byStefanie was still white and weak, but the worry on her face had nothing to do with her recent sickness as she rushed about the small, crudely furnished apartment, trying to appear normal. Johann Volcek studied his young wife, worrying more about her than the meeting for the moment.
If the child had only lived… .
Then he smiled a bit ironically, before letting his mind come up with the old palliatives. There’d be other children for him and Stefanie—and for this half of the world. The other half would simply have to suffer painlessly through a generation, for the good of the whole world.
“But the Director, Johann… .” Stefanie’s voice was on the thinnest edge of hysteria. “Johann, to our place! If I’d known, I could have made curtains, at least. And can you be sure… .”
“It isn’t suspic
