“How was it?” Cat asked dubiously. “The Gardens, I mean.”
“It was actually pretty funny.”
Alessandra and Cat both stared at me.
“‘Funny’?” Alessandra asked in disbelief.
“Yeah,” I said, and told them all of Giorgio’s jokes about the statues.
The one about the proctology exam and the Renaissance version of Pornhub really brought the house down.
“Oh my god!” Cat said as she wiped a tear from her eye. “Well, that goes right along with Lucia’s suggestion.”
“Cat!” Alessandra whispered again.
“Whaaaat?!” Cat said frantically. “Why do you keepdoingthat?!”
“It’s okay,” I said, and laughed again. “Giorgio told me she suggested we have sex in the bushes.”
Cat chuckled. “Yeah… so, did you?”
She meant it to be funny –
But I just sat there in silence and blushed bright red.
“OH MY GOD, YOU HAD SEX IN THE BOBOLI GARDENS?!”Cat squealed.
Alessandra didn’tshushher this time. She just stared at me with a wide-open mouth.
“Oh my god,” I said and covered my face in shame. Funny shame, but shame nonetheless.
Caterina leaned over and whispered, “Was it hot?”
I peeked out from between my fingers. After a second’s pause, I nodded.
“Tell useverything!”Caterina hooted.
“I can’t tell youthat!”I whispered.
“You brought it up, so I think you obviouslywantto,” Cat said playfully.
“Nooooo,” I said, shaking my head.
“Come on.”
“Nope.”
“Comeonnnnnn.”
“No!” I said, but I was laughing.
“You know that once Lucia finds out, she’s going to badger you non-stop until you tell her. And then she’s gonna tellus,so you might as well cut out the middleman.”
“I don’t want to offend anybody…”
Catpshawed.“You’re not going to offend me!Ilivefor this shit!”
I looked over at Alessandra’s rosary, which sat on the counter next to her. “Um…”
