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.Freddie ventured down the flight of stairs, finallyemerging onto the wide patio at pool s edge.He d still gone undetected, the swimmer lost in hislaps.Sticking a foot in the water, Freddie felt an instant shift in his body temperature, the coolwater just what he needed.Reluctant to jump into the pool and interrupt the laps, Freddie was uncertain how toproceed.Just then the swimmer ended his routine, lifting himself up out of the water, bicepsbulging from the workout, his strong back facing Freddie.Wearing only a tight pair of blueSpeedos, he headed toward a chaise longue, grabbing a fresh towel.He tossed it over his head,shaking the excess water from his hair, wiping down his front, his back, his legs while still facingaway from him.Freddie just stood there, salivating at the sight of the sexy man drying off beforehim, hoping against hope it was the sultry Santo and not his near-twin, the beneficent Beno.Turnaround, turn around, Freddie s mind urged.The man tossed his towel on the chaise and ran long fingers through his wet hair,smoothing thick wet locks against his head.Apparently satisfied, he at last turned around, andFreddie exhaled loudly.He hadn t even realized he d been holding his breath.But oh, thankGod.What spread out before him was unmistakable.Freddie had touched it, tasted it, allowed hisfingers to graze the rough fur as the man hovered above him, making love to him with fierce, rawenergy.Matted by the water, Santo s hot chest was easily distinguished in all its dark, hairysexiness. Hello, Freddie, Santo said, a smile upon his face, nary the hint of surprise to his voice. Santo, Freddie said. You don t seem surprised to see me. I had assumed something was up, the way Beno was acting.I finally got him toconfess, he said. It s nice to see you, Freddie.Brave of you to come all this way, not just toendure my family, but surviving a two-hour car ride with Patsy? Did you have headphones, orjust remarkable patience? You know Patsy is here as well? Like I said, Beno has confessed his sins.So, Freddie, shall we make the best of it?A smiling Santo made his way toward Freddie, Freddie growing more excited the closerhe got.Inside his board shorts his cock twitched, as though it too were welcoming back an oldfriend.Freddie tried to douse its growing desire.The last thing he needed Santo to see was hiscock poking a tent in his swim trunks.Too late.Santo smiled at him, kissing him on the mouthwhile his hand touched the thickening cock through the gauzy material.His kiss was tender, justas sweet as Freddie had hoped, even though he d convinced himself otherwise.His reunion withSanto was not supposed to go this way.He d expected heat, anger, vitriol over beingmanipulated, the little boy in him resurfacing as he realized everyone around him was making hisdecisions for him. Freddie, you are sweet, and you are very handsome.And loyal, from what I ve beentold. Loyal? I m not sure what that means? Beno s office& at the club.I m sorry for how my brother acted.It s rather an extremeway of behaving.But he s just looking out for my interests.Freddie, there have been many menwho have tried not only to get in my pants but into my heart, and more often than not I havespurned their advances.Always being told you are good-looking does nothing to cure yournatural insecurities.Perhaps it is a lesson I learned young when in Hollywood, but many peopleare more interested in a shallow relationship, more into pleasuring themselves than others, and soof course they put their needs ahead of others.You, Freddie, the way you rejected Beno& it wasadmirable.Beno showed me. What do you mean he showed you? Closed-circuit television, a must for any club, he said. It s amazing what we catchsome of our customers doing, especially after a night of drinking.As I watched the video, I knewyou would reject Beno, that you would figure out he wasn t me, but Beno& he is skeptical, andhe protects his little brother with almost crazy devotion.He saw how defeated I was when Ireturned from Hollywood, he vowed no other person would ever hurt me again.Patsy sappearance in Rome coincided with your arrival, and in fact the two of you seemed to know eachother.Beno wanted proof it was sheer coincidence.So when you passed the test, the naturalprogression was to invite you here.For you and I to spend time together. Wow, Freddie said. Don t I feel like the one who s been manipulated? I am sorry, Freddie, he said. The Mancusi family is very enclosed seldom do weallow others inside our sanctuary.This weekend was intended to be family only, a way for us toremember Papa, so the fact you are here, that Patsy is here, well, consider yourselves more thanwelcome.I m sorry for the way I overreacted at the club.Was I just a fun diversion, anothernotch in your Roman belt? Or did you have true feelings for me? That is what I needed to know.Even though I disapprove of the way Beno went about it, I suppose it got results. I don t get it, Santo.You rejected Patsy s request regarding the play.Yet here she is atthe family compound.The way your mother greeted her, it was like Patsy was some long-lostdaughter.Can you explain what s the big secret? How does the Mancusi family know Patsy?Santo smiled, a tinge of sadness to it. All in good time.For now, Freddie, we are alone.Patsy and Mama are busy catching up it is many years since they have seen each other, Ginahas not yet arrived, and Beno and his wife, Sophia, they have gone to town to fetch copiousamounts of wine
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