AbrakaPOW by Isaiah Campbell

Author:Isaiah Campbell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Chapter Twenty-Five

The first time you witness an adult crying, it is always a memorable experience. Particularly if it’s a grown man. Double-particularly if the grown man is also a Nazi.

Max, who, as has already been established, did not put much stock in the magic of tears, did believe wholeheartedly that public displays of affliction were humiliating, not only for those doing the crying, but also for those on the receiving end. Thus, whether she felt any sort of pity or empathy for this grown, tear-soaked man in front of her was neither here nor there. She had to make him stop crying. This became priority number one.

“Okay, okay,” she said to the man weeping before her. “Let’s go somewhere and talk.”

He nodded and they walked briskly to the supply shed. He opened it and motioned for her to go inside. This was, of course, a very bad idea. The supply shed was cluttered with tools and supplies that could very easily be used to murder someone and hide the evidence in less than an hour. However, the alternative to stepping into the dark and creepy shed was remaining in the warm, inviting, and always-revealing sunshine. She decided to forego safety in an attempt to also escape embarrassment.

Once they were inside and the door was closed, they stood illuminated by only a single lightbulb that dangled from the ceiling.

“Please, do not cancel the show,” Felix started again.

She held up her hand. “Hold on,” she said. “Were you eavesdropping on my conversation with Gil?”

“Yes,” he said without hesitation. “I overheard you say you were canceling the show, and so I listened because I could not believe such a thing was true.”

“Well, it is true,” she said, even though she was actually no longer sure how true it was.

When she said that, he covered his mouth with his hand and turned from her. “No, no, no, Lassen Sie es nicht wahr sein.”

“I just told you, it is true,” she said. “Es stimmt. So you might as well get over it.”

Her voice speaking German seemed to knock the crying off his face, and he stared at her, puzzled and seemingly amused. “Stimmt es?”

“I don’t know how to lie in German,” she said.

That made him chuckle, but everything else made him end his chuckling before it could change the mood in the air. “But why? Why are you canceling?”

“I thought you were listening. I told all this to Gil.”

“I did not come by until you were finishing your discussion.”

She sighed. She did not feel like going into all the details of why she felt the way she did and how she came to her decision, especially not with him. “There’re lots of reasons,” she said.

“I am listening.”

“Okay, fine, if you want to hear a reason, I’ll name one.” She picked up a hammer and pointed it at him. “You haven’t been completely honest with me.”

He raised his eyebrows. “How so?”

“You made me believe that you were some poor sap who got his heart broken and that’s why you went back to Germany.

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