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Chapter 20: Catharina's birthday.
My regular readers will remember Catharina as my very first photographic model, well I knew that her fiftieth birthday was coming up and I had contacted her husband Mario to find out if anything special was planned. He confirmed that in two weeks, on Saturday, they would throw a big surprise party for her. The restaurant would be closed to the public as only family and close friends would attend. He confided that it had been difficult to keep it a secret from her, but he had played dumb, telling her there was no time to do something big and it would be business as usual in the restaurant with maybe a drink afterward with some friends. I made arrangements to fly to Rome the Friday morning before the event. Closing the shop was a bit difficult in the summer, but so be it, I too had a right to a vacation, albeit a short one as I would only be closed Friday and Saturday, Sunday and Monday being my normal closing days of the week. I booked a return flight in business class leaving Friday morning with my favorite airline, Brussels Airways; I still held a gold card, a nice perk leftover from my working days. Mario had booked me a hotel room in a place near the restaurant, allowing me to walk to the party.
When I got to the hotel, I gave Mario a call informing him of my arrival. He gave me the final instructions for the party but had to confess that under pressure he had told Catharina I would be there for the drink and that she would most probably call me to have dinner together the Friday evening, which of course she did. As we hadn't seen each other in a couple of years, she would have loads to tell me. At 8 I heard a knock on my door and there she was. When I opened it she grabbed me in a bear hug and kissed me full on the mouth.
"Oh I am so happy to see you, it's been far too long, you should come more often."
"You are absolutely right darling, but I have been so busy the past year with retirement and setting up my photoshop and studio, I didn't even have time to take a vacation, but hey, here I am, I wouldn't miss this for the world."
"How is that working out for you? Do you meet many girls you can photograph in the nude, or are you now only taking pictures of kids and pets?"
"You know me, you were my first nude model and it hasn't stopped since you converted me. I do take pictures of babies but often together with their nude mothers, and most importantly, I'm still helping young girls with their careers as I did for this young Italian girl I once met here in Rome."
"Yeah, you would, wouldn't you, you've got to tell me all about it over dinner, let's get going I'll take you back to a place you may remember."
"You mean Antonio's? Is the old rogue still in business?"
"Yes he is, and yes that's where we'll go."
This was truly a trip down memory lane, I started to wonder if we were going to repeat that whole evening tonight. Antonio still didn't have menus in English, so Catharina ordered the food and wine for the both of us, and just the same as the first time it was excellent. She pumped me about the photoshop and I told her the whole story in some detail.
"So you are still a bachelor, but taking care of the ladies in your village, even getting a bit kinky on the side, your own BDSM cellar, my God what will it be next?"
"I am only renting the place to them, absolutely not involved in the operation, aside maybe from taking the occasional photo or video they want. The grand opening is coming up soon once all these strange contraptions they want have been installed. But what about you, how are the kids, they must now be well in their twenties?"
"Marco is already 29, happily married with 2 kids and working in the restaurant as sous-chef, a bit tricky with Mario as he wants him to excel at everything, you know how fathers can be. Mario wants Marco to take over the restaurant in a few years. We're not getting any younger ourselves and Mario wants to travel the world. Last year we went on a cruise for the first time, in the Caribbean, and he's been bugging me ever since to do it again."
"Cruises are indeed addictive I loved them too, lots of single ladies on board to take care of you know," I said with a wink.
"I can imagine that for you, these would have been tiring vacations."
"You have no idea, when I came back from one of these I immediately needed another vacation to rest. How about your daughter Gina, how's she doing?"
"Gina is 28, almost the same age you were when we first met, she's still single, a bit shy maybe, basically like I was when I met you. You know what, maybe you should take her out to dinner and convince her to pose in the nude for you."
"Come on, I will be 60 soon, what would a pretty young woman want with an old fart like me?"
"Mm I think you could teach her a trick or two, I know she is no longer a virgin but she hasn't had much experience with the male population. When do you have to go home?"
"I plan to fly back Monday evening."
"Excellent, I will set up a date with you and her on Sunday night."