7. Chapter 7
The next morning, Dr. Son Dien woke up, tired and depressed. His wife was originally a simple and obedient woman, but last night proved to be a different person. She sided with Duc Thuy against him. She also claimed that it was he who caused her to side with her daughter. She said that since he could not marry the American girl he loved when he was young and ignorant, now Duc Thuy must marry this American officer.
He reasoned with her for hours, until midnight. "Ha My, I tell you I am very happy that fate will not let me marry that American girl. What will happen to me when they want me to go to a concentration camp? Suppose I have a child with that American girl. Where will my children go? Will they also go to concentration camps? children of any country, just exiles in the
