The Liminal War by Ayize Jama-Everett

Author:Ayize Jama-Everett [Jama-Everett, Ayize]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction, novel, Fiction
ISBN: 9781618731029
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Published: 2015-05-08T04:00:00+00:00

“Tell me you didn’t travel back in time to smoke a joint with your reggae idol.” She actually makes Mico say it before she sits across from me.

I get three orders of jerked chicken, some mannish soup, salt fish cakes, plantains stuffed with cheese and meat, and a guava shake. Tam gets the red pea soup, green banana salad, and two beef patties. I have to slow down to not empty my plates before Tam does hers. Our cute Trini waitress is already concerned.

“Think he’s part of this?” Tam asks.

“What I tell you about coincidences?”

“You can usually find them up every unicorn’s ass.” She smiles. “But he’s an ally, right Tag? I mean Marley, he’s got to be one of the good ones, right?”

“You couldn’t pay me enough to hurt that man.” I confess, “First thing I did when I came in was scan him for cancer. Got nothing.”

“Can’t you make it impossible for him to get it? He’s so young.”

“Cancer is, at its core, just uncontained growth. I can’t stop the man from growing.” I wait for a second so she knows I’m not talking about Marley. “I’m sorry.”

“If I were at full strength, or that damn sound would stop playing in my ears, I’d be able to feel my da, somewhere out in the world. I’d be less . . . anxious about seeing me real dad.”

“Not sure I’d be able to stop myself, if your mother was alive.” She knows how much I still think about Yasmine. She was the first woman I ever loved. I felt her life slip out my hands. To even mention her fouls my head.

“I don’t like Samantha,” Tam tells me. “Mostly ’cause I always knew she was hiding something. Wasn’t expecting all this, but, still, I know she loves you. Crossed her god for you, get me? Ya think, when we get back, you might—I don’t know—settle down or something?”

“I’ve got your back for life, Tamara. You know this.”

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