Broken Butterflies

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Author: Shadow Stephens
Damon. When she pulled up to Amy’s incident free, she breathed a sigh of relief.
    “Hey!” Amy said, throwing open the door.
    “Sorry to come without calling.”
    “What’s new?” Amy chuckled.
    Ilisha tossed her coat on the couch. “More than I can understand.”
    She glanced out the window. Bram leaned against her rental car. “Excuse me for a second.”
    “Who’s that? Wow, he’s yummy,” Amy said as Ilisha opened the door.
    As she walked toward Bram he smiled.
    “I don’t want to alarm you, but Damon has recovered from our brawl. You’re going to see me around a lot.”
    “Look, I don’t want any more evasiveness. When my life’s on the line, you owe me explanations.”
    “I’ll find you later.” He leaned in and kissed her cheek, leaving a soft chill where his lips touched.
    “So, who’s that?” Amy asked, looking over Ilisha’s shoulder when she came back in.
    “Bram.”
    “Oh no, honey, you’re giving me more than a name.”
    “I met him on the train, it’s complicated.”
    “He’s certified eye candy.”
    “True,” Ilisha replied, smiling.
    “So, are you dating?”
    “No, nothing like that. I didn’t tell you this, but I was involved in that train crash. Bram saved my life.”
    Amy grabbed her arm. “Why would you keep something like that from me?”
    “I’m fine and I didn’t want a fuss made.”
    “Don’t keep secrets from me like that.” Her voice was stern. “I can tell you like him.”
    “I’ve never met anyone like him. He gorgeous of course, but it’s more than that. I feel like I’ve known him for a long time. That sounds so crazy. I don’t know anything about him.”
    “Maybe you just click with him.”
    “Yeah, maybe.”
    The baby cried upstairs. “Must be lunch time,” Amy said and left to get the baby.
    She walked back down the stairs holding Brooklyn with a blanket and bottle. “Here,” Amy said handing Ilisha a piece of paper as she sat.
    “What’s this?”
    “Cam’s parents live in Japan. His dad is a lifelong marine. My parents are dead. If something happens to us I want you to take Brooklyn.”
    “Amy don’t talk like that.”
    “I’m not saying anything will happen, I just want it official.”
    “You know I love that little girl like my own,” Ilisha said.
    “I know you do” Amy responded.
    Cam’s truck pulled up outside. When he walked in he gave a quick hello to Ilisha and planted a long kiss on Amy.
    “I should go.” Ilisha grabbed her coat and hugged Amy goodbye.
    Amy waved while getting kissed again. The baby grabbed her hair as she was held between her parents.
    Ilisha smiled as she walked to the car. She was glad Amy had a good marriage.
    She drove past the park. Bulldozers and backhoes moved debris into large dump trucks. Only a few trees were left and all the playground equipment was gone. Masons slathered mortar and stacked new blocks on the baseball dugout. Utter destruction she thought.
    “Let’s go somewhere and talk,” Bram said beside her. Ilisha jumped and jerked the wheel. The tires squealed against the road as she corrected.
    “You really need to stop doing that. Heard of phones?” Ilisha said, clutching her chest.
    “I don’t use phones.”
    “Of course not.” She rolled her eyes. “Where am I going?”
    “The cemetery.”
    “Interesting choice,” she said, making a right turn.
    “There’s a mausoleum. It’ll give us privacy.”
    “Not a good pick up line,” Ilisha replied, grinning.
    “I’d say it worked. You are coming with me.” Bram flashed his perfect smile.
    The tires crunched as the car moved along the pellet road. Ilisha parked in front of the building.
    Bram pulled open the heavy copper doors of the mausoleum with ease.
    “Never thought I’d have a conversation in a tomb,” she said, chuckling.
    Fire danced in Bram’s palm, and he held it up to a large oil lantern hanging from the ceiling. The small room glowed orange. Shadows danced across the marble. The back wall was adorned
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