“Not on the first date,” Sofia said.
“They’ve already banged,” Lucia reminded her.
“Oh – then totally having sex,” Sofia said with a laugh.
Absolutely NO help there.
“What do you think?” I asked Alessandra.
She looked embarrassed and put on the spot. “I don’t know… there are some beautiful churches in Florence…”
“NOOOOOO!” all the other women yelled.
“You could always take her to a sex club,” Mei-ling suggested.
Everyone went quiet as they looked at her in shock.
She paused…
Then the corners of her mouth turned up the tiniest bit.
“Oh my god, I thought you were SERIOUS!” Bianca cried out.
“…maybe on the second date,” Mei-ling said, and everyone laughed.
“What about you, boss?” I asked Adriano.
“Take her out drinking.”
“That’sit?”Bianca asked, annoyed.
“Drinking leads to fucking,” Adriano said, like it was the most natural thing in the world.
“Guess I know whatyouguys did,” Lucia teased her.
“No – ” Bianca protested.
“Uh,yeah,”Adriano said.
Bianca glared at him likeWHY ARE YOU TELLING THEM ALL OUR SECRETS?!
I looked over at Massimo. “What do you think?”
“Well,” he said, “you could always take her out to the woods in the middle of nowhere and stay in a cabin with only one bed in it.”
Everyone looked at him.
He shrugged. “Worked for me.”
Lucia laughed and admitted, “It did!”
“What are we talking about?” Niccolo asked as he walked in.
“We’re telling Giorgio where he should take his new girl on their first date,” Bianca explained.
“Oh, that’s easy,” Niccolo said. “TheGiardino di Boboli.”
“The Bo-bo-lee gardens?” I asked, mystified. “Where’s that?”
