Confessions of a Wild Child

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Authors: Jackie Collins
Tags: Fiction, General
yesterday’s news. I am no longer Daddy’s little puppet. I am a free agent, free as the breeze! And nobody can stop me now, not even Gino.
    After our shopping spree, we retire to an open-air café in a busy square. I am now wearing my new outfit of tight white jeans and a cropped red tank. Dead sexy. Brandon’s gonna love it. Olympia is in a short pink dress that shows off her amazing boobs to full advantage, nipples front and centre. All new purchases courtesy of Olympia’s credit card.
    I have to say that we both look major hot.
    I can’t wait to meet up with Brandon again – I’m already fantasizing about how far I’ll let him go. Not all the way of course, but with Almost there are several inventive ways to play the game without risking getting pregnant.
    Olympia sips a coffee laced with her favourite liqueur. I stick to a cappuccino and a baguette sandwich – which is good considering I’m now starving. Olympia is not; she only eats when she feels like it.
    Borus turns up at exactly nine, the designated time of meeting. He’s wearing linen shorts, a striped shirt and flip-flops. Hardly Mister Sex on a Stick. I imagine Brandon will look way cooler. I can hardly wait!
    Borus is friendly, but I can tell he is impatient to get Olympia to himself.
    I consult my watch. Brandon is late. We’d arranged to meet at nine o’clock and it is now almost nine thirty.
    Olympia doesn’t want to leave me sitting in the café alone, which is thoughtful of her but I insist that she and Borus take off.
    Borus doesn’t need to hear me say it twice. He grabs Olympia’s arm and pulls her up. She giggles and gives me a look as if to say – ‘What can I do?’
    ‘Go!’ I encourage. ‘See you on the dock at eleven.’
    It seems a bit weird sitting by myself, especially when two older creeps camped out at a nearby table start checking me out. Ugh! Old men with fat bellies and lecherous eyes. I bet they’re married too.
    By ten I decide that I can’t sit there any more looking like a total loser. Maybe if I get up and take a walk, Brandon will miraculously appear. It’s obvious his stupid parents are holding him up – I guess that’s the kind of thing parents do. Like I wouldn’t know.
    I wander down toward the beach, and as I approach I suddenly see them! Brandon and Lulu are standing by the entrance to the plage, locking lips like there’s no tomorrow.
    Oh . . . my . . . God!
    For a moment I am frozen in time – a pathetic little teenager struck in the face by the reality of it all. I want to either burst into tears or seriously throw up.
    Suddenly I am filled with a sudden surge of fury, and I make up my mind to do neither. Screw it! I’m a Santangelo, not stupid little Lucky Saint.
    I purposefully walk by them, making sure that they see me, even though it’s kind of dark. ‘Hey, Brandon,’ I say – cool and casual as if I really couldn’t give a rat’s ass.
    Brandon unlocks lips and throws me a look. ‘Wassup?’ he mutters, while Lulu gives off a triumphant sneer.
    I shrug – ‘Gotta go,’ I say, winking. Yes, I actually do a cringe-worthy wink! ‘Hot date waiting. Y’know how it is.’
    ‘Hey—’ he starts to say.
    Before he can finish, I’m gone – walking away as quickly as possible.
    Boys .
    Not to be trusted .
    Not to be believed .
    I’m getting the message .

Chapter Eleven
     
    O lympia is not as sympathetic as I expected. She arrives at the dock ten minutes late with messed-up hair, smeared lipstick and a burgeoning hickey on her neck. Lovely. I get dumped and she gets to make out. I’m jealous.
    I relay my sad story. Olympia gives a casual shrug. ‘Boys are dicks,’ she announces. ‘Thing is there’s so many of them around that it doesn’t really matter. They’re like trains – one rolls out, another rolls in. Don’t sweat it.’
    Sometimes Olympia is smarter than she looks.
    We make it back to our private island where Olympia’s dad is having some kind of Greek dance-off with

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