"How many people are aware of this?"
"If you mean Lucy, then much of the cardinals."
"No, I mean about my ability to sleep with Lucy."
"Just three, me, you, and Lucy. I'll be informing the pope of this by the end of today, so you could say four."
"Can we not do that?"
........
Lucy didn't pay my wishes any mind. When I was done eating, she got me on my feet.
"I didn't want to meet him today, but since we've already talked to this extent, it wouldn't be right to keep him uninformed."
It had been two hours since we got to the Vatican, and since then we had been sitting inside a warm, cosy room, the sweet scent of tea filling the air, white and red furniture all over the place.
"Other than aesthetics, is there any other reason white is used to present holiness?" I asked out of the blue.
"Do you believe in faith, Marcus?"
"Can't say I do."
"Well, you should.
