Anniversary-2

_ Lucia's eighteenth birthday party_.

I am outside, sitting with my cousins on large couches, as the laughter of Lucia's guests rises in the garden.

The daughters and sons of the families around the ages of my Light are there. They are playing all around the pool, and some are in the water.

Lucia wears a simple white dress with thin straps, but a stronzo has just sprayed her with a water gun.

Everyone can see through the underwear she is wearing underneath.

Matteo has just thrown the stronzo, who dared to wet her, into the pool without any mercy while he quickly throws a towel to my Light.

In one hand, I have a glass of cognac; on the other, I hold a cigar that I have not lit yet.

I am furious, and my jaws are clenched so tightly that I am sure my veins must be visible to everyone.

Stronzi can see what is mine through the wet cloth that sticks to her skin.

My cousins laugh at the scene