a hominy corn porridge. Balance know how fi take care of her man. Some put it back and strengthen mi system, mi rub mi foot against hers unda di table and she a cute smile wid har face over har small bowl a porridge. "Love making sweet last night caan done, mi an' yuh na lef yuh try know dat." I whispered into her ears.

Di one Younglord before him drink him porridge him just a pree mi suh. Every minute him look across the di table a look pon mi.

I kicked back with them while Sariah went to take care of some business and grocery shopping. I think my triplets look more like me, but feisty like thier mother.In the afternoon we went to watch football with Rajae and his friends. His side lose and they cursed each other, throwing blames all over the place.

When we reach home the Saturday evening soup was ready, Charmaine buoy tun man and settle down. I felt good in myself, I felt loved. I feel like I can conquer the world now.

Torcha told me that he was the one who had drunk the other half bottle of Bicardi that night and then he had went to the back and vomited down the place after.
He was lying on the kitchen floor the next morning, when Riri walk past him with Pelpa who was going to drop her home.

Said he had thought her dress looked familiar and he still didn't know if he had fucked her or not. The DNA test came back positive with him being the father and he cried down di whole place. Vexed because he can't even remember having sex with her.

Riri said she was just happy to know who her child's father was and he didn't have to give her anything, because she have her man. It was sad and as I listened to Balance counselling him, I told myself that I was really going to retire from doing music. It was a good career and I've achieved a lot, it's best I retire while I wasn't flopped. Royalties would always be coming in, but I would not be performing anymore. I had my businesses and Sariah's businesses to run. My children, family and friends are here for me and I'm going to fully enjoy them.

Sariah's pov

Earlan had told the interviewer that he was happily married, but he hadn't disclose to whom. Each time when I checked the cameras I see them passing now and then. They were eager to get something to put on the media.

The tree house was being built and Earlan was spending most of his time up there and on the farms. It is good to have him do the overseeing for me, things were even more in order and I didn't have to worry or keep checks on them.

I wanted to go for my masters degree when we came back from visiting Cubina. This would be Earlan's first time going there and we were carrying all the children, a few friends and his mother.

I woke up the next morning excited to get packing, my phone dinged with a message and I took it up to check. It was Carissa reminding me to send the money for her daughter's school fee. Which has jumped twenty percent higher since last week. Suddenly everyone messaging me now for monetary assistance has a twenty or more percentage increase to what they had asked for. I laughed and replace the phone to the nightstand. I turned around on the bed to see Earlan's eyes wide open looking at me. "A who a message yuh so early?" He asked.

"It's Carrisa." I replied to his stern expression.

We celebrated our anniversary in fine style at our home, then leave for Cubina. Earlan was by my side where he should have been from the start and the medias were filled with us. Throughout the weeks that followed he helped me to make Cubina an even more proseperous state. With his helpful ideas and dedication to doing all that he could. We teach, we build businesses, we were growing togoether with our children.

He murmured often times that he hated working for charity, because people were unthankful and ungreatful.

For someone whom had a degree in english, he did not know what the meaning of retired was. No sooner had he learnt the language and was fluent with the dialect, he went and began voicing some of his songs in Cubina's language.

"Balance, yuh know sey mi a go a one stageshow wid Rajae dem later." Earlan said.

I held my head up from the document I was reading through, to look at my husband who had just stride into my home office. "A lie." I told him.

"So what yuh nuh feel mi get as much practice can sing in a di language fi perform?" He asked.

"See if yuh find di word retired in a di dictionary and tell mi wey it mean." I told him.

"Tsk." He hissed his teeth. "So mi nuh retired, mi just a go a di stageshow. Mi neva sey mi ago start perform back again."

"Whatever. Old man." I said and rolled my eyes at him.

"Tsk, a yuh front ole." He hissed saying.

"Come count di grey hair dem pon dey." I shouted at him as he exits the room. "Damn bright, cuh yuh mawga rass, nuh care how much food yuh eat yuh caan put on a pound." I cursed at the closed door he had exited through.

For the next two days all I could hear talking about was the stageshow. Ms. Charmaine looked over at me reclining on a lounge chair on the front patio. She was trying to hide a grin, as Rajae and Earlan came into the living room, with the tired stage show argument again.

"Yow mi sey, di ting shot caan done." Earlan said cheerfully.

"All over di show gone ino, yow look pon di IG page, a nuh nutn normal." Rajae elaborated.

"Tsk." I hissed, letting them know they were disturbing me with thier chatting. My ears needed a break and espcially from the talks of the stageshow.

Earlan came out on the front patio and looked at me, Ms. Charmaine began to laugh and I cut my eyes at him as he began to sing. Rajae came out joining in the singing. They knew they were annoying me, so I ignored them both and began strolling through my phone.

I served dinner and we all ate. I wasn't short of anything here and with the import of Jamaica and other caribbean brand products, I felt at home.

The state was vast and there was a lot to see. People were surviving at a much better level, they had more food to eat and clothes to wear. I felt proud of myself. More jobs were available and the economy was flourishing at a more advanced level.

Visitors and reporters wanting to enter the country to investigate the factories that manufacturers the raw material, for the bags and other products made to replace plastic were banned and refused entry. It was the main source of the Cubina's success and has to be kept a secret for as long as could be.

Time surely flew fast making it seven weeks since we came for my eight week visit. We will be going home at the end of the following week, so my children can start the new school year.

I walked into the kitchen and the dinner plates haven't been washed up, where was the helper I wondered looking around. I went through the back door and around to the house side, where I know Earlan and the others sometimes sit.

The helper was there chatting and laughing with them, I hissed my teeth and turned back. I hope her father comes and saw her idling, if it was one thing a man like him didn't joke with thier children. Especially when they wanted to keep thier position. I did not need any helper, but he had brought her and her sister to visit and see me.

They hardly paid me any mind though Rajae and the others were the order of thier day.

As I got the children ready for bed that night around eight thirty, I notice Balla kept coming upstairs like he was watching me. Come to think of it I saw everyone else except Earlan.

I went to my bedroom and took my gun from the safe. Balla went to the back entrance that looked towards the guest quarters at the back. I climbed through one of the big windows and went to the guest quarters from the opposite side.

Listening quietly I heard one of the girls giggling and chatting with Rajae in the kitchen area. I did not see any sign of Earlan, I put my phone on silent and rang his phone. I heard it ringing from one of the bedrooms. Without hesitating I entered and went straight to the room which the door was locked.

I put three bullets in the lock and kicked the door open. I flicked on the light switch seeing Earlan in his underpants alone and the other girl in only her brazzier and panty.

"So yuh neva hear your phone a ring a while ago?" I asked him as he stood there with his eyes wide staring at me.

"Likkle bitch a so you go to work? Eat from the woman then go sleep wid her man. Mi a gi uno three minutes fi tek uno rass out yah and tell yuh fada him fired." I said and turned through the door.

To be continued....