Scared

Chapter 8: Fury and answers

The next day I can't concentrate at all at school. I feel like crying every time I think about Viktor. As soon as I get back home, I go to the Usyk's. Sofia's home as usual. I go to their door and ring their bell. I don't know what I'm going to say to her, but I know I have to say something. 

Sofia opens the door and I immediately walk in before she says anything. "Janani..." she starts, but I cut her off. I blurt it out "Your brother is a child molester!?" She's shocked, and speechless. "And you knew this?" I ask, knowing her silence spoke great amounts. She starts getting nervous and breaths faster. She covers her mouth with her hand and turns away. "Please explain what the hell this is!" I shout out. "Who told you this?" she asks in a serious tone. "Last night, when you sent Viktor over, he cried and told me about the disgusting things that fucking asshole did," I say, completely pissed off. She sighs out something in Ukrainian while taking a seat in an armchair. "Sofia? Say something!" "Yes! Yes, both Aleksandr and I knew what my bastard brother was going to do. He came here to see me because of that. Let me tell you something, and be ready to listen," she takes a pause and gestures me to sit down. After I sit she continues "I already told you my brother is part of a Ukrainian mob, which my father was the leader of. My father died 5 years ago, and that is when I moved here. I had told my father ever since I knew what he was into, that I will never be a part of it. And on his death bed, he made my brother promise him that I will be aided financially and will be kept out of any of their affairs, forever." She takes a pause and then continues. "That mob is responsible for some of the worst crimes to ever take place. My own father was responsible for the series of bank robberies and bombings that took place in New York, in the 70s." I'm in utter shock at this point. "But after he died, my brother broke my dead father's wish and got into even more atrocious crimes." Her eyes start tearing up "He..he has only hatred for me because I can live a happy life. And when he came here he told us that he..." she covers her face with her hands and lets out a deep sigh. I shift nervously in the chair. I don't know what she's going to say now. She looks up at me with her red eyes and says "he makes child pornography and sells it on the dark market." I cover my mouth with my hand and lean back in the chair, letting out a sigh. We both sit in silence for a minute. "Th..That's what he was doing to Viktor?" I ask, "Why did you let him, Sofia? Isn't it your duty to protect your child?" I ask furiously. "He threatened us Janani! Listen to me. He said we have a choice: we can either let him use Viktor for that absolutely nefarious crime, or his men would come take him away from us and use him as a suicide bomber," she says to me as her tears can't stop falling down her face. I feel a tear come down my cheek as well. "And he said he would come for him once and that's it. But no, that son of a bitch came again. That was the day Viktor was sitting on your front porch," she pauses to wipe her tears "That's why we barged into your house that day. He was coming after us when we took Viktor back. We couldn't stay home because he would break in, and his men would take Viktor away," she says, choking up. "I..I'm so sorry Sofia. I just..I don't know what to say" I can barely say as tears pour out of my eyes. We sit in silence.