It is true: that handsome young scoundrel was present, the athletic one, a brattish child of some US armed forces flunky, accompanied by two girlfriends of Appolina's ... one of which, much to my dismay, was that luscious model who always made my skin crawl like a submissive at the foot of a dominatrix. The swine! They stood gaping, their witless gawking inspiring only the most vile of thoughts in my mind, the most vicious emotions in my heart, lubricating the gears of malice. Even Appolina was, for once, stunned silent so I rushed to take advantage of her fatal hesitation.
"What?!” I shouted. “Have you no shame, staring at a naked man in his own home! Or is that it, perhaps you have never seen an actual man before!"
"Father! Go away! These are my friends!"
"I know well enough who these
