In The Shadows ✔

[35] Trentacinque - Lady Godiva

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Mio Dios = My God  

dannazione = dammit   

ti amo = I love you   

sorellina = little sister   

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Bruno asks: "You want us to reminisce some more? About the time we were kids?" Scorpia nods and gets comfortable on Logan's lap. Logan kisses her forehead and leans back with his arms around her protectively.

Ciro moves to the edge of the couch and makes eye contact with Dino. "What was the name of that friend of yours? The one who was totally into her?" Scorpia sighs and rolls her eyes.

Dino chuckles and says: "Chris. She has always carried a mean punch."

Ciro says: "Scorpia was around thirteen I think. So Dino and co were sixteen I was twenty and studied for my BA. And Bruno was boxing himself around the world. I came home for the weekend, with a bag full of dirty laundry and as soon as I opened the front door, a boy ran out, sporting a bloody nose and a cut lip."

He chuckles and continues. "I ran inside and was about to call for Dino when I heard mamma scold Scorpia. Mamma told her that she couldn't just punch someone in the face and that she should behave like a girl. That made her furious and she ran upstairs." 

Ciro looks at Dino and he picks the story up.

"She kicked the door to my bedroom open and yelled at the two other friends that were still there, asking if we watched her through binoculars too. And if we got a good look. We turned bright red and she was just about to slap us when mamma came in."

"Mamma grabbed both friends by their ear and dragged them downstairs. She tossed them out of the front door, told them they were perverts and no longer welcome in her house. I was ashamed and thought that was it, but I wasn't allowed to join the family for dinner that night." He pouts and looks at the floor.

Scorpia giggles and points at Dino. Logan says: "I think I'm missing a piece of this story. Were you really watching her with binoculars? And how did Chris end up in the garden near Scorpia?"

Dino says: "Err yeah. There's a small balcony attached to my bedroom and she was sunbathing in the garden. In a bikini. And Chris had been fawning over her for over a year. He said she looked older and that she wasn't even my real sister... He brought binoculars with him that day and got very excited when he saw her lying there in the garden. We took turns looking at her. He decided to climb down the ivy growing on the wall. And I don't know what happened after that. I only know that Scorpia punched him."

Ciro laughs and says: "I do. She told me after I told her I was proud of her. That idiot thought he could watch her from the bushes, but he got too excited and ended up blocking her sunlight. She saw him standing there with his hand down his pants and punched him right on the nose. He cried and told her they were all watching her through the binoculars. He's probably still afraid of touching himself."

Cino bursts out in laughter and Dino looks shocked and says: "Oh mios Dio. I never knew that. I can tell you that he never talked about girls that way again. He used to be so cocky. But we haven't really been friends after that either. Pervert."

Ciro grins and says: "You say that, but what did you do with that naked behind picture?

"Shut up Ciro!" Dino shoots him a glare and sees Ricardo come in.