“ME SEEIT…ME SEEIT SIDNEY!!! ME SEEIT…LAWDEMERCEE JEESUSS ME MERCEEEEE!!!
“What??!! What scare you suh??”
OH MY SWEET JESUS!!! Oh noooo…me SEEIT, SIDNEY”
“Get down woman..get off the bar!!?”
“NO SUH! ME NUH COME DOWN!!! You hear me…me NUH come DOWN!!!”
I’m looking at her laying horizontal on the bar and can NOT for the life of me come up with what she saw. A dog?? A evil cat?? A mongoose?? I take sip of the rum and wait.
“Me say COME DOWN!”
She rolled off the bar, feet hit the floor and she was out the door.
“Come out!!! Come out!” she screams to me. "O’NEIL…tell you wifey fe come out!!!"
**did she say wifey? Oh yeah, he and I must talk.**
“Vi, come out.” I walk out and stand by the door waiting to see what comes out behind me.
"What did you see, Erffa???" Sidney demanded
“Ah rat, me see. BIG RAT! Him look at me, I look at him…ohlawdemerceeeeeee. Find him Sidney. Find him and kill him!”
Sidney slips behind the shop and comes back with a machete. O’Neil grabs an iron pipe. I’m like…a rat?? All that commotion over a rat??
The two old guys were cracking up. Told her the rodent was more afraid of her then she was of it. I agree, but had to be sympathetic of her fear. After all, I’m afraid of dogs and cats of any size. She’s pacing, O’Neil and Sidney are hunting and the two old guys are still laughing. They start moving appliances and boxes. I’m slowly loosing my buzz.
Sidney told her it must be gone. I hoped so because I really didn’t want to see them chop up a rat. Ten minutes later, they give up the search and conclude the rat was gone. Erffa goes back in with a lot of hesitation. My buzz is just about gone. I’m so ready to leave.
“Yo, O’Neil…let’s bounce.”
He didn’t waste anytime grabbing his cap and saying good night. Actually got to the car before I did. I get in the car and roll down the window to catch the night breeze. As we were pulling off I hear the shrieking again…
“SIDNEY…HIM STILL IN HERE!!!!!!!!! OH SWEETLAWDEMERCEEEEEE!!!!!!”
