“Yesss!” Michelangelo, the skeptic, said. Sewer Rat said it was damn good news. “Thank, God!” my aunt exclaimed. “I can’t believe it. Could it be?” She gave me a hug. “Your Mama and Papa did not die in vain!”
I nodded. My eyes got watery. Everybody cheered. Michelangelo said, “And to think we had a part in it. My God! Just think about that a moment. Things will be different, I just know it! Man, oh man, we did it! God bless the Hungarians!” This was the most excited I’d seen him. Sewer Rat dug out his flask and took a quick gulp before passing it around. “He echoed Michelangelo’s words. “My God, we did it!”
My aunt took a swig from the flask and laughed: “We may not have water but we have our good old Hungarian pálinka! It doesn’t get better than this.”
So, the Russians were actually on
