5
Disclaimer: The obvious, the usual.
******
The day before the day
All of the women were at the salon either working on a tan, hair, nails, or, just there to get a good laugh. Trish, Stacy, Gabby, Jacinda,Tabitha, Moira, along with myself, were exchanging the gift of gab.
"Ladies, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. To show my appreciation, you better get the works in this salon, because it is all paid for!"
"Thanks, Donnie." They all said in unison
"I love you guys. Gabby, you and Jacinda have been my best friends since we were 3. Jaci moved away, but she still kept in touch, whild Gabby was always there. From all the grades, to the failing relationships, and I honestly wouldn't be sitting in this chair if it wasn't for you hooking me up with Sean."
"Girl, please. Save the speech for tomorrow"
"Shut up. Anyway, Tabby, Moira, my Gamma Phi Gamma sisters. We had alot of times. I love you guys too."
"Moira, why is she getting all sappy?"
"Sean gave her a heart afterall, Tabitha. Hahaha"
"Whatever. Trish and Stacey. Trish, Trish, Trish. I can't even think of anything. "
"Trish, thats a good thing,"
"Shut up, Gabby. Anyway, I'm glad that we are friends. Stacey, Andrew begged me to put you in ithis. Just kidding. We auditioned for Nitro Girls together. I'm glad that they chose you. I'm glad that we sorta stayed in touch."
"Donnie, you are so mushy right now. what gives?"
"I know that I'm not the most sentimental person on the planet, but I do really consider you all my sisters." They all laughed at me, until I was paged to the reception area.
"Hello?"
"Hey Donnie."
"Sean!" I missed you"
"I missed me too. Nah, I heard you were there, so I just decided to call ya."
"Thanks. Did you call Mark?"
"Yeah. He says that he's awfully sorry. And Chris gave him a bruised chin for his trouble."
"He's a good friend. Too bad that verbal assault was on me."
"It was a misunderstanding."
"I'm glad you know that. Anyway, are you gonna be there tomorrow, or am I doing all of this for nothing??"
"I don't know. Are you?"
"No, I'm not."
"Let's hope not." and he hung up. I had a bad feeling about this. I went back to get my hair done, when Gabby saw the look on my face.
"What gives, Donnie?"
"Nothing. I hope Sean doesn't bail out on this. "
"What? You can't be serious."
"As a heart attack. I asked him if he was gonna show up tomorrow, and he said that he didn't know."
"I hope that bastard doesn't do this." Trish added. "I will kill him!"
Stacy added,"You are not the only one. He knows that that guy was lying, so, why keep going through this?"
"That's because he's a man." Moira said. "He'll show up. He just wants to get you all upset"
"I hope you're right."
That night, I confirmed the food, made the last payment on everything, and I ahd a house full of people. Sean, of course, is with Chris, Mark, Rob, Matt, Jeff (Minus the funny hair), Mike, Paul, Shawn Hickenbottom, And Kevin. After they picked up Scott Hall at the airport, they did the guy thing, which it's probably a strip club.
Late that night, about 4 in the morning to be exact, I woke up. I couldn't sleep. I peeked in the room to see Gabby, C.J, and Gabriella , sound asleep. Jacinda was in the next connecting room with Tabby and Moira. Trish was at the other end of the hall with Stacy, my cousin Cassie and her children. I can't remember who was downstairs, but all I know is that it was all kids, and they left my television on, with Grand theft Auto on pause. After I turned it off, I went into the kitchen, I bumped in to my uncle Enzo. Enzo is like 90 years old. If you had a problem, you went to Enzo.
"Donnielle, bella. Whassamatta?"
"Can't sleep, Uncle Enzo."
"You think you're gonna get stood up at the altar?"
"Yeah. Ellen made a big mess of things."
"Donniebella, no matter what, she is still your mother. Even if she's off her rocker. If you gonna disown her, do it, but don't disrespect her by calling her by her first name like that."
