Chapter 7

Around two months of pleasure and pain had passed and gone, and Brown Sugar earnestly needed to speak with someone about her dilemma with the property at Naseberry Lane, and how to proceed with selling it, or not!

It had been itching at her flesh like she had caught the rashes and needed some serious advice on the matter!

Her only reliable advisor right now was Edna, and she believed she could make it happen for her, just like she had done with securing a job for her and also, shouldering the responsibilities of her mother's funeral!

Quaveringly, one evening after all the climatic, romantic and erotic arousal and coming to a state of quelling, Brown Sugar playfully drew her finger over Edna's breast and said;

"I have something to tell you!"

"What is it, did I get you pregnant?"

Edna asked jovially!

"Ah; not quite!"

Brown Sugar responded, teasingly!

"Okay then, if I didn't do it then who did?"

Edna said playfully!

Now they were both laughing joyously as they hugged and kissed each other from breasts to lips and back again!

"Come on, this is very serious; I need your help with something very important!"

Brown Sugar said seriously!

"Everything that I have done for you so far has been quite serious, don't you think?"

Edna said enthusiastically!

"Should I start naming them out?"

Edna continued, as she looked at Brown Sugar with questioning eyes!

"Come on, tell me all about it!"

Edna exclaimed.

"Well, my mother has left me half of the property at Naseberry Lane and from my understanding, she owns half of the property and Uncle Ben owns the other half, and she has left her half of the property to me. My problem is; I don't know how Uncle Ben will take it - knowing our history of conflicts, controversies and contentions!"

Brown Sugar explained.

"Will he allow me to sell my portion of the property without bringing down any judgment and wroth upon me! If I should get the land sold, then I could use that money to further my studies but, I don't know where to start; who to contact to get it sold, or even if this is the right thing for me to do right now!"

Brown Sugar prolonged!

Attentively listening to her lover, Edna asked, teasingly!

"Who else, dose that idiot has to leave his portion of the property to, but you?"

"You are the one actually caring for him right now so who else, will that jerk put before you... the dude who almost turn him into pork chops?"

Putting a more serious thought to the matter, Edna advised Brown Sugar...

"Tell Uncle Ben about the fortune you have received from Ms. Pamela, and then see what his reaction will be, and then you make a decision from whatever he says to you. With all those chop wounds in his old age, who to tell, he might just consider giving you his share of the property also!"

"But, if he starts raising fire, and ready to chase you around the place like a lunatic, then let him know that you will bring a lawyer and a surveyor to survey the property so he can decided what portion of the property he wants, and then have your lawyer get someone to fence off your portion and put it up for sale for you! Whenever you are ready to go down there, I'll go with you and see how it works out!"

Edna informed her!

Words expressed with experience and clarity, Brown Sugar legs were spread apart once more with Edna placing her lips upon the stiffness of her flesh located between her legs and began kissing on it until Brown Sugar was overcome with joy, and thick clammy wetness began exploding from her body!

It was a moment that Brown Sugar had fallen much deeper for Edna, and knew that it would be impossible for anyone, any man or woman to break her away for the love and pleasure she felt from Edna's arms!

The following week Edna and her lover visited Naseberry Lane, and there they saw Uncle Ben partially naked looking in the mirror at himself, and carefully observing his wounds, as he grumbled about his evil and dirty attacker who had almost mints him to pieces like goat meat!

Not wanting to startled him or have him know that she had seen him; or heard what he was uttering, Brown Sugar firmly knocked on the side of the house, as if they had just entered the yard.

Edna remained standing at the outside of the house while Brown Sugar made her way through the back door, and soon as Uncle Ben eyes had behold her, he began touching himself in a state for an arousal!

Now his eyes were looking at her wild and with lustful excitement as he groped himself over and over again and beckoning her to come closer and let him suck on her breast!

"I know you love me and want me from a long time now... I like the way how you came by the hospital and took good care of me... you and I can have something going, hmmm, don't you think so beautiful!"

Uncle Ben expressed, while he drew himself closer to Brown Sugar, while she continuously back away from him until her foot slipped, and she almost fell backwards on the hard surface of the ground!

Reaching to grab her, he was too late but, Edna grabbed her instead, and then brought her feet back to a place of balance and sturdiness on the ground!

Uncle Ben was very much unaware that Edna was standing at the outside of the house, and became quite angry when he had seen her reaching for Brown Sugar before she fell to the ground!

He began asking with grate anger in his voice...

"What the hell, you doing here; woman?"

Reflecting on her last encounter with him, Uncle Ben retracted from using that tone of voice with her, and came up with something much more pleasant while his heart beat with strong vengeance for her!

"I didn't know you were here with her, again!"

Uncle Ben stated, as he rolled his eyes at Edna declaring that he hated her presences on his property.

