NONNI’s Kiss of Death
By:
Moriset Tania
Chapter 1
***Patricia Pov***
I was bored, it was summer again
No classes, no friends, no Allowance!
My goodness, I think I’m going to die here if I can’t take my summer vacation with my friends!
“Patty! Come here I got something for you!” Opps! Popsy is there! Hmmm… He have something for me, I can wait to know what it is. I hope it was a Plane ticket for a vacation trip to go somewhere Singapore, Hong Kong, Paris OMG.
“Hey Dad! What is that?” He smiled at me!
“It was plane ticket for the two of us!” Wow! As in OMG!
“That’s great but where?”
“To the Philippines, To your Nonni Belinda”
“What? Why? I mean, Philippines? Nonni Belinda? Who is that? I can’t remember we have relatives there”
“you’re just 9 when we migrated here in the Italy, so I think that is the reason why you don’t remember her. Patricia your Nonni Belinda is my mother in law, meaning the mother of your Mommy Alicia. She was very kind, loving, protective Nonni to you”
“Really? oh! I see … I don’t even remember the face of my mother. So, surely I don’t remember her” I saw the sadness in the eyes of my father. I know that she’s still in love w/ my mom, so he doesn’t try to find a new wife.
“pat! We are leaving Tomorrow morning”
“What? Tomorrow? You’re just kidding right? Dad!”
“Patty! We need to go to the Philippines as soon as possible, I think You’re Nonni Belinda is not feeling good. “
“Okay!” and then I rolled my eyes
“By the way, when we arrive there, you need to speak tagalog!”
“But Dad!”
“Don’t pretend you don’t know tagalog! Coz I am the one who taught u that.”
“Okay! Fine”
I just left dad, coz I know our conversation would be a long story….
“pat! Pack you’re things now” he shouted before I reach my room
I hope I can have some fun. Hmmm… I think I read in one magazine that Philippines have a lot of beautiful beaches and resort. I need to go there before we came back here. But, I’m curious who Nonni Belinda is? I will find out when I got there. OOooopss! Need to speak in my native language.
So, Inayos ko na ang gamit ko, my party dress, make up, shorts and my bikini haha I can’t wait to swim. Pardon me, di ko mapigilan magsalita ng English coz, I am 18 now and almost half of my life I speak English, maliban lang when my dad talk to me in tagalog. But, naiintindihan ko naman ang salitang tagalog. I remember dad always say this line “according to Dr. Jose Rizal – ang hindi magmahal sa sariling wika ay higit pa sa hayop at malansang isda”. No one wants to be called as an animal or smelly fish that’s an ewwww.
I am ready to go!
But now I need to take a rest.