"Uncle Enzo, she doesn't deserve it. I tried to be a daughter to her. I did. But, she just spat in my face at every friggin turn. I'm old enough to just let her be, but everytime I do, she's there to make my life miserable."
"So?"
"So, I just want her to go far away. She always made it clear that I was a mistake."
"A beautiful mistake, BellaDonnie. You were never a mistake. She was."
"What?"
"I tried not to tell you until the time was right. Now is a good time over any. Donielle, Ellen treated you the way she did, was because she is not your biological mother." All the air left from me, like I was hit in the ribs.
"Enzo, did you get to my Bacardi?"
"No, Bella. Ellen was only your father's second wife. Donaldo, your father, was married first to the most beautiful girl name Maia. She was from the old country. They were so in love, and they were happy to have you. Unfortunately, Maia died while you were being born. We all loved her so. "
"Whoa, Uncle Enzo. This is too much for me to deal with right now. I'll talk to you about this later."
"Sit! I tell you know, who knows how much time I have left in this world?. Now, It was 2 years after your mother was buried in Sicily, Ellen stepped in. She said that she was expecting. I told the Puttana to scram, but, due to family, he married her anyway. Many months passed, no baby, but she took to you. I don't know what happened through the years, but she became a greedy, bitter woman. Donaldo left her, divorced her after 20 years, and then she nagged him and bled him dry until his death."
"Is there proof of this?"
Enzo pulled out an old picture of my dad and this Maia woman, then pulled out a picture of me when I was her age, the age that she died. She was only 17. I look just like her. Dark skin, same brown hair, even the mole on the right side of my chin! From there, Enzo pulled out my Original Birth Certificate, this one is from Sardinia. I was born in Sardinia. I'm Italian. Well, half anyway. I know My dad was Irish and African American.
"So, Bella, I had this all of these years, because I respected your father's wishes. Your father was family to me. Maia was my sister. Have you ever wondered why you had Italian relatives, but nobody you knew was from Italia?"
"Yeah. I always thought that it was by aquaintance or even marriage, once removed."
"No. You are blood. And, you have a brother."
"What? Who? Where?"
"His name is Johnny. He'll be there tomorrow to tell you everything."
"Curiosity, Uncle Enzo. What is the family name? I know everybody married and what not."
"It's Stambolli. Maia's maiden name is Stambolli. Now, Bella, go to bed. You have a big day tomorrow."
"Stambolli? Are you sure, Enzo? You're not yankin' my balls, are you?"
"My last name is Facinelli-Stambolli. I'm not yanking your balls."
"I'm so happy that you came, Uncle Enzo. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
"Child, go to bed. You weren't this excited since I saw you graduate from college."
"It's already 5. We have to leave out of here by 9. Four more hours will not kill me."
"Buena. I have company now. My little Donnielle, you are going to make that Sean fellow very, very happy."
"I'm gonna try, anyway. By the way, have you seen my dog, Rico??"
"He's with the boys out front. Don't worry, he'll show, if he knows what's good for him."
We both started laughing. Enzo was starting to make Tomato sauce for me. I love his sauce. I've tried to copy it, but it didn't quite come out the same, so he decided to show me. That took 3 hours, enough time for everybody to get up, take a shower, and eat. I couldn't eat anything. After time passed, we started to leave for the hall.
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3 Hours to go....
"What do you mean he's not here, Kev?"
"We dropped him off at the hotel with Chris. I haven't seen Chris either."
"Kevin Nash, I swear, I will hunt you down until you die and then track you in hell if you don't tell me where is Chris!!"
"Gabby, wherever they are, they are together."
"GO GET THEM!"
This is where you guys came in. Kevin ran out of the door with Paul to find Chris and Sean. Chris walks into the door 45 minutes later, but there is no Sean!!! I swear, I had to find Chris. I was already in my dress, trying to gather it all up so I wouldn't trip. I saw Chris, and I slapped him on the back of the head
"You bastard!! Where is Sean?"
