he bellowed loudly, Sophia's mother crept from the room, crept quickly, Sophia large eyed stared at him, (it was about the boy Benedict), her father, like some Italian Mafia don, short, stocky, walked around her, if I found out that you have slept with him, her father bellowed, nigdy, nigdy, she said in Polish in reply, never, never, she said again, (pushing images of her and Benedict having sex in her bed from her head), Sophia's father paused behind her, his dark eyes on her back, slim, curved, her bottom caressed by the tight dress, you swear to me that you have not had sex with him, her father said, softer now, but more menacing, him unseen by her, behind her, feeling 6 years old rather than 19,
perspiring, never would I
have sex before marriage, she said, imagining herself that moment a virgin princess, untouched, pure as new snow, her father walked to face her, (she knowing one swing of his hand would send her flying), gazed into her eyes, looking for falsehoods, for lies, I am a virgin, she said, closing her eyes, (images of her and Benedict humping on her bed still there in her head), Sophia's father walked again, muttered in his Polish tongue, she opened her eyes , opened her eyes wide and large like pale blue gems, her father turned and smiled, his voice softer, he is all right, Sophia, he uttered, all right my child.