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★ — November of 2001
Lainey and Leilani were in their shared bed, staring at the ceiling.
Lisa made her way towards their room and opened the door gently.
"Mommy?", asked lainey.
"Hey baby, daddy says you couldn't sleep", said lisa and went to their book shelf.
Leilani sat up.
"We had a bad dream", said lainey.
"Yeah?", asked lisa and picked out a book.
"Yeah, it was ugly", replied lainey.
"Well, mommy's here now baby", said lisa.
Leilani layed back down.
"Excuse me", said lisa and got between lainey and leilani.
Lisa cleared her throat and flipped through the book and went back to page one.
Lainey and leilani rested their heads on lisa's arm and looked at the page.
"Once upon a time, there was a turtle named harry, this turtle was different from the rest, he had a secret, he could fly, the other turtles had no idea he could fly, he was scared to tell, he thinks they will no longer want him, his mother always tells him to think positively", read lisa and turned the page.
✩ — Skip
"The end", said lisa and closed the book.
"I liked the part when the turtle told its friends it could fly", said lainey.
"Me too mommy", said leilani.
Lisa smiled.
"We know what we want to be when we grow up", said lainey.
"What do you want to be?", asked lisa.
"A rapper like you", replied lainey.
"I can'twait to hear your first song", said lisa and ticked them.
They giggled.
"I love you so much, you're my whole world", said lisa with a smile.
Lainey and leilani hugged their mother.
After a while, they fell asleep.
Andre entered the room and put a blanket on them. He picked the top of their heads.
