NANCY GRAFFIA PIZZOLATO PART 8 [ THE NEW BRIDE ] by rose miletello arrives in fordoche . la TONY AND NANCY WERE JUST MARRIED, SEVERAL HOURS AGO SHE LEFT INDPENDENCE, FROM HER PARENT,S CABIN ON A PLANTATION WHERE SHE HAD LIVED SINCE THEY CAME TO THE UNITED STATES. SHE WAS BORN IN ITALY A VERY FAR COUNTRY OVER THE OCEAN. LIKE MANY OTHER IMMIGRANTS HAVE DONE. SHE ONLY SPOKE IN ITALIAN, BUT HER NEW HUSBAND HAVE LEARNED A FEW WORDS OF ENGLISH. TONY PIZZOLATO. HER HUSBAND ALSO CAME FROM SICILY AS A YOUNG BOY WITH HIS MOTHER MARGARET ,[ maiden name tredico] with his three siblings [ catrina, joseph and phillip ]THE NEW MARRIED COUPLE HAD THAT MUCH IN COMMON AND WOULD LATER , DISCUSS THEIR LIFETIME LIVING IN THE OLD COUNTRY. LIFE YET , WAS NEW BETWEEN THEM AND THEY BARELY KNEW EACH OTHER. NANCY HAD PLANNED TO TALK TO TONY, TO SEE HOW MUCH HE REMEMBERS, SHE WAS OLDER THAN HIM. BEFORE HER TRIP. HE WAS ONLY A LITTLE BOY ABOUT 7 OR 8 YEARS OLD. WHEN HE LEFT THE PALERMO PORT , WHERE HE BOARDED THE SHIP. ARRIVING NOW IN THE VILLAGE OF FORDOCHE THE TRIP ON THE ROAD WAS GOOD, BUT VERY TIRING. TONY HAD SHOWN MUCH STRENGTH, AND WAS IN CONTROL OF THE TRANSPORTATION. THEY WERE GIVEN LOVELY GIFTS FOR THE WEDDING AND TONY TREASURED HIS, NEW WAGON AND ESPECIALLY HIS MULE. HIS WIFE WANTED TO CALL THE MULE MARIO. THE MULE, HAD LONG MANE, THE COLOR OF RUST. A REDDISH BROWN,. IT WORE A LEATHER BLIND OVER HIS EYES, NANCY REMEMBERS WHEN HER FATHER, FIRST CAME TO THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS, TO PICK HER UP, WHEN HER SHIP ARRIVED, WITH A WAGON AND TWO MULES, HER FATHER HAD THE LEATHER BLINDS OVER THE MULES EYES. SHE REMEMBER ASKING HIM, WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR IT. SHE REPLIED TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE GLARE OF THE SUN, HE ALSO SAID LIKE A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES NANCY, SHE SMILED AND SILENTLY WAS THINKING OF HER PAST. THE COUNTRY ROAD WAS DUSTY, BUT NANCY SAW BAYOU,S AND MILES AND MILES OF PLOWED LAND, EITHER WITH TALL CROPS, OR JUST ROWS OF EARTH PLOWED EARTH. NANCY, WAS THINKING THAT IN A FEW MINUTES, SHE WOULD BE SEEING, SAPINA AND JOSEPH,S HOUSE, WHERE THEY WILL BE LIVING. SHE WAS GOING TO BE GLAD TO SEE, SAPINA, AND TALK TO HER. NANCY LIKED SAPINA, AND WANTED TO THANK HER FOR BAKING THEIR BEAUTIFUL WEDDING CAKE. PERHAPS SHE WOULD TEACH NANCY HOW TO BAKE CAKES TOO. NANCY, ALREADY KNEW HOW TO MAKE BREAD, CHEESE, AND COOK WELL. SHE WAS ALWAYS WANTING TO LEARN MORE IN THE KITCHEN. IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE DARK, WHEN THEY PULLED UP TO SAPINA AND JOSEPH,S HOUSE. TONY YELLED AND SAID WHOA MARIO.... WHOA BOY... NANCY WAS SO TIRED BUT STILL MANAGED TO GIGGLE AT TONY.. HA HA HA.. HE TOO BROKE OUT IN A BIG LAUGH.. THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER WAGON, PULLING UP BEHIND THEM , AND IT WAS HIS BROTHER. TONY