"Yes, I'm here with Brown Sugar once again, and I can still see that you haven't changed a bit, even with those awful machete chops you have received, making you look like a one tone zebra!

Brown Sugar chuckled but Edna was dead serious!

While Uncle Ben gazed at her, trying to find the right words to put her in her place, softly, but his intellect wasn't as sharp as hers, and the best thing that he could do was to cut his eyes at her, and return to the inside of the house.

Brown Sugar nervously looked at Edna trying to get some assurance from her, if now would be the right time to make her move, and subsequently, Edna gave her the go ahead, being that she was so hesitant and quite fearful of him!

Clearing her throat couple of times, Brown Sugar finally found the courage to say....

"Uncle Ben, I am here to talk to you about something very important; you might not like what I have to say but I have to bring it to your attention. Mama has left her side of the property to me, and I'm going...!

Brown Sugar could not have finished her speech fast enough, Uncle Ben lashed out...

"You God damn liar you, get from out of my house and off of my property with your thieving and lying, self! How can she possible do that when it is my money that bought this property?"

"Uncle Ben, you know that I would never theft anything from you, neither would I lie to you; I have the papers here that I have received from the priest. I have a copy and he still holds a copy for me, so I have no reason to deceive you!"

Brown Sugar explained.

"The both of you, think you can come down here with your double-crossing, double-dealing and deceitful selves and bamboozle me off my own property and get away with it... bring that two-face priest down here, and let me expose what a crook he is; you set of damn thieves!"

Uncle Ben continued to mumble angrily.

This situation called for some intervention and no angels were coming from the skies to interfere or to intercede on their behalf; causing Uncle Ben to realize that Brown Sugar had the documentation for her portion of the land and that such portion was willed to her by her mother.

It was only Edna standing there, and she, didn't really feel like being confrontational with him, however, she interposed on her lover's behalf and tried talking some sense into Uncle Ben's head!

"Listen to me Bernard, I am a teacher and I am here to tell you that this document is legit... furthermore, I don't want your property because I have two properties of my own already!"

"Now you are going to listen to me real good!"

"Ms. Pamela left her portion of the land to your niece, and she rightfully owns it now! Therefore, you can decide with her here and now which side of the property you would like since you have been living on it for a long time, so she can take the other side and put it up for sale! If you don't comply then she will be force to get the legal heads to deal with it for her; and I can tell you, I certain have a very good lawyer who can get the job done very quickly!"

Edna warned forcefully without a notch of pleasantness on her face or in her voice!

There and then, Uncle Ben dropped his clothing, exposing the dark, thick and long piece of flesh between his legs and began shouting on the top of his voice...

"You want to rob me of everything that I have then come and take it... here it is, this is what you want... well, the both of you come and take it! I work for this property... not Pamela... so if she gave it to you, then come and take it from me; you two evil whoring bitches!"

Responding without staring at the large hunk of flesh dangling between his legs, Edna asked, trying to get some answers, but still did not want to be too intrusive!

"Bernard, you are not going to live forever, so kindly tell me something, if you should drop down dead right now who would get this property... you have a will or any children who would come and take care of this property long after you have gone from here?"

A nerve had just been hit and Uncle Ben was dead silent for a while, he then drew up his pants and dragged his ashy behind to the dining table chair to sit like he was ready to have a meal!

Uncertain of what to answer, Edna made a comment that made his heart reflected and think for a moment!

"When last, has any of your children come by to see you, and who came to the hospital to see you for the past two and a half months while you have be laid up in there?"

"As far as I am concern this young lady right here has been your backbone... the only one who had fought for you to be cared for; so whatever hatred and animosity you are holding in your heart against her, you need to let it go right now and respect her! Stop allowing everything between you and her to be so mean, malicious and malevolent!"

"Just stop it!"

Edna warned!

For the first time in many years, Uncle Ben had ever wondered who would be there for him if he should ever fall flat on his face and was unable to get back up!

Still not ready to give up any portion of the land to his niece and adopted daughter, Uncle Ben began chasing her and Edna out of his house, as if they were nobody special to him!

However, Edna with her masculine tendencies, stood up and fought back... as Uncle Ben got up from the chair and swung to hit her in the face, she dodged his swing and then slapped him across the face very hard, causing Brown Sugar to feel it in her soul!

Now he was voicing out all sorts of profanities after profanities, while reaching for anything he could find to finish her off!

As he threatened; no one else his coming inside his house, mess with him and get away with it! He was very angry, rootless and ready to bring these two female where he thought they belong... in the ground closer to hell, so they could burn for trying to steal his land!

Grabbing the chair from the dining table that he was sitting on, Uncle Ben picked it up and then threw it on Brown Sugar, knocking her in the head with it, causing her to lose her balance, titled backwards and then fell to the ground!

