For the next hour we sat around in that rather polite English way beloved of the British films of the forties and fifties, with a cup of tea and cakes..., talking about the weather and the terrible cost of living, and our families. I discovered that they had all married before their twenty-second birthday, that between them they had seven children who were all in secondary school, although I still don’t know how many belonged to each or what gender they were, and that their husbands were more. Daddy had to take my word for it that I had never used my mouth or hand on a man. It was the truth. I was innocent in every respect.I was shamelessly proud of my new car and took all of my friends out for joy rides. But the car was not the only gift from my sweet Daddy. After returning from a joy ride, he handed me a letter that had just been delivered. It was from his alma mater, one of the most prestigious universities in the country. He had pulled strings and greased palms to get me. She played out all of the possibilities in her head until she finally decided which course of action to take. Eve carefully picked herself up off of the floor, and made every effort not to injure herself more, she calmly swept her hair out of her face and began to walk the rest of the house. She set her plan in motion. When she was finally satisfied with her progress, she grabbed her keys, locked the front door and started her SUV. Eve knew where she was going and what she had to do now. She. “My little pizda,” she had said, ”follow me”. She had led Eve down a dimly lit hall way, lined with richly colored portraits of busty women and murals of beautiful rustic landscapes. Finally, they came to a room with a glow from the bursting fire in the middle. Many naked couples glistened with sweat as some threw buckets of water against the walls of red brick, causing clouds of steam to fill the room. The intense heat that accompanied the steam made Eve drip.In front of an empty bench,.