Bria POV:

I got up the next day preparing for school, glad it was Friday but, wondering why the days were going by so fast .

It wasn't until after breakfast and I had taken off my clothes to go into the shower that I saw it . A circle around my ankle,  and I frowned confused  , leaving the bathroom I made my way back into my bedroom and sat down on my bed pulling my feet up into my lap so I could see it better.

Someone had used red lipstick to draw what appeard to be an anklet around my ankle . I said anklet because on the circle the person had drawn a line with a circle, and inside the circle,  the initial of my first name , a B.

Mi know mi nuh sleep walk, suh eidah Celine do this or a me dweet and figet but, why mi woulda get up and use mi lipstick fi draw wah anklet round mi owna foot?

Deciding to sort out the situation,  I called my sister Celine and she came into my room,  already dressed for school.

" yes?"

" why yuh touch mi things ? And use it fi draw this pon mi ankle ? " , I asked her accusingly as I showed her my ankle. She looked down at my ankle and frowned confused,

" me? Afta anuh me do that . First of all, mi woulda more likely fi tek yuh lipstick rather than waste it a draw that pon yuh foot . Wah that even?" , she asked as she came closer to see the design around my ankle .

Shaking my head in frustration, I decided to check my vanity desk for the lipstick and then turned back to her now very angry when I realised it wasn't there.

" suh yuh tek it up ? Celine,  stop tell lie and give mi back mi things.  Weh yuh even a do wid lipstick and yah 12 ? Plus dat deh color deh wouldn't even fit yuh".

" mi a tell yuh mi nuh tek it up Bria " she said pleadingly and then heave a sigh in exasperation.

" yuh sure yuh nuh sleep walk ?" She asked and I sent her a glare,

" mi neva sleep walk inna mi life and even if mi sleep walk mi nuh think mi coulda  manage fi draw this suh neat round mi owna foot " .

" well , anuh me dweet and yuh cah search mi room if yuh want " She stopped speaking when mom called out from downstairs for her to come now so she could drop her off at school on her way to work.

Still feeling annoyed and upset, I continued to get ready for school deciding I would search for the lipstick when I returned home . My dad dropped me off and the mintue I saw Mikayla and Trish I forgot about the whole situation and instead got caught up in gossip and news that they had to tell me .

We received our timetables for the subjects were sitting and I  sighed as I realised all my free time was now officially done , out the window. I made a promise to myself that I would pass all 9 subjects and I had to do it not only for me but, for my parents too because they worked hard to give me the life I lived .

After school as I stood with my girls waiting for a taxi , I remembered the incident from in the morning and told them about it.

" why yuh sista woulda do that? It deveen seem like a wah prank or nuhun like that and she aguh be wah , 13 next year ? Mi nuh think she woulda spend time a draw sumuh round yuh ankle fi har age " Mikayla stated.

" fi real, she too big fi that. Maybe yuh sleepwalk or maybe a eh man weh yuh did a tell wi bout, weh yuh seh yuh si a church?" Trish said smiling and I laughed.

" oh suh him wah? Bruck inna mi house just fi use mi lipstick draw sumuh pon mi ankle and then theif it ? Fi a big grown man ? be so fah real " I said .

" memba a you seh him vibe did off enuh , seh sumuh off bout him . Maybe him gay and like red lipstick or him sick inna him head " Mikayla said now laughing as well.

" well if him did gay , him woulda neva come a church. A Celine tek eh lipstick,  she did tek two a mi lip gloss dem before but, mi nuh why she waste it a draw sumuh round mi ankle ".

" a your sista enuh, a you supposed to know " Trish said and the conversation went back to our CXC timetables and studying and the grades we were aiming to get in each subject area.

When I got home,  I resume the search for my lipstick ensuring that I checked my sister's room first but, I found nothing.  I decided to just accept the fact that it was gone , definitely by Celine's dishonesty and  just to ensure she hadn't taken anything else , I checked my jewelry and realised that one of my gold bracelet , the one I wore the night of Trish's birthday dinner was gone .

Now I was definitely upset because mom had bought me that bracelet for my 15th birthday and it was custom made , so it had my name engraved into the band and it wasn't fake gold either. Why would she take a bracelet that had my name engraved into it ? that made no sense and despite trying to believe myslef that it had to be her,  I found myself thinking about that man in church again .

Common sense told me that there was no way he could have broken into my home , he didn't even know me first of all and he definitely didn't know my address , it was nothing more than a weird encounter that left me feeling uneasy and it's about time that I forget about the whole thing . Maybe I had misplaced the bracelet and I have no doubt that it will show up later .

Putting the whole thing behind me , I took up the books that I was going to need to study and made my way downstairs , grabbing a snack from the kitchen , I continued outside and around to the back where the gazebo was,  to study for awhile before going back in and taking a shower before dinner.