Glenda

Chapter 19

I asked Livivo what he was going to wear and he said navy blue dress pants and a black long sleeved button up shirt with a few necklaces. I nodded and rushed upstairs to enter my room only to find Alison a kind elderly maid waiting in there.

"Hello dearie I just thought you might like some help. I also know that your not going to ask Mia, not that I blame you," Alison said. I rushed to her and hugged her tight before saying,"please help me get ready." Alison chuckled before pulling out three options for me to choose from. One was a knee length puffy tulle dress, the second was a short mid thigh dress that was flowy and the third was floor length and perfect.

After picking out the dress she told me to take a shower and to wash my hair. I washed in my honey sented soaps thoroughly however quickly. Once done I wrapped my self in a towel and then a robe before re-entering my room.

Alison did my makeup, nails and hair which looked stunning before picking out some jewelry to go with the outfit, thankfully she left me so I could get dressed. When I finished I finally decided to look in the mirror at what Alison had done. I was stunned I looked beautiful and elegant without looking like I had aged.

I heard my family down by the stairs so I decided to head on down. I saw them all before they had the chance to look at me. All my brothers were in diffrent dark neutral colored pants with dark colored shirts. Dad was also in dress pants and a button up. Mia was the most dressed up, she looked like Jessica rabbit. And she had a huge ruby necklace and earrings. My father and brothers were looking at her weirdly and as I tried to look closer my heel made a clicking sound on the marble stairs.

Everyone looked my way and Dario seemed to have tears in his eyes. "You look all grown up," he whispered. All of my brothers excluding the twins kept saying I looked beautiful and I quickly made my way to hide behind Gianni. It was at that moment the door banged open and a older women walked in with a older man close behind her looking a little worried.

I'm not sure what shocked me most that she looked a lot like a older version of me or that she slapped Dario. He didn't look the least bit stunned at what had happened and was actually the one who said sorry to the women. "I though I raised you better Dario," she said angerly,"What you couldn't pick up the phone and call your mama to tell her she has a granddaughter."

The older man who didn't look like the women at all with his puffy white hair, blue eyes, and deep tanned skin. He caught me looking and his eyes misted with tears as he smiled at me. "Hello I'm Enzo your Nonno," he said before saying, "Don't mind her he had it coming for a looong time." At this I giggled and my brothers even the twins laughed along.

I tried to hear what the older women was saying to Dario but she had switched to Italian. She was talking very quickly, the only thing I understood is that she was pissed thankfully not at me. My Nonno went over to each brother and pulled them into warm hugs clearly happy to be here. Finally after ten minutes the women stopped yelling at Dario and turned to greet all of my brother's.

She hugged them all and gave them kisses on the cheek after reprimanding each one for not picking up the phone to call her. Once she was finished with each brother she saw me and smiled so warmly I felt like crying. She was just about to come over when Mia stepped in front of her with a fake smile. "Viviana welcome," she then went in to hug her but Viviana's glare immediately put a stop to that.

"Move I would like to greet my granddaughter," she said between gritted teeth. Mia immediately scurried away and went over to the twins. Viviana approached me with a kind smile again and pulled me into a hug. "Hello Glenda I'm your Nonna, I can't wait to get to know all about you."

She then hooked arms with me and started heading to the dinning before taking Dario's typically seat and placing me next to her. We all talked during lunch and Vivian let a few things slip. One being that my uncles, aunts, and cousins were coming later. The second thing shocked my though. "Mia has changed so much since Dante turned one it's like she isn't even the same person", she said while sending a glare down the table towards Mia.

The rest of the after noon went very well. I learned that Nonna was the boss when around but loved her family very much. I also learned that nonno was the peace keeper and hated disorder in the family, he also happened to be very funny. It was fun and I felt so happy I could imagine how it could get any better.