Party

I’d been staring at her without hiding it for two hours, and she knew it. When she asked me to go up to the third floor for garlands, I knew that Christmas wasn’t going to be like the others.

Valentina had spent four months planning that weekend. Four friends, a naturist resort, and a night none of them knew how would end.

When I saw the chair prepared with that enormous object sticking out of the seat, I knew the night would not be a normal dinner.

Years of friendship, and I was looking at what I should never have looked at. One night I made a decision that changed everything between us forever.

When she sent me the photo from the fitting room wearing lingerie, I closed it without replying. She saw that. That was how it all began.