“And Klein?” asked Louise. “How did it end?”
“With him dead. How else could it end? But I could never pay him for what he did. My heart still hangs heavy. Killing him didn’t lessen that. I can only say that he needed to be extinguished and that is what I did. Otherwise I feel empty.”
“And the Russians?”
They raised their rifles and shouted. ‘Proshchay.’ Which was goodbye.” And left.
“And none tried it on with the gorgeous Frenchie?”
“They tried it on with the mud caked smelly Frenchie, yes. I could have left with a sack full of payments. Watches. Pistols. Looted goods like jewellery. Not for me Louise.”
Captain Wertz knocked on the Colonel’s door.
“Come in Mike” she called out.
The man entered and saluted. “Colonel. You wanted to see me?”
Wiśniewski laid a sheet of paper on her de
