KaLani
A Week Later
"What was your relation with Taevion King?" The attorney asked me.
"He was my boyfriend" I said.
"And what you're relation with Cortlen Henry?"
"Ex Boyfriend"
Cortlen was burning a hole in the side of my face.
"Did the two have beef?"
"No they did not"
"Why was Cortlen Henry aiming at you and Mr King?"
"Your asking me like I know. Do I look like Jerry Springer to you??" I asked him. "Ask Cortlen yourself, Cortlen why did u kill my boyfriend huh??"
"Well...." judge said.
"My apologies" I said.
I looked at Cortlen and winked. Ima kill that bitch if he ever get out.
"Do you have anything to say to Cortlen?" Judge asked me.
"Can I touch him??" I asked.
"No"
"Damn" I said. "Well I just wanna say, I hope you drop the soap. I hope u feel the pain I felt these past 8 months. I lost my baby and love of my life all because u wanted to be selfish and childish, I hate you and i hope u become somebody's bitch in jail"
I laughed as his facial expression changed.
"Oop" I heard my family members say.
"Cortlen Henry, u will be charged with the Murder of 18 Year Old, Taevion King and the Unborn child. 20 years for each so 40 years and 10 years each for the other men u played a part in helping ur little buddy kill" judge said. "60 Years in Prison on Rikers Island".
"DAMNNN" whole court said.
I chuckled as I got off the stand and sat back down.
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I put my ear piece in and they hooked the microphone up on the back of my hands.
"We wanna bring out, Kalani Caldwell" the lady said and I walked out as everybody clapped.
"Hello everyone" I said.
"Heyyyy" they yelled out.
"Kalani is here to tell us her story, on gun violence" The speaker said.
"I want to thank y'all for inviting me to tell my story. We really need to stop this gun violence" I said.
They all clapped.
They got me talking at schools everyday this damn week and it's exhausting. This my damn 5th school. I hold my tears but shit the other day the shit came out.
"Hello I'm Kalani, most of you all already know me and some of you guys don't. I've recently lost the love of my life to gun violence. I had Ambitious, Life Goals, All of that with this man and he just got taken out of my life. It hurt so bad like I cry almost every night. People didn't know that I was also pregnant, I wore big clothes to hide it and my belly actually wasn't as big for me to be 7 months so it was a crazy but amazing pregnancy. I was too afraid to tell my parents because I was 17 and what the hell ima do with a baby when I'm a baby still but I planned on leaving once my baby arrived and me and my boyfriend where going to get our own apartment but sadly it was cut shortly. After the big Championship, we were on the way home and stopped at a red light, he told me he loved me and 3 mins after that shots went off and I blacked out. Woke up in the hospital, my stomach was patched up" I said and a tear fell down. "Excuse me".
The speaker handed me a tissue and I wiped my tears.
"Take ur time" she said as she rubbed my back.
I wiped my tears and Serenity and Ken came out on stage and handed me a water bottle.
"U good??" She asked me.
"Yeah I'm straight" I said as I drunk some of the water and wiped my tears.
"U sure??" Ken asked.
"Yeah" I said as I cleared my throat and took a deep breath.
"Okay back to the story, I woke up and they told me I lost the baby and they had a little box on the table and it was my baby little foot prints and other things. I got shot in the stomach and when I got to the hospital they tried to save my baby but couldnt. Then, they told me actually after I got out the hospital a month later that my boyfriend died. I thought he was in the hospital fighting for his life as well but he died at the scene, they didn't want me stressing out at the hospital since I was already trying to recover. I'm telling y'all I stressed out worst when I found out I actually had to have nurses to come to my house and take care of me and when I got better I had to see a therapist, she didn't solve nothing. I was stuck in the house for 7 months, didn't get out the house till the past two weeks. I visited his gravestone finally and had a talk and realized I need to live for him and our child. I'm telling y'all from experience quit the gun violence it hurt so bad to lose the person u love from it I swear" I said.
They clapped as I finished.
"Would u like to take questions?" Speaker asked me.
"Yes I would love to" I said.
"Guards will pick people to ask questions, a microphone is being passed around now" the speaker said.
I grabbed my water and took a sip.
"You need anything?" Ken asked.
"Sweet tea, cold. I'm tired of water" I told him.
"Ight" Ken said as he went to get it.
The first girl had the mic.
"Hey Kalani I'm a real big fan of you" the girl said.
I smiled. "Hey girl and appreciate the support. Your question?" I asked.
"Do you know why the person did what they did?" She asked.
"Some folks would think abt ur question and be like "what the hell" but ima answer it for some of the people that are curious as well. I went to the prison tryna get the same answer to her question and he sat in my face and said "if I couldn't have you, he couldn't either". That shit hurt, he had so much animosity built up inside from seeing me with another dude that he took that shit out on me and my nigga. So he killed him because hatred, jealousy and greediness." I answered. "Next question"
"How many times were u shot??" The next person asked.
"Three" I said.
"Would u get revenge?" Another person asked.
"Umm negative.....me getting revenge ain't going to bring my baby or love of my life back. It's just gon get me in trouble" I said.
"How do you feel about the people posting pictures saying Free Bortlen and Melly?" Somebody asked.
"I can't feel no way because people gon feel however they feel. It doesn't effect me cuz I got thru the hardest part, words don't hurt me. They can say Free them all they want, they killed a innocent unborn and teenager and also killed their own friends, they shouldn't be freed at all honestly. Took sons away from their family, took a child from me that I couldn't even hold at all. Fuck them and that's on Periodt. NEXTTT CALLLERRR" I said and giggled.
They laughed.
"Do u think you will be able to ever move on? To another man?" Somebody asked.
"Eventually yes, I can't stay lonely all my life cuz I can't sit and wait for somebody to come back that is gone forever. He forever in my hea" I said.
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"I'm hungry as hell" I said as we walked into Seafood King.
"Girl who u telling" Ken said.
"Table for Four please" Ciara said.
"Follow me" the hostess said.
We followed her.
"Here you guys go. You waitress Is Miranda and she will be with you guys in a minute" the hostess said.
"Thank you" we told her.
We sat down and scanned the menu.
"What u going to get?" Serenity asked.
"Seafood Deluxe( Crawfish, Crab Legs, Shrimp, Mussels)" I told her.
"And what y'all hoes finna get?" Serenity asked Ken and Ciara.
"Same Thing" they both said and we chuckled.
The waitress came and took our drink orders and went to go get them.
I saw a Pregnant girl walk past me and I looked at her face. It's the hoe from the mall and she pregnant.
Wonder who baby she pregnant with. Hmm.
"Ain't that Ol girl who I fought the day I broke up with Bortlen?" I asked them.
"Yeah, they said that's his baby but I heard melly tapped that ass too" Ken said.
Hmmm.
"Just a pass around" serenity said.
"Oh god" Ciara said.
Once our waitress came back with our drinks, we ordered our food.