Family Affair

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"Don't Drop The Sweet Potato, Papa Will Be Beyond Upset" I Said As We All Walked Into My Parents House.

"I Won't Mommy" Ava Said Softly.

I Placed The Tray Of Collard Greens On The Kitchen Table And Turned To See Jay Walking Up With My Baby Aria. I Smiled Looking Into Her Eyes "Say Mommy" I Said.

"Muuu...Muuu" She Tried To Force, Causing Us All To Giggle. My Father Walked Down The Stairs "Ah! My Family Is Here" We Smiled As We All Gave Him Hugs. He Grabbed Aria From Jays Arms.

"You Heard From Solange?" My Dad Asked As He Walked Into The Living Room.

"Uh She Said She Was Five Minutes Away" I Said.

"Oh So 20 Minutes" Jay Said Making Me Laugh.

We Heard The Door To See Mama Gloria Walk In With Gift Bags And I Don't Know Why.

"Grandma!" Ava Said Running Up To Her.

"How's My Baby Aria?" Mama Gloria Asked.

"Well Hello To You Too" I Said.

"Right" Jay Agreed.

"Whatever" She Said Shooing Us As She Placed The Gift Bags Down Showing Ava Which Gifts We're Hers While She Went To The Living Room To Play With Her New Grandbaby.

About Forty-Five Minutes Later Solange Came With Her Boys And Her New Boo. Which I Actually Liked For A First.

"Hey Everybody!" Solange Said Walking In A A Tray Alone With Her Boys.

"Hey, Five Minutes?" I Said Causing Her To Playfully Roll Her Eyes.

"Can We Eat Now Please, I'm So Hungry" Ava Complained.

"In A Minute Baby" Mama Gloria Said While She Held Aria In Her Arms.

"My Babyyyy" Solange Said As She Seen Her In Mama Gloria Hands.

"Is Everyone In Love With Her?" I Asked Looking At Jay As He Shrugged.

We Decided To Get The Food Organized So We Can Sit Down And Eat. It Was A Tradition We Had Started And It Was The First One. On The Day Of My Moms Passing, We Get Together At My Parents House And Eat, Converse Just Love On One Another And Remember How Good Of A Mother She Was To Everyone.

"I Mean, I Still Can't Believe You Took On That" Solange Said As We Drunk Wine Together In The Kitchen While Everyone Was Now Dispersed.

"I Did It For The Child, Plus It's What Noelle Wanted And We Had Our Ups And Downs But No Child Should Grow Up Without Any Parents. Especially In That Foster Care System" I Explained.

"I Know But...She Treated You With So Much Hate"

"So Did You And Look At Us Again" I Said.

"Touché Bitch"

"Ava Loves It The Most Honestly" I Said.

"So You Guys Are Literally Going To Raise Her As Your Own?"

"Yeah, Because She Is Ours. Honestly, I'm Glad She's Ours. I Think She Came At The Perfect Time" I Said.

"I Still Can't Believe Noelle Pasted...I Think It Was Karma Honestly" Solange Said Making Me Shake My Head At Her.

"It Was Apart Of Gods Plan. You Know Noelle Had No Other Family And I Was Shocked She Asked Jay And I To Take On This Beautiful Plan. We Adore Aria"

"Well Y'all Ever Tell Her The Truth?" Solange Asked.

"That's Jalen Is Her Brother And How Can That Be Possible If I'm Your Mama?" I Said.

"Well...I Was Referring To Noelle"

"We Will, But-"

"Bey...There's Something I Never Told Any Of You" Solange Said.

"What's Wrong?" I Asked Placing My Glass Down On The Table Seeing That She Was Now More Serious Than Ever.

"Jalen And Jabari Are Full Blood Brothers. I Just...I Didn't Want To Tell Anybody Because Of How It Would Look On All Ends. I'm So Sorry" She Said Softly Slowly Looking Into My Eyes.

"Oh Solange It's Okay" I Said Going Over To Her Giving Her A Hug.

"It's Not, Daniel Always Knew Which Is Why He Never Had A Problem Supporting The Both Of Them But I Never Told Jalen. And Obviously Alan Too" She Said.

"It's Okay, Solange But Jalen Deserves To Know The Truth Wether Daniel Is In Their Life's Or Not"

She Nodded As We Released From Each Others Grip, I Heard Small Foot Steps To See Aria With A Huge Smile On Her Face Walking Up To Us.

"How's My Baby?" I Said Reaching Out My Arms As She Chased Over To Me, I Picked Her Up Kissing Her Head.

A Whole Year, Had Gone By And In That Year I Was Blessed With A Daughter. I Was Engaged, My Family And I Have Become Closer Than Ever. I Can't Believe Life Was Rough So Long Ago And Now The Pieces We're Coming Together For The Better.
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