The next morning over breakfast Katrina announced that she wouldn’t give up that easily.
“We’ve already lost so many family members, there must be a way to rescue Agnieska,” she said into the silence.
“It’s too risky.” Stan chuckled at the indignant look she gave him. “You have to stay on the farm, because you’re feeding not only yourself but my entire partisan unit. None of them could do their job without the food from this farm.”
Richard didn’t see eye to eye with Stan on many topics, but he couldn’t argue that point. Her job might not be heroic or adventurous, but the resistance relied on her contribution to the effort. He cast his eyes downward onto his bowl of porridge, swallowing down a response that would surely rouse Stan’s temper.
“I can’t sit here and do nothing. If you’re no
