Photo Album

Bibi loved to look at pictures from her photo album with Eliza. She was older now and would just ask Eliza to look at the book together. There were recent pictures of her, Rafe, and Oscar with Bibi.

But unexpectedly, a picture slipped from its laminated slip. It was her, Alessa and Bibi.

“Auntie Alessa,”  Bibi loved Alessa as much as she loved her actual Aunt Jeanne. From the first time they went to her house abroad, Alessa had always treated Bibi special.

Eliza stared at the picture of Alessa a little longer than she should have. She had always known Alessa was beautiful, but now that they had made love, she knew how much deeper it was.

The first time was with Leon, and Oscar had caught them in their apartment. But Eliza went to Alessa’s studio when Leon was not there and they had made love immediately.

Alessa looked at her with soft-focus eyes, while Eliza stroked her beautiful body. She had resisted for so long what she felt about her friend because she was anxious what it would say about her. She had never felt that way about a woman before, but Rafe was right. Her friendship with Alessa had always been something different.

“Mommy?”

“Yes baby,” she said, playing with her daughter’s hair.

“I love our family.”

She held her little girl so close.

“We all love you,” she said, closing the photo album.

Bibi placed her head on her lap, and Eliza settled her daughter’s head there.

She saw Alessa’s name on her phone, and her heart raced like it had never done before. Seeing her friend turned lover’s name made her heart race.

Eliza wondered if she was falling in love with her, or if she had been in love with her all of this time? She opened up the photo album again, and her heart raced all the more when she saw a photo of Alessa.

Her Alessa.

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