Butterflies

Chapter 25

The next day, Sunday July 22 1990

Around 8:30 AM,

Jasmine woke up hearing her doorbell ring

"Who rings the bell at this hour on a Sunday morning?" She wondered and opened the door, finding Ricky there, looking like he didn't feel so well, bags under his eyes and clothes from the day before

"Are you ok? Did something happen to Al? Michael? Nicole?" Jasmine asked, worried about Ricky who looked like he just lost a loved one

"N-no, I just stopped by to give you this and I hope I'll still get to see you, since you're Al's family basically" Ricky mentioned and handed her the envelope

"What is this? Why are you saying that? Of course you'll still see me, you're Nicole's bodyguard and babysitter and also kind of Angel's babysitter too when the girls play together" Jasmine mentioned

"No, I'm...Michael fired me last night" Ricky told her before he got back to his car and drove away

"What?" Jasmine frowned and looked at the envelope, frowning even deeper "To her? Who's her?" She wondered and sat down on the couch before she opened the envelope, curious to know what's inside it

You don't know me, but maybe you do know of me

Sorry I haven't told you who I am yet, I'm Nina, Nicole's (or well I hope Michael did name her Nicole) mother

If you read this letter it means my husband is trying to move on and he trusts you to not break his heart, he probably misses me, maybe he kind of is mad at me right now since he probably just read my letter to him and found out I was dieing and didn't tell him (I couldn't break his heart like that)

I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to meet you, I hope you love my husband for real and want to raise my little girl with him, I don't know how old she'll be by the time you get to read this letter, I just hope there's still a chance you'll be able to give her a sibling or maybe more than one if nature is on your side

I don't know if Michael ever told you but we had plans to outnumber his parents with the amount of kids we'd have, crazy right? But we both love kids and I hope you do too, but knowing my husband I'm sure he'd found a woman that also loves kids or Ricky wouldn't have given you this letter

Um what I'm trying to say is, I'm ok with the idea of you being my replacement, I mean that in a nice way not sarcastic or mean way

All I'm asking is, please don't break my husband's heart I already did that by dieing and not telling him I was dieing

Please just tell him if they find a tumor or any other desease in your body, he'll do everything to safe you, don't be like me and break his heart by not telling him, I don't think he could handle it a second time

I hope you'll find a place in your heart for Nicole too, she may not be your child by blood but you're probably the only mother figure she'll have, outside Michael's sisters and mother

I truly hope you make him happy, I hope one day you'll be the new Mrs Jackson, my husband deserves a good woman, I hope you are that for him and my little girl

Sincerely,

Nina Nicole Jackson