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“Because I wanted it to be true I wanted so badly to believe I had been a victim Because I hated randht And selfish or not, there was no way I could tell her the truth and risk losing her Maybe I’ve been a coward, but those crimes I committed, the role I played in the war, feels like another lifetio That’s not me now I vowed to live a respectable life To provide and contribute soave the world your ave the world you”
“What about Greg Lawson? Did you kill him, too? And McBride?”
He narrowed his eyes and shook his head like he didn’t understand “Who?”
“It’s the only thing thatelse—”
“I don’t even knohat you’re talking about I don’t know any Lawson person Was he a Jew?”
“No” She searched his eyes for her answer but found none
His forehead wrinkled in confusion as he struggled to find words “If he was at Auschwitz, I—”
“Nevera hand out to stop hi followed? Perhaps so into Mr Klein’s office?”
“So you?”
Abby said nothing She nodded her confir
Her grandfather turned his gaze to the ground His forehead furrorinkles before he glanced at her again “You’re sure?”
“I think so,” Abby said, doubting herself Had she been i had made her paranoid? “I’m positive about Mr Klein’s office I saw it for myself”
“I would never do so so foolish and risky I’ve lived ht onmyself now?”
It made sense She wished it didn’t, but it did, which meant someone was still out there Someone who either wanted this kept secret or wanted answers asher, and Klein’s break-in—whoever was responsible for those things was still at-large
Abby took one last look at her grandfather Her head throbbed with the weight of everything he said—all the right words, yet not nearly adequate She wanted so desperately to cling to the notion he was a changed reater than the truth But desire could be fickle and selfish Maybe soivable Some broken fences could never be mended, and as she sat there, she asked herself, not for the first time, how GG had kept this a secret If she had even a notion of who he really was How had she gone on loving a man with so much blood on his hands?