"Relax, Kid. He's here!"
"Let me speak to him through the door."
"No! You can't."
"Where is he, Chris??" Shawn came out of the room
"Donnie, relax. don't panic. I.."
"Don't panic? I have over 2,500 guests and family down there, and Sean is M.I. fucking A. and you want me to relax?? Have you lost your mind?"
"Donnie, it's bad luck to see the groom."
"Who said that I wanted to see him? I just wanna hear him. Now, Quit stalling, and let me speak to him!"
"Fine." Paul opened the door and called for Sean. He was there! that moron! He came to the door
"You are snippy today."
"Whatever! Where were you?"
"I slept late. Chris had to drag me here. We had a night."
"No shit!"
"Language, please."
"This is not a church. It's a Hall! that is why I booked the place, I knew I had to curse you out today, I knew it!"
"I love you too. I'll see you in a little bit."
"Ok." I went back to my room so I could touch up my makeup, and add the rest of my dress.
Everything looked so beautiful. Food, flowers, everything. Even down to the guests. I saw Vince as I was passing through.
"Hello, Donnielle."
"Hey, Vince."
"Listen, I hope that there were no hard feelings about you termination."
"None at all. Things happen, Besides, this is not the place for it."
"I understand. I just wanted that cleared and squared away."
"It's cool. But right now, this is my show. My arena, and right now, You're in my way. I gotta go."
"Fair enough. Good luck."
"Thank you." I walked away. No, I don't need your cash, but I'm glad you had enough balls to clear the air.
After all of the wedding party got down the aisle, everybody stood up, and all eyes were on me. After all of this time, all the things I went through, even up until this point, with all the things that I know now. Johnny Stambolli probably being my brother, Ellen not being my mother, my mom being dead, It was too much.
Can't turn back now. I gotta take that walk. See ya in a few, people.
To Be Continued..................
Disclaimer: The obvious, the usual.
******
The day before the day
All of the women were at the salon either working on a tan, hair, nails, or, just there to get a good laugh. Trish, Stacy, Gabby, Jacinda,Tabitha, Moira, along with myself, were exchanging the gift of gab.
"Ladies, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. To show my appreciation, you better get the works in this salon, because it is all paid for!"
"Thanks, Donnie." They all said in unison
"I love you guys. Gabby, you and Jacinda have been my best friends since we were 3. Jaci moved away, but she still kept in touch, whild Gabby was always there. From all the grades, to the failing relationships, and I honestly wouldn't be sitting in this chair if it wasn't for you hooking me up with Sean."
"Girl, please. Save the speech for tomorrow"
"Shut up. Anyway, Tabby, Moira, my Gamma Phi Gamma sisters. We had alot of times. I love you guys too."
"Moira, why is she getting all sappy?"
"Sean gave her a heart afterall, Tabitha. Hahaha"
"Whatever. Trish and Stacey. Trish, Trish, Trish. I can't even think of anything. "
"Trish, thats a good thing,"
"Shut up, Gabby. Anyway, I'm glad that we are friends. Stacey, Andrew begged me to put you in ithis. Just kidding. We auditioned for Nitro Girls together. I'm glad that they chose you. I'm glad that we sorta stayed in touch."
"Donnie, you are so mushy right now. what gives?"
"I know that I'm not the most sentimental person on the planet, but I do really consider you all my sisters." They all laughed at me, until I was paged to the reception area.
"Hello?"
"Hey Donnie."
"Sean!" I missed you"
"I missed me too. Nah, I heard you were there, so I just decided to call ya."
"Thanks. Did you call Mark?"
"Yeah. He says that he's awfully sorry. And Chris gave him a bruised chin for his trouble."
"He's a good friend. Too bad that verbal assault was on me."
"It was a misunderstanding."