Now Uncle Ben began reaching to jump on top of her and smashed her pretty face in, but Edna wouldn't allow it, and so she grab one of the chairs from the dining table and knock Uncle Ben across his back with it, causing him to ringed and twist with pain and went tumbling on the floor over and over again!

His body now bent, buckled and distorted on the floor, Uncle Ben cried out...

"You evil bitches will never get my land, never get it, I swear on mother's grave, you will never get my land!"

"Don't swear on your mother's grave because you will be going there to join her pretty soon, you worthless and idiotic piece of shit!"

Edna retorted with anger!

While she stretched forth her hands to get Brown Sugar from off the floor and into her arms where she hugged and comforted her for a while, before dashing out words of warning to Uncle Ben, cautioning him to lawyer-up because they were coming back to take Brown Sugar's portion of the land away from him, as well as his!

Again, Uncle Ben declared threateningly that he would wipe out Brown Sugar and her girlfriend before either of them could ever claim any of his property!

With anguish, shame and disgust, Brown Sugar and Edna stepped over Uncle Ben's distorted lump of flesh lying on the floor moaning for pain, as they walked through the door and subsequently through the gate!

Edna was now fired up, heated and very determine to defend her friend, her lover, this beauty that she holds dear to her heart, and who she only wanted the best for!

Like a man, she was fighting for her woman, and she began seeking out every lawyer she could afford to intervene and take Brown Sugar's case!

For her, it wasn't too difficult to find the help that she needed, because she had had so many friends, who could advise her on the matter, or other friends who could refer her to the right legal team, since she had sometime or the other, pleasure their flesh while they were in college together!

Two weeks had passed, and Edna was armed with the right legal team to represent Brown Sugar and her case, in court!

She not only wanted half of the property from Uncle Ben, but now she had encouraged Brown Sugar to suite him for emotional damage, because he had threatened her and put her under a lot of stress, and also bodily injures because he had use the chair and knock her to the floor causing her hands to be swollen for days!

In Edna's opinion, she didn't care where Uncle Ben would get the funds from to cover these additional charges brought against him by his niece, if he had to sell his half of the property to facilitate her charges, then that's what he will have to do; because Edna was bent-set on him paying for attacking her covert lover!

After months of deliberation in court, much was forgiven, and eventually Uncle Ben gave in, and allowed Brown Sugar to sell her portion of the land in peace, after he had tried every trick in the book that he knew, so as to hinder her and any prospective buyer from obtaining her portion of the land!

The setting of fire to the property!

The placing of wild dogs on the property!

The intimidation!

The throwing of large amounts of feces onto the property!

The breaking of bottles, and anything else, that he considered a deterrent to discourage potential buyers from purchasing the property! He had only come to a stop when he was given by the court an option of imprisonment or the confiscation of the entire property, because of all the delay, the resources, and the frustration he had put the court's officers through!

With pity and mercy shown by the courts, Uncle Ben signed over Ms. Pamela's portion of the property to Brown Sugar, and granted her access to the side of the property where he now consider to be nothing but rubbish!

After having some helping hands, and hours of cleaning and burring all that seemed unsightly on the piece of land, Brown Sugar advertised her portion of the property for sale, and within a couple of months had gain some success on the sales of the property which had now redirected her life from rags to riches!

The bond between Edna and Brown Sugar had now grown tremendously... now they had more than just sex appeal going on between them... they both had beauty, brilliance, and big money in their accounts!

The only things that were truly lacking in Brown Sugar's life was finding her biological father and getting a higher education... a degree... something way past the fundamental levels that would bring her to a status of professionalism and secure her career in the workforce!

Now they were shopping together, travelling, eating at fancy places together causing Paula to begin feeling inadequate around them sometimes, and started calling them rich-bitches which was very displeasing to Brown Sugar and also Edna, even though it was said with much frivolousness - lightheartedness!

However, Brown Sugar was coming into her own right now and didn't care to be treated with any form of silliness or thoughtlessness! After all, she had been beaten down for far too long, especially, by Uncle Ben, and had great indifference and contempt for anyone who had reminded her of those years of emotional and physical turmoil in her young life!

As the months went by, so were the riffs between Brown Sugar and Paula; with Edna constantly being placed in the middle trying to squash away and obliterate any words or actions initiating contention; that would lead to months of vexation between her two lovers!

The jealousy was very strong and Paula threatened to do something drastic if Edna didn't get rid of Brown Sugar; an act Edna wasn't prepared to do anytime soon! Yes, she was in love with Paula, but she had grown madly in love with Brown Sugar, and thought of never ever losing her!

Brown Sugar had become her heartbeat, her reason to live and she wanted to do just about everything and anything so she could remain being very happy and gradually grow their relationship from where it had been!

Nevertheless, since Brown Sugar had enough money in her possession, and had spent a full year on her job, she decided to take some time off from work and go in search of her biological father, who she had never seen or knew anything about from her time of birth!

