Butterfly 5

by Ashley Antoinette

​Ethic had been the foundation of his home, but it wasn’t until today did he learn that he wasn’t the one who held things together. Alani was the walls. She was the windows. She was the roof. She was the aroma inside. She provided the soundtrack with her yelling and 90’s R&B and her infectious laughter when she was putting Eazy to bed.

How did you find out Yara was deaf?” Messiah asked. ​“Eazy pointed it out. He noticed it first. I cried so hard for my baby.

If she was a plant, she’d be dying because you aren’t feeding her enough light and water. I’d like to meet Morgan. I’d like to see the flower that’s distracting you from the plant.”

​The nurse looked at Morgan curiously. “Most moms don’t come in describing mild-grade fevers. You have a medical background?”

Girl wtf is this lol.

is presenting with symptoms of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,” the doctor said. ​CANCER.