DEDICATION | Book Two

C H A P T E R 49

We are finally down to the last few chapters so these chapters are gonna be longer than the others, more things have to happen to lead up to certain events, hope you all enjoy!💕

Now onto the chapter...

C H A P T E R
F O R T Y - N I N E

          Going for her daily morning run with Alisha as they have been doing for the past few months, Cali ran with her headphones in her ear running full speed leaving Alisha behind who was slowly running behind.

The words of Maya Angelou intoxicating voice reciting her famous poem, "Phenomenal Woman," played through her headphones loudly, amping her up as she pushed through the aches in her legs to finish this last lap around the park's trail.

Cali found herself working out as a way to release stress and built up emotion, she never liked working out too much in the past but she always felt better after a good run so she found herself doing it everyday now.

"Cali please slow down, you're running way too fast for my liking." Alisha called out tiredly, but Cali was way too far ahead and her volume was up too loud so she couldn't hear her and Alisha was done trying to catch up to her.

When Alisha saw that Cali was basically in a zone, she walked to a near by bench and took a seat to wait at until Cali circled back around and decided to call Shaun to help pass time.

As Cali ran she zoned out from reality since her reality was still a mess, her and Ahmad's relationship was now officially over and although she was the cause of it things were still kinda hard to get over, but she was taking it one day at a time.

"Men themselves have wondered, what they see in me.
They try so much, But they can't touch
My inner mystery."

The strides in her run started to get wider as she sped up, the air that brushed against her sweaty skin chilled her causing a smile to creep on her face. The sun was beaming down onto her melanin skin giving off a certain glow as she continued to stride through the park, instantly catching the attentiom of bystanders.

As the poem continued to play in her headphones, Cali started feeling her words with so much passion. She listened to Maya Angelou every morning to help her get her day started, and for the most part it worked and a lot of days when she felt like giving up Maya's words always pushed her to keep fighting.

"When I try to show them, they say they still can't see.
I say, It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile, the ride of my breasts,
the grace of my style.
I'm a woman, Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me."

Approaching a curve as her station changed it to Maya Angelou's infamous poem, "When a Caged Bird Sings," Cali was oblivious to a man who was coming around just as fast and in his own zone as well.

As the two strangers both came up to the curve in an instant they both crashed into each other, but due to the impact of his body weight and size it sent Cali flying back causing her to fell hard on her butt and wrist when she tried catching her fall.

Wincing in pain the guy completely disregarded the pain he was feeling when he saw Cali damn near in tears from her fall.

Quickly raising up off the ground, he reached his hand out to help her stand up and helped dust the dirt off her body. "I'm so sorry, I did not see you coming around the corner at all. Do you need me to call someone for you to take you to the hospital or something?"