Chapter 75: Conundrum
We left the music room with the girls. On the way to the guest room, Veronica decided to take off her thin sweater, leaving her in a black shirt and tight latex pants... inappropriate, to say the least.
Mrs. Hayes ordered Italian food.
We sat in our previous spots and started the feast; glances were exchanged, especially toward Veronica.
Only Mrs. Hayes seemed unfazed.
Spaghetti alla Napoletana and wine straight from Mainz, local wine from the province not far from Frankfurt. Delightful, semi-sweet, electrifying.
At first, we ate in silence. Later, conversations started about how I met Olivia and even where Mrs. Hayes’ husband was hiding. Allegedly, he left her immediately after she told him she was pregnant.
No one would say these things to people they barely knew if they weren’t drunk. I thought.
As the evening went on, we drank more wine, and the conversations took various strange directions. Veronica asked Olivia if I was her first boyfriend, and Olivia responded by asking if Veronica had a boyfriend.
As always, Mrs. Hayes let the guests sleep through the night at her house, but before that, Veronica turned to me and Olivia.
"I have this game called Taboo. You want to play?"
"Taboo, huh?", Oliv said with an arched brow. "Sounds naughty."