Essence NatalieJay Tinashe Howard . Daughter Of Two , Sister Of One , Dedicated To None . I'm Essence . Biological Daughter Of Aaliyah Haughton And Terrance Howard , Little Sister Of AaliyahJay Maliquè Howard . I'm SevenTeen And Living With My Older Sister , Aaliyah . Our Mom Died Two Years Ago In A Plane Crash On Her Way Back Home From The Bahamas . Back Then , I Was Only Fifteen And Liyah Was SevenTeen , But Didn't Yet Have The Money To Afford A House For Us To Live In , So ACS Took Me Into Care Until Further Notice . We Lived A Happy " Rich Folk " Life , But Nobody Knew What Went On Behind Closed Doors . My Daddy's An Alcoholic . He's Been One Since I Was A Younging , But He's Only Gotten Worse Since Momma Died . Recap I Two Stepped Into Liyah's Room , Snapping And Singing . " Ma's Coming Hoooomeeee . " She Glared At Me . " Get Out My Room . " I Glared Back . " No Hoe . " , Then Laughed , Plopped On The Bed Next To Her And Grabbed One Of Her Chocolate Chip Cookies . Daddy Was Out . Probably With One Of His Women He Messed With When Ma Wasn't Home . Yeah , We Knew About That , But We Felt It Was None Of Our Business To Tell Her So It Stayed A Secret . AaliyahJay Essence And I Were Sitting , Chatting , And Munching On Cookies Until My Phone Rang From Across The Bed . I Scooted Across The Bed , And Grabbed It , Reading Uncle . " Wassup Unc ? " I Held The Phone To My Ear . " Liyah This Is Serious . Now I Don't Want You To Be Afraid , Okay ? " He Sighed Through The Phone . I Furrowed My Eyebrows , Looking At Essence , Then , " She's Not Coming Home . " He Said . " What ? Why ? They Delayed The Flight ? I'll Call Her . " I Said . " Her Plane Crashed . " " No . " I Immediately Said . My Eyes Itched , Badly . " I'm Sorry Liyah . " His Voiced Cracked Then He Hung Up , Leaving Me With No Way To Tell Essence , Who Was Crazy About Ma . Leaving Us With No Comfort . Tears Fell Down My Eyes . " What's Wrong Liyah ? " She Rubbed My Shoulder . " What Did He Say ? " She Turned On The Television , And Then Saw With Her Own Two Eyes . Recap Over Essence NatalieJay Tinashe Howard . We're Still Shaken To This Day . I Remember Seeing Her Body , All Deformed , Through The Media Though . We Attended Her Funeral , But Wasn't Aloud To See Her Body , It Was Too HeartBreaking . I'm Definitely Feeling Better About The Whole Situation , Though I Still Cry SomeTimes . She Was A Great Woman , And I Hope One Day I Get To Walk Inside Heaven's Gates And Be Right Next To Her . Anyway , I'm Working On Music . Singing And Dancing Is What I Love To Do , Now I'm Not Beyoncé Or Mariah Carey , But I Am My Mother's Child . She Trained Me To Be The Best I Can Be And So That's What I'm Gon ' Be . The Best . - || R . I . P Aaliyah , Never Forgotten ❤️ . ||
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