The next day Alex was taken to the hospital. He had a heart attack. Sadly he had to come with me.

Alex and Rudy's last talk

"Papa will you be ok?"

"I don't know Rudy..."

"If I don't make it promise me that you'll be good."

"I will Papa."

"When your older get a wife. You'll be the only Steiner's left."

"I've already planned that Papa. We've already planned it."

"Alright then who will marry you?"

"Liesel, papa. I love her."

The last lines

"Take good care of her. Tell her you love her. I wish I could tell your mother and siblings that one more time. I love you Rudy..."

And just like that the light left his eyes and wouldn't be seen again.

-4 years later-

"Happy birthday saumensch," Rudy whispered in her ear. They were in bed just waking up. "Finally eighteen!" Right now she wasn't thinking about she and Rudy's promise to get the hell out of Germany. Little did she know that Rudy had a few surprises up his sleeve.

Down stairs the Hermann's greeted them with smiles. "Happy birthday," they said together. "Danke," Liesel said. "We all got you presents Max will be here soon and then you can open them," Mayor Hermann said. Then Max knocked. "Happy birthday Word shaker!" He said while hugging her. Then she turned into the library.

Max and Rudy stood alone face to face. "Are you ready Rudy?" "I don't know..." "Oh come on you know she'll be happy!" "But what if she's not?" "She'll be happy now go on." He put his hand on Rudy's shoulder and then joined everyone in the Library.

The Hermann's gave her a book about Sweden. And Max gave her a book about Scandinavia. Know it was Rudy's turn. His hands trembled as he handed her a small rectangle box. He stood up as she took it. She carefully unwrapped it. There in that small box were two tickets to Sweden. Her mouth dropped at them. She flipped them over to see if they were real when she saw the ring attached to it. Rudy took it off and held it then dropped to one knee. She placed her hands over her mouth. "Liesel willst du mich heiraten?" He asked. She looked at Max. He nodded. "Ja!" She wrapped her arms around him. They were only eighteen but it didn't matter.

"Thank god I was afraid you would say no," Rudy said still hugging her. "I would never say no! I don't care if were eighteen. I would say yes if we were nighty." "I love you Liesel," he said as he slid the ring on her finger.