Dear No One

My Mother ~ Susana Maria Martinez

        When I woke up this morning I pushed aside all my feelings and put on a stern demeanor. I hopped in the shower and got dressed in some all black Vs pink sweats a white tank and the oreo 5s papi brought for me. I had some chanel aviators on and an all black chanel bag. I went to the kitchen and had the maid make mami breakfast. I went back upstairs to mami's room to wake her up. As soon as she saw me she burst into tears I instinctly ran to her and held her. We didn't speak we just sat there until the maid brought mami's food. "Mami look I think we should go on a shopping spree. Let's get over this grudge that we have against each other. We can shop and pamper ourselves and have lunch. Let's just learn to love each other. " She looked at me and nodded her head in agreement. I left the room when she began to eat. I returned to the kitchen grabbed a granola bar, a water , and a peach and headed to the garden. I thought about papi and everything that's happened in this short time period. Mami found me in the garden. We walked to the car and headed to the spa. Mami and I each got manicures,pedicures,massages and facials. Next we went to the shopping district of Colombia and brought something from almost evey store. We headed to Buena Comida for lunch. The waitress showed us to our table and handed us menus. "Alexiana I appreciate everything your trying to do and I have to say that there is so much I want to learn about you. We have to do this for papi" mami said. I looked mami directly in the eyes and said, " Mami, love is a team effort. We both loved papi and I'm going to personally make sure that his death does not go un-avenged." The rest of the lunch was filled with questions, forced laughter, and awkward silences. We left the restaurant and returned home.

            It was around 8 when I went into mami's room. When I entered I asked "¿Cuando es el funeral de papi?" " Acabo comenzó a hacer arreglos , pero estoy seguro de que el funeral será el sábado" she responded. " Ok thanks." I flashed a grin and headed for my room. I had 3 days to plan for my next big move. My papi will be avenged.