"I'm glad you know that. Anyway, are you gonna be there tomorrow, or am I doing all of this for nothing??"
"I don't know. Are you?"
"No, I'm not."
"Let's hope not." and he hung up. I had a bad feeling about this. I went back to get my hair done, when Gabby saw the look on my face.
"What gives, Donnie?"
"Nothing. I hope Sean doesn't bail out on this. "
"What? You can't be serious."
"As a heart attack. I asked him if he was gonna show up tomorrow, and he said that he didn't know."
"I hope that bastard doesn't do this." Trish added. "I will kill him!"
Stacy added,"You are not the only one. He knows that that guy was lying, so, why keep going through this?"
"That's because he's a man." Moira said. "He'll show up. He just wants to get you all upset"
"I hope you're right."
That night, I confirmed the food, made the last payment on everything, and I ahd a house full of people. Sean, of course, is with Chris, Mark, Rob, Matt, Jeff (Minus the funny hair), Mike, Paul, Shawn Hickenbottom, And Kevin. After they picked up Scott Hall at the airport, they did the guy thing, which it's probably a strip club.
Late that night, about 4 in the morning to be exact, I woke up. I couldn't sleep. I peeked in the room to see Gabby, C.J, and Gabriella , sound asleep. Jacinda was in the next connecting room with Tabby and Moira. Trish was at the other end of the hall with Stacy, my cousin Cassie and her children. I can't remember who was downstairs, but all I know is that it was all kids, and they left my television on, with Grand theft Auto on pause. After I turned it off, I went into the kitchen, I bumped in to my uncle Enzo. Enzo is like 90 years old. If you had a problem, you went to Enzo.
"Donnielle, bella. Whassamatta?"
"Can't sleep, Uncle Enzo."
"You think you're gonna get stood up at the altar?"
"Yeah. Ellen made a big mess of things."
"Donniebella, no matter what, she is still your mother. Even if she's off her rocker. If you gonna disown her, do it, but don't disrespect her by calling her by her first name like that."
"Uncle Enzo, she doesn't deserve it. I tried to be a daughter to her. I did. But, she just spat in my face at every friggin turn. I'm old enough to just let her be, but everytime I do, she's there to make my life miserable."
"So?"
"So, I just want her to go far away. She always made it clear that I was a mistake."
"A beautiful mistake, BellaDonnie. You were never a mistake. She was."
"What?"
"I tried not to tell you until the time was right. Now is a good time over any. Donielle, Ellen treated you the way she did, was because she is not your biological mother." All the air left from me, like I was hit in the ribs.
"Enzo, did you get to my Bacardi?"
"No, Bella. Ellen was only your father's second wife. Donaldo, your father, was married first to the most beautiful girl name Maia. She was from the old country. They were so in love, and they were happy to have you. Unfortunately, Maia died while you were being born. We all loved her so. "
"Whoa, Uncle Enzo. This is too much for me to deal with right now. I'll talk to you about this later."
"Sit! I tell you know, who knows how much time I have left in this world?. Now, It was 2 years after your mother was buried in Sicily, Ellen stepped in. She said that she was expecting. I told the Puttana to scram, but, due to family, he married her anyway. Many months passed, no baby, but she took to you. I don't know what happened through the years, but she became a greedy, bitter woman. Donaldo left her, divorced her after 20 years, and then she nagged him and bled him dry until his death."
"Is there proof of this?"
Enzo pulled out an old picture of my dad and this Maia woman, then pulled out a picture of me when I was her age, the age that she died. She was only 17. I look just like her. Dark skin, same brown hair, even the mole on the right side of my chin! From there, Enzo pulled out my Original Birth Certificate, this one is from Sardinia. I was born in Sardinia. I'm Italian. Well, half anyway. I know My dad was Irish and African American.
"So, Bella, I had this all of these years, because I respected your father's wishes. Your father was family to me. Maia was my sister. Have you ever wondered why you had Italian relatives, but nobody you knew was from Italia?"
