Chapter 227

"Well, I can’t remember if I ever told you this, but I kind of got a late start," she said.

"I don’t think you have told me this," I said.

"Well, I was kind of a late bloomer," Katie explained. "Such a cliché. I lost my virginity the summer before college. I always had really long-term boyfriends because, like, that’s what I thought you were supposed to do. Have a boyfriend."

"So, what, you fucked him before going away to college?" I asked.

"No," she said with a laugh. "I fucked one of his friends. It was random. I was drunk and had done some coke at a party. One thing led to another."

"Wow, hitting the coke in high school," I said, raising my eyebrows.

"I got introduced to it at a graduation party," she said. "We were white kids living in the suburbs, and there was money around. There are always going to be drugs. Someone scored some coke, and I was abs