HELPED NANCY OUT OF THE WAGON, AND HUGGED HER, SAPINA WALKED OVER TOWARDS NANCY, AND SAID WELCOME TO MY HOME. COME INSIDE LET ME SHOW YOU OUR HOUSE. SAPINA AND JOSEPH HAD TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, AND THERE WERE BEDDED DOWN IN THE BACK OF THEIR WAGON. THEIR FATHER JOSEPH IS GOING TO CARRY THEM AND PUT THEM IN THEIR BEDS. THE HOUSE WAS NOT VERY LARGE, BUT WAS BUILT VERY STURDY, IT WAS MADE FROM WOOD AND IT HAD A NICE PORCH, WITH WITH WOODEN STEPS. JOSEPH AND HIS FATHER LEONARDO PIZZOLATO HAD BUILT IT AND JOE,S BTOTHER PHILLIP HELPED TOO TONY HAD BEEN LIVING AT HIS FATHER AND MOTHER,S HOUSE, BEFORE THE WEDDING, BUT HIS SISTER CATRINA,S HUSBAND JACK BENEDICT HAD DIED, AND THEN SHE AND HER TWO YOUNG SONS, CHARLIE AND LEON MOVED BACK WITH HER PARENTS. IT WOULD BE TOO CROWED, IF TONY BROUGHT HIS NEW BRIDE THERE TOO. IT ,S USUALLY A TRADITION WITH THE ITALIANS, FOR A NEW MARRIED COUPLE TO FIRST LIVE WITH THE GROOMS PARENTS BUT THIS WAS NOT POSSIBLE, BUT THEY LIVED RIGHT DOWN THE LANE FROM SAPINA AND JOE.. SAPINA HAD SHOWED THE HOUSE TO NANCY AND GAVE THEM A NICE BEDROOM, IT HAD WINDOWS WITH PRETTY CURTAINS, AND A CABINET [ ARMOIRE] IT WAS HOME MADE AND SMELLS OF CEDAR WOOD. NANCY LOVED THIS SMELL, IT WAS A FRESH SCENT, HER OWN TROUSSEAU WAS MADE FROM CEDAR. TONY APPEARED IN THE DOORWAY, AND WAS CARRYING HER TROUSSEAU, HE SAID HONEY, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT THIS, SHE SAID AT THE FOOT OF THE BED WOULD BE NICE. HE PLACED IT DOWN GENTLY ON THE FLOOR. THEN KISSED HER ON THE CHECK, AND WENT OUT TO HELP HIS BROTHER, UNLOAD THE WAGONS , AND THEN TAKE MARIO THE MULE TO THE BARN, AND BED THE ANIMAL DOWN FOR THE NIGHT SAPINA AND NANCY WENT INTO THE KITCHEN TO PREPARE A QUICK MEAL, BECAUSE IT WAS VERY LATE, THEY SLICED HOME MADE BREAD, SALAMI AND ITALIAN CHEESE, SERVED WITH BLACK OLIVES WHEN THE MEN CAME INSIDE AFTER THEY WASHED THEIR HANDS. ALL 4 SAT AT THE TABLE FOR A MEAL. SAPINA SAID A BLESSING AND THANKED GOD FOR HER NEW SISTER-IN-M LAW, NANCY HAD LEARNED THAT SAPINA WAS VERY RELIGIOUS, AND THAT SHE LOVE GOD THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS NANCY TOLD SAPINA THAT HER BREAD AND CHEESE WERE VERY GOOD. THE TWO MEN TALKED ABOUT FARMING, AT THE TABLE WHILE THE WOMEN KEPT SILENT. WHEN THEY WERE FINISHED, THE MEN WENT OUTDOORS TO SIT ON THE PORCH, NANCY WASHED THE DISHES WHILE SAPINA CLEARED THE TABLE, SAPINA TALKED TO NANCY, IN A SOFT VOICE, IT WAS VERY PERSONAL WHAT SHE WANTED TO TELL NANCY WE WILL SIT WITH THE MEN A FEW MINUTES ON THE PORCH , THEN I WILL SAY, NANCY LET ME SHOW SOMETHING. WE WILL COME INSIDE AND YOU CAN GET READY FOR YOUR WEDDING NIGHT, NANCY WAS VERY NERVOUS.. SHE WAS HAPPY THAT SHE HAD SAPINA TO COMFORT HER. WHAT SHOULD I DO? SHOULD IN PUT ON MY NEW FLANNEL GOWN? YES AND LET DOWN YOUR HAIR. AND BRUSH IT SAPINA TOLD HER THAT MEN LOVE TO PLAY WITH A