"Yeah. I always thought that it was by aquaintance or even marriage, once removed."
"No. You are blood. And, you have a brother."
"What? Who? Where?"
"His name is Johnny. He'll be there tomorrow to tell you everything."
"Curiosity, Uncle Enzo. What is the family name? I know everybody married and what not."
"It's Stambolli. Maia's maiden name is Stambolli. Now, Bella, go to bed. You have a big day tomorrow."
"Stambolli? Are you sure, Enzo? You're not yankin' my balls, are you?"
"My last name is Facinelli-Stambolli. I'm not yanking your balls."
"I'm so happy that you came, Uncle Enzo. Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
"Child, go to bed. You weren't this excited since I saw you graduate from college."
"It's already 5. We have to leave out of here by 9. Four more hours will not kill me."
"Buena. I have company now. My little Donnielle, you are going to make that Sean fellow very, very happy."
"I'm gonna try, anyway. By the way, have you seen my dog, Rico??"
"He's with the boys out front. Don't worry, he'll show, if he knows what's good for him."
We both started laughing. Enzo was starting to make Tomato sauce for me. I love his sauce. I've tried to copy it, but it didn't quite come out the same, so he decided to show me. That took 3 hours, enough time for everybody to get up, take a shower, and eat. I couldn't eat anything. After time passed, we started to leave for the hall.
****************
3 Hours to go....
"What do you mean he's not here, Kev?"
"We dropped him off at the hotel with Chris. I haven't seen Chris either."
"Kevin Nash, I swear, I will hunt you down until you die and then track you in hell if you don't tell me where is Chris!!"
"Gabby, wherever they are, they are together."
"GO GET THEM!"
This is where you guys came in. Kevin ran out of the door with Paul to find Chris and Sean. Chris walks into the door 45 minutes later, but there is no Sean!!! I swear, I had to find Chris. I was already in my dress, trying to gather it all up so I wouldn't trip. I saw Chris, and I slapped him on the back of the head
"You bastard!! Where is Sean?"
"Relax, Kid. He's here!"
"Let me speak to him through the door."
"No! You can't."
"Where is he, Chris??" Shawn came out of the room
"Donnie, relax. don't panic. I.."
"Don't panic? I have over 2,500 guests and family down there, and Sean is M.I. fucking A. and you want me to relax?? Have you lost your mind?"
"Donnie, it's bad luck to see the groom."
"Who said that I wanted to see him? I just wanna hear him. Now, Quit stalling, and let me speak to him!"
"Fine." Paul opened the door and called for Sean. He was there! that moron! He came to the door
"You are snippy today."
"Whatever! Where were you?"
"I slept late. Chris had to drag me here. We had a night."
"No shit!"
"Language, please."
"This is not a church. It's a Hall! that is why I booked the place, I knew I had to curse you out today, I knew it!"
"I love you too. I'll see you in a little bit."
"Ok." I went back to my room so I could touch up my makeup, and add the rest of my dress.
Everything looked so beautiful. Food, flowers, everything. Even down to the guests. I saw Vince as I was passing through.
"Hello, Donnielle."
"Hey, Vince."
"Listen, I hope that there were no hard feelings about you termination."
"None at all. Things happen, Besides, this is not the place for it."
"I understand. I just wanted that cleared and squared away."
"It's cool. But right now, this is my show. My arena, and right now, You're in my way. I gotta go."
"Fair enough. Good luck."
"Thank you." I walked away. No, I don't need your cash, but I'm glad you had enough balls to clear the air.
After all of the wedding party got down the aisle, everybody stood up, and all eyes were on me. After all of this time, all the things I went through, even up until this point, with all the things that I know now. Johnny Stambolli probably being my brother, Ellen not being my mother, my mom being dead, It was too much.
Can't turn back now. I gotta take that walk. See ya in a few, people.
To Be Continued..................