The three other members of the Rat Patrol wisely decided to leave. Moffitt noticed and waved a hand.

"Don't leave, we're going somewhere else. No reason others have to hear this." He offered Christina his arm and they left for her room. Once they got there, Moffitt started to explain.

"This isn't at all what it seems."

Christina crossed her arms. "It isn't? Jack, first you tell me she used to be your girlfriend, but you broke up because she was married. Then you try to tell me you saw her again but she was already married. Excuse me if I think you story is skeptical and confusing. None of what you're saying is making any sense."

Moffitt sat down on the bed. He gestured to it.

"Would you sit down, please? You're making me more nervous."

Christina complied and sat down next to him.

"Okay, now start explaining."

He drew in a breath and exhaled. "I met her when I got injured. Shot in the leg. A Major Rettig was after me. He tried to persuade Gabrielle to help him. She said no. He began to develop an interest in her. He became her most ardent admirer, as she put it. He was obsessed with her. After I left, he continued to go after her. Finally he became too much, and she left her village. He sent Gestapo after her. She joined the French Resistance and married Pierre Manchard. Rettig captured her husband. He offered to let him go if she would marry him. That's when I saw her again. I was there to help free her husband. At the exchange point, Rettig tried to capture us, and she shot him."

Christina put her arms around him. "I'm sorry, Jack. I didn't know."

He drew her to him. They sat like this for several minutes. At last Christina pulled away. Looking him in the eye, she asked, "Do you still love her?"

Author's Note: When I first watched The Fatal Reunion Raid, the way Gabrielle said, "He was my most ardent admirer," in her French accent, rather creeped me out. When I watched it again the other day, it still gave me a weird feeling. Anyways, I couldn't resist incorporating it in here.

This chapter's rather odd, I think, but I had to write it.