THE UNFORGETTABLE PARTYA Story by MICHAELANGELO BARNEZThe party that nobody will miss...
Previous Version This is a previous version of THE UNFORGETTABLE PARTY . "Yes, this is a great party, and we are the
host..." Jim Brown, a strong and mature man, said to himself. "My God, a lot of people have gathered to welcome
us!" He exclaimed in his thoughts while he was looking at the yard from
the second floor window of his parents’ house. In the courtyard were many
people talking and laughing. They all were relatives and friends. "As soon as my wife and daughter arrive, we’ll
come out to the yard to greeting them," Jim said to himself, looking at
his watch. He had come before his family to coordinate the arrangements of the
welcome party. Then, he began to recognize everyone and started
babbling each attendee’s names, besides the precise relationship that he had
with each of them. "John, Peter, Charles, Mary... -and he stopped
going on mentioning the names-… My Goodness!... "he exclaimed-… almost everyone
from my school’s Promo is here... and so the teachers!" "Robert!... My older brother, you don’t know how
much I've missed you since you left us" Jim whispered watching him at the
corner of the yard very busy with the barbecue grill. He also saw several children who he didn’t recognize,
playing in the pool. His parents and his wife’s parents were there also.
They were doing the supervising and directing the waiters to achieve that
everything should be in order, as planned. Moreover, from time to time, they
were welcoming the newcomers and to talk to them briefly until they felt
comfortable in the party. Suddenly, his father turned his head and looked at the
window of the second floor, exactly where he was watching it, and their eyes
met at the distance. It was like a muted sign, because Jim understood that his
wife and daughter were about to arrive. Jim came down the stairs and got out to the porch of
the house to welcome them. He didn’t have to wait because he saw, not too far
away and in a nick of time, a white and radiant limousine coming over a black
asphalt home, which stopped just in front of house. His wife Sophia and her daughter, Sophia Beatriz, got
off from the limo and as always, they amazed to Jim with their beauty and aura
of energy. Jim, who was smiling and eager to hug them, opened his arms. "They are waiting for us in the yard!" Jim
said, while was grabbing both women around their waist, and the duo started to
walk at both sides of him. "Mom spent too much time in the Beauty
shop!" Sophia Beatriz complained and apologized. The patio’s door opened up widely and the happy trio
made their triumphal appearance amid the acclamation of all. Yes, there were many people. It would be better
saying: a crowd; because besides his family and close friends, also were there
the baker, the milkman, the paperboy, the meat market butcher, the Chinese man
from the corner liquor store and many neighbors more... Yes, a lot people were
there, sharing just an exceptional detail: Everyone looked young and healthy,
with no worries that disrupt their smiling faces. Without doubt, this would be the unforgettable party
of the Brown family which, even, the memory of those who stayed on earth crying
for their depart, would disrupt the celebration welcome to their everlasting
happiness. © 2010 MICHAELANGELO BARNEZReviews
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Added on July 24, 2009Last Updated on September 5, 2010 Tags: tale, life, Family, short tale Previous Versions AuthorMICHAELANGELO BARNEZLong Beach... and La Molina in Lima-Peru. , CAAboutMichaelangelo Barnez is the pen name of the writer, Miguel Angel Branez, who was born on May 18, 1947, in Lima, Peru. In the early 80's he immigrated with his family to California, and as soon as he .. more..Writing
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