Bruno's Daughter

Chapter 16

Kristi's POV:

 Before Mirabel, Andres, and I could put either one of the visions together, Tia Pepa came in, startling us. We quickly hid the vision pieces.

 "Goodness, tia! You startled us!" I breathed.

 "Sorry, sorry!" she said, a cloud following her. She pushed it out the door and shut it. "Just came in to get the rest of Tonito's things, when I heard the name, which we do not speak..." A cloud formed above her head.

 I knew exactly what she was talking about. Bruno. We really don't talk about him at all. I shook my head, my arms crossed. Andres had his arm around me.

 "Great! Now I'm thundering! And that thundering will turn into a drizzle, and that drizzle will lead to a sprinkle!" Tia Pepa said before trying to calm herself down. "Clear skies, clear skies...." she said softly, taking a few things from the dresser.

 "Tia Pepa, if Bruno-" Mirabel was cut off by a cloud forming above our tia's head. I frowned curiously, wondering what Mirabel wanted to ask her. "If he had a vision about someone, what would it mean?"

 "We don't walk about Bruno." Tia Pepa sounded frustrated as she squeezed water out of Antonio's clothes. 

 "I know, but hypothetically, if he saw you-" 

 "Please, Mirabel, we have to get ready for the Guzman's," Tia Pepa said, avoiding her questions. I wondered why my prima was asking this.

 "We just want to know if it was generally positive, or, you know, less positive," Andres spoke up. I glanced at him.

 "It was a nightmare!" Tio Felix exclaimed, barging in the room. I jumped, my eyes wide. I had not been expecting my uncle to come barging in. If I'm being honest, I was hurt by his words. How could he refer to my father as a nightmare...?

 "Felix!" Tia Pepa exclaimed warningly.

 "They need to know, Pepi, they need to know!"

 "Know what??" I asked. "Bruno never did anything wrong!" 

 "We don't talk about Bruno." my tia said firmly.

 "He would say something and then, CRACK! BOOM! It would happen," my tio said, not paying any attention to Tia Pepa, who was shaking her finger at him.

 "We don't talk about Bruno!" Tia Pepa said again. I frowned, rolling my eyes.

 "What if you didn't understand what he saw?" Andres asked.

 "Really Andres??" I asked in disbelief. 

 "What??" he asked, shrugging his shoulders.

 "Then you'd better figure it out quick because it was coming for you." my tio told him.

 "We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, no. We don't talk about Bruno!" Tia Pepa started to sing, pointing a finger at her husband. Then, Tio Felix grabbed her waist and they began dancing. "But, it was my wedding day!"

 "It was our wedding day!" my tio sang a repeat part.

 "We were getting ready and there wasn't a cloud in the sky!" The room seemed to change to outside. My tio and tia were now in their wedding outfits.

 "No clouds allowed in the sky!" 

 Suddenly, I saw my papa walk up, his hood on. "Papa!" I exclaimed, running forward. But, I went right through him....It wasn't real...I probably already knew that, but I couldn't help it. It still hurt that he just left me. Andres came up beside me, placing his arm around me, giving me a reassuring, small smile. I gave him a small smile.