Never Too Late Part 2 by Mz. Deede (phonics reader .TXT) 📖

with Kamal last night. At the thought of that, she became very happy and decided that it was time to leave for her appointment.
When she was walking out of the house, Antoine called her and told her that he really needed to talk to her. Tamika met him at Starbucks since it was right next to her psychologist’s office.
“What’s up? My appointment is in fifteen minutes, so can we make this fast?”
“Tamika, I’m not here to start no mess or make you mad. All I’m trying to do is keep you from getting hurt,” Antoine says with the pain from their breakup still visible in his voice. “When I was driving down Main Street, I saw Kamal and this tall, fat guy standing on one of the corners. I wouldn’t have paid any attention to them if it wasn’t for the fact that the guy pulled Kamal down one of the alleys. The next thing I knew was that I heard a gun shot and the man walked away. I called an ambulance and….”
“Is Kamal alright? Is he in the hospital? O my gosh, is he dead? Why aren’t you answering me? He’s dead, huh? Answer me Antoine.” Tamika said frantically, not giving Antoine time to answer.
“We’ll if you didn’t keep cutting me off, I would answer you. Like I was saying, I called an ambulance and waited to see if Kamal was going to walk out. Thankfully, a minute after the man left he walked from the alley and got in his car. It looked like he got shot in his side, but it wasn’t bad. I followed him thinking that he was going to a hospital, but instead he went to a drug house. He was inside for bout two hours. When he came out, he looked fine, but he had some sacks in his hands that I assumed was weed. I followed him some more and ….”
“Let me guess. You think he sell drugs,” Tamika cuts in getting aggravated that Antoine would make up such a story. “You stalked him all morning just so you can make up a story to break us up. Look Antoine, I came here because when you called you sounded really worried. I missed my appointment and you pissed me off.”
“Tamika, I have pictures. After he got in his car the last time, he went back to a corner and started selling something and I know it weren’t Girl Scout cookies.” Antoine showed Tamika the pictures and she just set there in awe.
“Thanks for telling me Antoine, I really appreciate it. I’m sorry bout going off on you like that.”
“That’s okay. I know you wanna call Kamal so I’m gonna leave. Bye Tamika.”
“Bye Antoine.” She started to add on that she regretted breaking up with him, but she had some business to take care of first. After Antoine left, Tamika went to sit in her car so that she could have some privacy. She called Kamal ready to break up with him.
“Hey, baby. Your appointment over with already?”
“No. I didn’t go ‘cause I had a very interesting conversation with a friend bout something.”
“O. You sound like the conversation pissed you off. Tell me what happened?”
“You sure you want to know?”
“I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t want to know.”
“First, let me ask you this. Do you sell drugs?”
“No, is that what your conversation was bout. Go and believe them niggas if you want to, but you’ll miss out on a good thing. I ain’t stupid enough to sell drugs. Who told you that? Huh? Trick, answer my damn question. Who told you that I sell drugs?”
“I ain’t a trick. And I ain’t got to tell you anything. Forget you and stop calling me,” Tamika hung the phone up in his face. Tamika was pissed beyond belief. Kamal called back several times, but she rejected the calls.
Finally, after he called several times he texted her. “Tamika I’m so, so, so sorry. I didn’t mean to go off on you like that. Please forgive me and call me back. I love you.”
Tamika was so tired of his B.S. that she turned her phone off and drove home. When she arrived at home, she went straight to her room and released her anger the best way that she knew how, writing.
2/7/09
Dear Diary,
I’m so mad right now. I feel like a complete idiot. I broke up with Antoine yesterday just so that I could go out with Kamal. I wish I never would have broken up with him, ‘cause I really regret it now. Last night after the game, me and Kamal went out to celebrate and we ended up hooking up. That was the 2nd worst mistake of my life.
Today, I met with Antoine so that he could tell me something. He told me that Kamal sold drugs. At first, I thought that he was lying, but he had proof. He took pictures of him giving the drugs to someone and getting the money in exchange. I can’t believe that I broke up with Antoine for that bastard. Then when I asked him bout it he went off on me. I broke up with him. Can you believe that after he called me out my name, he had the nerve to say that he loved me? I’m so pissed right now, but I’m gonna be okay.
♥ Tamika
While Tamika was writing this, Kamal was releasing his anger too. After Tamika didn’t text him back, he called Ja’Mya and told her what happened but he made it sound like Tamika was the one in the wrong. Ja’Mya had also had an argument with Jamal that left her mad. She felt so sorry for Kamal and herself. She was sorry enough that she tried to console him the best why she knew how. Ja’Mya forgot that he was her best friend’s ex-boyfriend. And Kamal forgot that she was his twin brother’s girlfriend. They had one night of passion together. So much passion that both of them felt as if they were in a parallel universe. A universe that neither of them wanted to leave because of the fear of what would happen when the sun rose again. But, their night ended too soon for the both of them. They agreed that this night will remain a secret from the universe that made them run to each other in the first place.


Sunday, February 8, 2009. The day after the truth came to light, was the day God placed a grey cloud over everybody’s lives. Kamal woke up and decided to go back to work to make up for lost time. Ja’Mya stayed in bed trying to comprehend what happened the previous night.
Tamika woke up early, feeling guilty and depressed. She couldn’t believe that she broke up with Antoine, a person that loved her no matter what, to hook up with Kamal, a drug dealer that doesn’t care about anybody but himself. She decided to call Kamal and try to smooth things over. She called over, and over, and over again, but he didn’t answer.
In the back of her mind, she knew something was wrong. Tamika got in her car and drove down Main Street to see if he’s there. While she was driving, the sun decided to rise. As she was admiring the beautiful scenery, she heard a gunshot. She pulled over so that she could call an ambulance and she heard another one. After the third and finally shot Tamika felt a sharp pain in her chest. She was struggling to breathe, and then everything went black.
Tamika was floating above the city. She saw everything from a new perspective. All of a sudden, she heard somebody call her name. She turned around and surround by a bright light floated Kamal. He was bleeding and saying something that Tamika couldn’t hear. Some how, she felt what he was saying. She felt him say the same thing he said yesterday, that he loved her. As soon as she was getting ready to say something back, he was gone.
Tamika woke up, surrounded by a bunch of people that she didn’t recognize at first. It was like the only thing that she knew at that moment was that Kamal was gone. He was gone. The words “He’s gone” kept replaying in her mind. Then she remembered the last words she said to him.
“How could he be gone? I didn’t even have time to apologize. I’m so sorry Kamal. It was a mistake,” She said out loud in between tears.
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