ʙᴀᴅᴍᴀɴ ᴀ ᴍɪ ᴛʏᴘᴇ

Pain

Maj POV
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*13 years ago*

"Majesty," my mother shouts

"Yes mommy," as a fourteen year old and the oldest sibling and oldest daughter I had the job to take care of my household and other two siblings

Growing up has always been hard given she wasn't grown in a household with both parents daddy showed up when he wanted to

When mommy had to begged him to show up at least once a month

Walking to the front of the yard I saw my dad

"Daddy," I shout running to him as he hugs me turning me

I giggle

"Mi neva kno yaah come back here,"

"I missed you," she says hugging him

"Missed you more pumpkin,"

The nickname made me laugh

"Mi no look like no pumpkin lowe mi,"

Taking out $500 he handed it to me

"Buy a ice cream," he say as I nod walking out the yard to go to the shop

Passing my friends playing I waved to them before stopping

"Girl my daddy gimmie money fi ice cream," I say smiling

"My daddy gone a work," Tia says

"Mi nave no fada," josh says looking down sadly

"Mi will be yuh fada wen mi grow big," his little brother says hugging him

Josh slaps his hand away

"You mek we nave no fada," he says pushing down his brother

Oh

I walk away from them going to the shop way down the lane passing a group of men smoking I said good evening going into the yard

"Miss Paulette," I say knocking on the grill

After a while she comes out

"Can get a ice cream,?"

"Nave none now baby try Nadine,"

I nod walking out the yard as one of the men call to me

"Oye come ere," I look at him then up the road

"Yes you," he says as I walk towards him

Weh him want mon! Stoping two meters in front of him I wait for him to talk

"Yaah how much,?" He asks eyeing me up and down

"Fourteen," I say as he nods

Suddenly feeling self conscious I covered my chest even though I didn't have much as a curvy child people assumed that I was older than I really am

It just occurred to me I was wearing a dress

Wanting nothing than to be away from his stare I walk away fast passing my friends going to the other community

I shouldn't go there but mi want di ice cream so might as well

Plus the shop deh a di top a di community I won't have to go all the way there

I have a bad feeling about this but I don't turn back stopping at the shop I saw a group of girls and boys playing and men looking at me

My hair was in an Afro so it didn't give my age any justice that I might be younger than I look