she stood there watching them walk away until they disappeared into the darkness. By rote, she set the alarm. What had he just called her? Vero amore? She’d have to ask him later what that meant.
Unable to digest all this on her own, Branda picked up her phone and called Sienna. She needed more information about the “hot twins,” as Sienna called them.
Sienna picked up on the second ring. “Hi, Branda. Are you all right? I couldn’t believe it when I saw your name pop up on my phone this late at night. I thought you went to bed by nine.”
“Funny, but no. I usually don’t go to bed until ten or eleven depending on how good the book I’m reading is.” Pausing, she tried to get her nerves under control. “What all do you know about the twins that live next door to your parents?”
“Why? Did you meet them? Are they still hot?”
“Hello, I’m the one asking the questions. But to appease your curiosity, yes, I did meet them, and you met one of them last night.”
“Holy cow. The fine guy at the pub was one of the twins? I knew he looked familiar for some reason. I couldn’t place him because I’ve never seen just one of them. That and the fact that he’s at least a foot taller than the last time I saw him, and his hair is longer. Oh, and to top it off he’s even finer than the last time I saw him.”
“Back to my question. What do you know about them? Tell me everything.”
“Not a lot, really. Just that their parents are nice, and my mom is really good friends with their mom. Why? What happened?”
“This is going to sound extremely crazy, but they said I’m the missing puzzle piece that completes them. What do you think of that? They must be crazy. I’m way too fat for them.”
“Quit talking like that. You are not fat. You are curv-y-licious. And it’s obvious from what you’re telling me that that’s exactly what they see when they look at you. Wait a minute, did you say they as in both of them. Not just one?”
“That’s what makes it more insane. How could they both want me? Do you think they are playing some cruel joke on me?”
“Rewind. You said they said you complete them, right?”
“Yes.”
“I just remembered a conversation our moms had. Their mom said that the Cortino men in her family always fell fast and hard for their true love. I remember that because I’d wished I was their true love. Or even the true love of one on them. Did they show any other signs that they are falling for you besides saying that you complete them?”
“They, uh, they, uh,” Branda mumbled in embarrassment.
“They uh, what? What happened? What did they do to you?” Sienna demanded.
“I can’t say it out loud. All I can say is that they showed me how they felt.”
“Oh my god. Did you have sex with both of them? Give me all the details.” Sienna’s voice was riddled with excitement.
“I—they— I didn’t have sex with them. They touched me…down there.”
“Oh my god. Did they make you come?”
“Yes. It was so good I still can’t believe it. I didn’t think men really did that. I’m so confused. They told me they’d be back in the morning with coffee and chocolate-dipped cannoli. What do you think I should do?”
“For heaven’s sake, let them in. They sound like they’ve fallen for you. Rain is going to be so excited. We have to do lunch tomorrow so you can fill us in on how breakfast went. Chocolate-dipped cannoli. They are so courting you. I would’ve given my right arm to have been a fly on the wall at the house tonight. Where did they make you come? In the kitchen?”
“In the living room, on the chaise lounge.”
“That’s so hot. The chaise is a great choice. With cushions to make you comfortable and open sides, they’d both be able to have access to you. Their choice shows that they were thinking of your comfort. That’s so hot. Meet me at Sally’s Subs tomorrow at noon. Right now I’ve got to go jump Teddy’s bones.”
The line went dead.