Above All Earthly Powers by Jack Cavanaugh

Author:Jack Cavanaugh
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: suspense, communism, berlin wall, christian fiction, east germany, christian historical fiction, christian faith, christian suspense, disabled children
Publisher: Jack Cavanaugh

Chapter 27

“How do you think they took the news?” Konrad asked.

The car bounced onto the main road in a swirl of dust. Until now Lisette had been holding herself in place with a hand on the dashboard. She didn’t look at him as she spoke.

“As well as can be expected, I guess. It’s hard to tell,” she said. “I can’t read them like I used to.”

“And whose fault is that?” Konrad snapped.

“Fault?” Lisette looked at him. “Fault? It has to be someone’s fault?”

“Didn’t you see their faces?” Konrad said. “Did you have to tell them you’d probably never see them again?”

“I told them the truth!” Lisette said. “It had to be said. What else was I to do? Just walk away and leave them wondering?”

Konrad squeezed the steering wheel as he drove. “Yeah, you’re right. Everybody feels so much better now.”

Lisette began to cry. “This is hard on me too, you know,” she said.

“I’m sure your rich Communist husband will find a way to comfort you.”

“Konrad Reichmann! What an ugly thing to say!”

That was where he was driving her, to Gellert’s house. For a while they fell silent, both of them too angry to speak.

“Stop the car,” Lisette said.

Konrad looked around them. Nothing but businesses and small shops. “I said I’d take you . . .” The next word caught in his throat. He made another run at it. “I said I’d take you home, and I will. Just point the way.”

“Pull over here,” Lisette insisted.

“But . . .”

“Herr Gellert lives nearby. I’ll walk the rest of the way.” She gathered her things. Her right hand gripped the door handle.

“I’ll take you to the house.”

“Konrad, pull over. Now.”

With a jerk of the wheel, Konrad made a sharp exit from throughway traffic, a little too fast. The car jolted as it came in contact with the curb. He left the engine running. “Tell me,” he said, “are you ashamed of me, or of him?”

“Don’t be childish.” Lisette opened the door.

Konrad grabbed her arm.

“Let go!” Lisette cried.

But he held tight. “It’s me, isn’t it? You’re ashamed to introduce me to him.”

“Afraid is more like it,” Lisette said. “I’m afraid you’ll make a fool of yourself.”

She made a second attempt to climb out of the car. He wouldn’t let her.

“Lisette . . .”

“I said, let go of me!” she shouted.

“Please, Lisette . . . don’t go.”

“Herr Gellert is expecting me.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

She stopped struggling. Sitting on the edge of the seat with one foot on the curb, she looked at him.

“I meant don’t marry this man,” Konrad said.

“I don’t see how it’s any concern of yours. You don’t even know him.”

Konrad released his grip.

Lisette exited the car. She adjusted her dress and put a hand on the car door to close it.

“He’s not right for you, Lisette,” Konrad said.

For a moment she just stood there, her hand on the door like a statue. She stood so her face was hidden from Konrad by the roof of the small car.

“That’s great,” she finally said.

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