Page 25 of Be My First

Chapter Eight

Juno

“Where are all the dicks?” Keene whispers.

I shush him and then look up and down the hallway. We’re alone other than Bode, Eli, and Declan.

Keene points at a statue in front of us. “Seriously, where did his dick go?”

We all turn and look at it. There’s just a hole where the penis used to be.

“And why didn’t they remove his balls too?” he says.

I put my hand over my mouth to stifle a laugh.

Eli doesn’t take his eyes off the statue and says, “Maybe removing the balls would have risked the integrity of the structure?”

I cover my whole face. I’m about to lose it.

Declan just snorts beside me. Eli turns to Declan and says, “Where’s Maggie? I bet she could tell us about the missing dicks.”

Declan points back down the hallway. “She’s breastfeeding Ian.”

“In the Sistine Chapel?” Bode asks.

Declan nods. “Yeah. Ian started crying and the shushing guy came over and asked her if she could feed him and then he pointed to the bench. Where else is she going to feed him?”

“Is she alone?” Eli wrinkles his brow.

“No. Kip and Brooklyn are sitting with her. The twins fell asleep, so they sat down to hold them. They said they’ll catch up in a minute. Zadie and Will took their little ones outside so they can run around.”

“What do you think those shushing guys are paid?” Keene asks.

“I don’t think that’s literally their whole job,” I answer.

“That’s all I saw them do,” Keene remarks.

“I’m pretty sure they are guards or something,” Eli says.

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