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this before. I had always been his silly younger sister. Yet now he was treating me like an adult and speaking to me on a different level. Another bottle was extracted from the basket and he popped the cork, topping up both of our glasses. I felt relaxed, the sun was soothing and I lay down. Caesare reclined too, his head rested on his hand as he lay on his side watching me calmly as we talked.
    ‘It’s about time you admitted it,’ I giggled. ‘Tell me, I’ve always wanted to know...’
    ‘What?’ he asked.
    ‘What do you and Father talk about when we leave?’
    ‘Politics.’
    ‘Guila says that.’
    ‘Women.’
    I looked at him, surprised, and he smiled slowly, playfully.
    ‘You’re teasing me.’
    ‘No, not at all.’
    ‘What else?’
    ‘Religion. But he always talks about that at some point,’ Caesare laughed. ‘And of course, we talk about family matters.’
    ‘So, you talked to Father about me last night?’
    Caesare stretched out flat on his back folding his arms under his head and gazed up into the blue sky. I tried to wait but his silence irritated me.
    ‘Well?’
    I sat up. Caesare’s eyes were closed, his mouth and face relaxed. He had fallen asleep. I lay back against a cushion, my head was spinning from the champagne and I closed my eyes, dozing a little to pass the time while I waited for him to wake and talk to me some more.
    The warm sun filtered through the trees as I drifted into a relaxed floating vision. My heart rate slowed and I slept.
    I dreamed of a lover, kissing me, stroking me as I lay stretched in his embrace. The memory of the excitement I’d felt in the library remained with me and I craved the feeling again as I opened to this mystery lover’s mouth and tongue that licked, kissed and sucked me tenderly in that sensitive spot.
    I felt a cool breeze on my bare legs. The illusion was so vivid, I imagined him opening my bodice, laying bare my breasts as his mouth found my nipple until I groaned louder. Then the pressure was gone, the touch had left me.
    I woke and found Caesare stripping away his clothing as he stood over me. I was naked; my clothing lay in a neat pile beside me. I felt stunned as the remains of his clothes fell next to mine and he lay beside me. His lips and tongue trailed across my breasts and I floated back into the dream state, captivated by the pleasure of it.
    He gasped against my bare nipple. ‘So beautiful.’
    I was awake this time and aware of what was happening, but desire drove me. I wanted that feeling again, wanted my orgasm against his mouth.
    ‘Oh my God,’ I groaned.
    I couldn’t stop him now, even if I had wanted, and I didn’t want. I needed him. Blood rushed to my face, my nails dug into his buttocks. I whimpered softly at first, but my cries grew louder as we approached the moment of fulfilment. As I came with him I knew we should never do this again, but wondered how I could ever resist him.
    ‘I love you Luci,’ he gasped, his head against my breast as he poured inside me.
    His words terrified me, but not as much as the pained obsessive expression that filled his eyes as he gazed down into my face.
    I turned my head away and glanced at the empty bottles of champagne. What had I done? What was going to become of us? I stroked his hair as he wrapped his arms around me and cried. I knew then, he was more afraid than I was. The act had excited me in a different way; it made me feel strong. It was as though his desire for me gave me a power over my brother. I think this is why I allowed our relationship to continue.
     
     
    Chapter 6 – Present
     
Lover Revealed
     
     
    I remain silent as Lucrezia stops speaking. She stands and stretches like a cat. She looks out of the window onto the street as a passing Mercedes slows and turns into the drive next door. I realise how difficult this story is for her to tell, but I find even harder the revelation that she encouraged her brother; that she wanted him to make love to her; that she