WOMAN,S HAIR, THEN SAPINA . GIGGLED LIKE A LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL. NANCY LOVED SAPINA, SHE WAS VERY FUNNY AND . SHE HAD A COMICAL PERSONALITY. SAPINA TOLD NANCY, DONT WORRY SWEETIE, BECAUSE YOUR HUSBAND WILL GUIDE YOU, SAME AS HE TAKE THE REINS OF THE MULE AND SAY GEDDY UP. HA HA HA HA THEY BOTH LAUGHED SO THEY STEPPED OUTSIDE TO JOIN THEIR HUSBANDS. TONY TOOK NANCY BY HER HAND AND MADE HER SIT ON HIS LAP. THE MEN WAS SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO THE DONACHRICHA,S TRUCK FARM, TOMORROW TO SPEAK TO PHILLIP, AND HIS FATHER -IN LAW JOSEPH DONACHRICHA. THEY WERE GOING TO HARVEST CROPS IN JOSEPH,S FIELD SOON THEY WERE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SOME EQUIPMENT. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT. AND SAPINA SAID LOOK AT THE STARS WOW SO MANY OF THEM, THE NIGHT AIR WAS REFRESHING. AND NANCY WOULD TAKE DEEP BREATHS, SILENTLY TO HELP RELIEVE HER NERVES. FINATLY SAPINA SAID, COME NANCY AND LET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING SHE TOLD TONY, EXCUSE ME AND FOLLOWED SAPINA INSIDE.THE HOUSE, THE TWO WOMEN WERE GIGGLING AND NANCY HELD HER HAND OVER HER MOUTH, BEING CAREFUL NOT TO WAKE UP NANCY,S CHILDREN. SAPINA HUGGED NANCY AND SAID I WILL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING. NOW YOU GO PREPARE YOURSELF, FOR YOUR SPECIAL NIGHT. I WAS ONCE AFRAID TOO. BUT MY MOTHER TALKED TO ME AND TOLD ME THESE THINGS, . YOU WILL SOON, GET USE TO SUBMITTING TO YOUR SPOUSE. GOOD NIGHT NANCY, NANCY CLOSED THE DOOR TO THE BEDROOM AND CHANGED INTO HER NIGHTGOWN. IT WAS PRETTY WITH LITTLE PINK FLOWERS. MARY RENO, MADE IT AND WAS TO BE PUT IN HER TROUSSEAU FOR HER HONEYMOON NIGHT. NANCY SAT ON THE BED AND TOOK DOWN HER HAIR, AND BEGAN TO BRUSH IT. AS SHE BRUSHED SUDDENLY, THERE WAS TONY OPENING THE DOOR. HE SAID HELLO HONEY. HE WALKED TOWARD THE BED, AND NANCY,S HEART SKIPPED A BEAT. THUMP THUMP HE SAT ON THE BED NEXT TO NANCY AND TOOK THE BRUSH FROM HER HAND. HE BEGAN BRUSHING AND STROKING HER HAIR, AS HE COMPLIMENTED HER. NANCY YOU HAVE LOVELY HAIR, SO BEAUTIFUL AND SHINNY, I LIKE TO BRUSH IT FOR YOU, SHE SAID THANKS, AND HE STOPPED BRUSHING IT AND THEN HE TOUCHED HER FACE, AND MENTIONED TO HER THAT SHE HAD SOFT SKIN,. HE KISSED HER CHEEK, YOU LOOK VERY BEAUTUFUL TONIGHT HONEY. SHE BLUSHED AS HER CHEEKS TURNED RED TONY STOOD UP, AND BEGAN TO TAKE OFF HIS SHOES. NANCY MOVED RAPIDLY AND GOT UNDER THE COVERS. SHE WAS VERY NERVOUS, BUT TRIED HER BEST NOT TO SHOW IT. TONY HAD TURNED OUT THE LAMP..... THIS WAS THE HONEYMOON OF NANCY AND TONY PIZZOLATO THE REST IS THEIR OWN PRIVATE AFFAIR, I WILL RESPECT THEM AND LEAVE SOMETHING FOR THE IMAGINATION... to be continued .... 09/10/14 follow me for the next episode part 9
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 15:44:06 +0000
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