She was beautiful, then she died

He saw her beauty by first time in Sicilia. She had just a natural beauty, with a long straight black hair; her body as the form of a guitar; in her eyes you could see the innocence of a provincial girl. Mike, the younger son of a powerful family could not avoid to contemplate Apolonia in her natural way, while the girl could not also avoid to see this man.

Mike just could not stop thinking about this girl; he was wishing to know her name and to know her life. Mike and his guards had walked enough, they were tired, and so they arrived in a shop in the country of Silicia. They were welcomed by the owner of the shop who seemed very polite with this foreigner. Mike was a handsome medium height guy and black hair. He was descendant from Sicilian parents but he had born in north America, and he had to leave New York because he had killed two men in a Italian restaurant so he had to stay out of New York for a year while his brother together with other men give solution to this problem.

Mike was acting as if he did not speak Italian so his guards had to translate for him to the owner of the shop. Mike was talking about that he had seen a really beautiful woman in his way to the shop. When he started describing her, the owner of the shop just got upset. This was the woman’s father and in Sicilia the family rules were more inflexible than in The United Status. Then the owner of the shop went looking his daughter with the intention of biting her so Mike sent one of his guards to find the owner of the shop and stop this action and take him back to him for a discussion.

- My name is Michael Corleone and there are people in the country I came from who would give all the Money in the world in order to know were I am now, so you know now who I am, you choose, if you want a husband for your daughter or if you want your daughter to lose her father- the owner of the shop kissed his hand an said - you are welcome to the family –

People in Sicilia already knew about this powerful family and the story of Vito Corleone who had returned to this town to take revenge form Don Ciccio who had killed his parents.

Mike and Apolonia got married in Silicia, alter this wedding they lived happy and shared both a lot of time until Fabricio one of his guards betrayaled him. Fabricio was tall, thin and olive-skinned. Mike was teaching his wife to drive. He leaved the car to talk with one of his father’s contact, this said to him that his older brother Sonny had been killed already in a retaliation. When the man leave the house Mike saw Fabricio running away, then he screamed to Apolonia to leave the car but she did not have time and the car exploded with Apolonia inside. The attack was originally sent to Mike but the victim was his innocent wife.

Years later, when Mike had got married again and also had two sons. His older son Antonio who was a musician dedicated a son to him and he remembered Apolonia, a woman that he loved as he was not going love another again. He just said, she was beautiful, then she died.


Narrative based on the movie The Godfather part I

By: JORGE ALEXANDER ACOSTA ANDRADE