Cold Lonely Courage by Petrek Soren

Author:Petrek, Soren [Petrek, Soren]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Soren Petrek
Published: 2011-11-16T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

“The der Fuhrer regiment, Horsty? You think they have something to do with stolen gold?” Willi asked, flicking the ash from his cigarette as Stenger drove along the steep winding road.

“Willi, it doesn’t matter who. We are definitely not going to solve this one anyway.” Stenger smiled at his friend.

“Now, that’s an investigation I can sink my teeth into sir,” Willi said as he laughed and threw Stenger a partial salute about waist high.

“We ask a few questions. Demonstrate monumental investigative incompetence and stay out of the damn way when the dough boys hit the beach.”

“Is there much Resistance activity in the area?”

“Not much that I’ve heard about. But once the invasion begins, everyone will claim to be a Resistance fighter. Many may actually join the fight.”

Willi was quiet for a moment and then quietly said, “Think she’ll be there, Horst?”

Stenger was surprised by Willi’s shift from his usual carefree attitude to the serious way he asked the question. The episode with the beautiful assassin had more of an affect than Willi let on.

“I don’t know, Willi. I don’t know what to say. She is not what she seems. Granted, she is a killer of the highest skill. But she is not a murderer. These Nazis are bad. Although we try not to speak about it, we have both always known that to be true.”

“I know it’s best not to talk about it, even when we’re alone, but we have interfered with the Gestapo and the French Vichy Milice police squads and their wholesale internment of Jews. Anyone finds out and we get shot,” Willi said with a hint of uncharacteristic concern.

“So we redirected a few trains and took custody of some Jewish “criminals” out of their hands. Anyone with any compassion at all would have done the same thing.”

“There’s that and warning Jewish families ahead of time. But I guess we got away with it, Horsty. Just like I avoided the Angel’s bullet. That was undoubtedly the strangest experience of my life. I was completely helpless. It felt like I was being judged and I passed the test.”

“I think that was exactly what happened. I guess you’re not such a bad man after all. Besides, I have always said, any man whose cousins own a brewery can’t be all bad.”

“I hope it’s all there after the war.”

“Pilots don’t bomb breweries. That is a known fact.”

Willi laughed and smiled, happy as always to be with Stenger. He was as smart as they came. Horst would see the two of them through this war as well. He had been happy to participate in Stenger’s humanitarian efforts. They had tacitly agreed that saving one innocent life was more important than catching a thousand criminals. Stenger was a policeman through and through. He truly believed his responsibility was to protect and serve the people, all people.

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