“Did you know about that?” Kochel’s eyes bored into her brain as if to uncover a secret connection between the two women. “Did you know that the kind-hearted woman who helped you to break garrison rules was involved in subversive activities?”
“No… how could I even imagine that?” Lotte murmured. She didn’t have to fake the blood draining from her face and the sudden dizziness she experienced. “I’m shocked. I had no idea!”
“Of course you didn’t know,” her superior said sarcastically.
Lotte struggled to keep her hands from trembling. “How can such a nice girl do something so awful? I find these accusations very hard to believe. Hopefully the truth will come out.”
“No doubt, the truth will soon be discovered, Helferin Wagner,” he said with a sardonic smile on his face. “And I doubt it will