Bags packed and ready to roll in the first week of December, close to her seventeen birthdays, Brown Sugar and Edna hopped on a bus heading north west; according to the information that she had been given by Ms. Pamela; and so she head out bringing with her little trinkets of gifts just in case she found what she was looking for.

After travelling for over twenty miles on bus, Brown Sugar made her way to Cambridge Heights in the cool of the evening, and began asking questions about her mother as soon as she hopped off the bus, trying to find out who might know something about her or where she was living.

In the hearing of her voice at one of the little community shops, an onlooker heard her inquiring questions, and reflected on the story he had heard so many times before!

Without hesitation, the stranger intervened and was satisfied about what he had heard, and immediately he volunteered to bring Brown Sugar to the yard where she was found pulling at her dead mother's flesh!

It was Ms. Bev's yard; she was still living there, and remembered the story quite vividly like it was just yesterday!

It was a story that had lain quite heavily upon her mind and soul until now which she often spoke about, wondering what had become of that adorable little baby her mother called, Brown Sugar!

With screams and tears, Ms. Bev greeted her, impressing upon how much she had grown and how beautiful she still looked!

Like her own child who had gone missing for years and was now returning from the world out-yonder, Ms. Bev grab Brown Sugar, and began placing kisses all over her, as she stood before her absolutely in awe, that someone else in the world; apart from those people she had grown up with at Naseberry Lane was actually thinking about her... actually had her on their mind, and had remembered her existence!

The greetings... the hugging, the kissing and rubbing of flesh against flesh all seemed to be taking an everlasting eternity!

It was just joyous to have seen her, and more and more people came by as the news spread that the little baby who was sucking on her mother's dead flesh over sixteen years ago was there to see them all; wanting to know about where she had come from and what had happened to her father!

Everyone was staring at her, like she was from the blood of royalty and had no place in those parts, but they all felt grateful that she had come to greet them with her presences and encouraged her to come back and see them whenever it was convenient for her to do so again!

With the excitement and drama ceased, Brown Sugar turned her attention to asking more serious questions... questions that she had travelled all this way to get answers for... questions about who her father is, where she could actually find him... what his name is, and if there were any other sibling that he might have had throughout the years!

There were some information to be gained, and as she sat in front of the crowd gathered in Ms. Bev's yard to see her, she listened attentively to all the various stories that were being dished out to her, trying to decipher - to make senses out of all that was being spoken to her about who her father could be!

It was an investigation that Ms. Bev had taken on for many years now; like she had some inclination that someday this day would actually come, and she would be the one sourcing out all the information needed!

With the three presumable candidates given to her, Brown Sugar decided to make some inquiries into meeting them and see if there were any biological traits or connection that would make them pass for flesh and blood!

From what she understood, they were all three different characters that she might have to approach with care, and she wondered what their reaction would be like, being introduced to them; and just like she was encouraged by the elders, she embraced herself for the good, the bad and the ugly!

She had money now, and lots of it, so she wasn't seeking after them for that! She wanted to know where she actually came from and what was her real last name since it was said she was given her mother's last name instead of her father's!

However, night was nearing and Brown Sugar was feeling exhausted and needed to get some rest! Neither had she eaten ever since she left home that morning; and now was starving, needing a shower and a place to rest her head for the night, so she could get energize to face the challenges of the next day, regardless of how big or small they were!

In the dust of the evening, Brown Sugar and Edna left the premises of Ms. Bev's dwelling place and that of the other villagers also, and went straight to a hotel to spend the rest of the evening; after they had said their good-byes! And just like they were warmly greeted coming in, they were given a wonderful sendoff, as they walked through the broken gate of the villagers compound waving good-bye and smiling!

There ride to the hotel was easy... it wasn't too far from where they had just come from; around two miles or so, and there at the hotel, the two best friends went for a meal in the hotel dining room before retreating to bed for the night, glad to rest their weary and tiring bodies, they quickly fell asleep!

Throughout the night, Brown Sugar and Edna slept peacefully, not even budging until the hotel staff kept on banging on the door, after eight in the morning!

He had brought their breakfast for them just like they had requested of him the day before, and now that it was there, they decided to get out of bed and enjoy what was placed in front of them!

The mission for the day was now already set, and Brown Sugar and Edna decided to first pay Jimmy Palmer a visit, and find out if he was her biological father, or not!

From what Brown Sugar had learnt, he had a small tire shop at the outskirt of the village, and was also told, that he could be very boisterous and very lose with his words; so she should approach him with caution and much gentleness!

With all the information that was downloaded into her, Brown Sugar made up her mind to face the good, the bad and the ugly, and went in search to find all that she had been deprived of her entire life; the joy of knowing her kin folks, and the true identity of her flesh and blood!