~*Chapter 4*~
"Marta, would you be so kind to keep quiet." Maria said as she tried to pin the needle onto the material that surrounded the girl.
"I just can't Mother. I'm much too excited."
"Excitement that would be in vain, if we don't finish the dress till 7 o'clock – so just keep quiet."
"But you will finish it?" Marta asked a little worried. "Because this is really important to me, you know. I want to look good, when Jeremy catches me!
"It'll be finished and you will look fantastic, believe me. Just stop -"
"- moving, I know, I know." Marta finished the sentence.
"Yes." Maria sighed and concentrated on the material again. Suddenly, the door flew open and Kurt stormed into the room.
"It's over! It's over!" He shouted, throwing a newspaper on the table. "It's over," he said once more, smiling out of breath.
Maria looked at her son, surprised, and finally at the newspaper. "Oh my God." She whispered, reading the big letters on the front page. "It's over." She looked at Marta who stood next to her, reading the news unbelievingly. The war was finally over.
~*~*~*~
Georg looked at the little house. After the end of the war, after he had gotten his Persilschein, he had tried to find his family as fast as possible and finally he heard that they lived in a little village in New England.
He would never forget his relief when the officer had told him that his children had vanished from their bordering school in England almost 8 years before. Up to this time, the relationship between England and Germany had already been so critical that the British police refused almost every cooperation and with the beginning of the war a few days later, it naturally stopped completely. He had been glad that Maria had listened to him that night and had done what he had asked her to do, although he had betrayed her.
Georg had spent the war on different ships, trying to circumvent the big battles by commanding his crews to do more bad than good. However, he had never tried to do brave things like Stauffenberg. He regretted it, but he always had thought of Klara, too and wanted her not to get into any trouble. She had helped him in so many ways, not only to bring his family into safety, but playing his loving wife, although they certainly were not more than good friends. She never had even asked for more. He knew she wanted to have a real family, children of her own. She just had been there for him, caressing him, encouraging him. After the end of the war, they had divorced silently. Georg hoped that Klara would soon have a real family. Moreover, he hoped he would be able to get his family back, too.
Now he stood there, looking at the little white house, trying to find the courage to finish his journey, when he suddenly saw a woman leaving the house. He recognized her immediately, but at the same time all his hope vanished.
"How could I have been so silly." He said to himself "How could I have imagined she would wait for me?"
Not moving, he watched Maria, who tried to hang up the wet clothes while the Baby in her arms made it almost impossible.
To be continued
***ATN: A Persilschein means a denazification certificate. **** Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was a Anti-Hitler-Conspirator. He joined a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Von Stauffenberg planted a briefcase bomb during a staff meeting with Hitler in July of 1944; though the bomb went off as planned, Hitler was not killed. Von Stauffenberg escaped the blast but was captured and executed the same day. **** A huge, huge Thanks to my two great, grand, wonderful Betas *** Please review!! ***
"Marta, would you be so kind to keep quiet." Maria said as she tried to pin the needle onto the material that surrounded the girl.
"I just can't Mother. I'm much too excited."
"Excitement that would be in vain, if we don't finish the dress till 7 o'clock – so just keep quiet."
"But you will finish it?" Marta asked a little worried. "Because this is really important to me, you know. I want to look good, when Jeremy catches me!
"It'll be finished and you will look fantastic, believe me. Just stop -"
"- moving, I know, I know." Marta finished the sentence.
"Yes." Maria sighed and concentrated on the material again. Suddenly, the door flew open and Kurt stormed into the room.
"It's over! It's over!" He shouted, throwing a newspaper on the table. "It's over," he said once more, smiling out of breath.
Maria looked at her son, surprised, and finally at the newspaper. "Oh my God." She whispered, reading the big letters on the front page. "It's over." She looked at Marta who stood next to her, reading the news unbelievingly. The war was finally over.
~*~*~*~
Georg looked at the little house. After the end of the war, after he had gotten his Persilschein, he had tried to find his family as fast as possible and finally he heard that they lived in a little village in New England.
He would never forget his relief when the officer had told him that his children had vanished from their bordering school in England almost 8 years before. Up to this time, the relationship between England and Germany had already been so critical that the British police refused almost every cooperation and with the beginning of the war a few days later, it naturally stopped completely. He had been glad that Maria had listened to him that night and had done what he had asked her to do, although he had betrayed her.
Georg had spent the war on different ships, trying to circumvent the big battles by commanding his crews to do more bad than good. However, he had never tried to do brave things like Stauffenberg. He regretted it, but he always had thought of Klara, too and wanted her not to get into any trouble. She had helped him in so many ways, not only to bring his family into safety, but playing his loving wife, although they certainly were not more than good friends. She never had even asked for more. He knew she wanted to have a real family, children of her own. She just had been there for him, caressing him, encouraging him. After the end of the war, they had divorced silently. Georg hoped that Klara would soon have a real family. Moreover, he hoped he would be able to get his family back, too.
Now he stood there, looking at the little white house, trying to find the courage to finish his journey, when he suddenly saw a woman leaving the house. He recognized her immediately, but at the same time all his hope vanished.
"How could I have been so silly." He said to himself "How could I have imagined she would wait for me?"
Not moving, he watched Maria, who tried to hang up the wet clothes while the Baby in her arms made it almost impossible.
To be continued
***ATN: A Persilschein means a denazification certificate. **** Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg was a Anti-Hitler-Conspirator. He joined a plot to kill Adolf Hitler. Von Stauffenberg planted a briefcase bomb during a staff meeting with Hitler in July of 1944; though the bomb went off as planned, Hitler was not killed. Von Stauffenberg escaped the blast but was captured and executed the same day. **** A huge, huge Thanks to my two great, grand, wonderful Betas *** Please review!! ***
