My Mother's Secret by J.L. Witterick

Author:J.L. Witterick [Witterick, J.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2013-09-05T00:00:00+00:00

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I KNOCK ON HER DOOR.

It must have been sometime around two in the morning. I don’t know what I expected. I knew her, but only superficially.

After a few minutes, a familiar voice comes through the wooden door. “Who is it?”

“It’s Bronek, Franciszka.”

She opens the door quickly and ushers me in.

She whispers, “My daughter is asleep.”

I look at her. How funny that I used to think of her as a poor woman living in this small wooden house. She looks like a queen in a castle to me now. What I would have given to be able to live here with my family.

I look at those eyes and say, “Do you remember me, Franciszka?”

She says, “Yes, of course. You and your brother.”

Her voice is purposely low, so I continue in a whisper as well.

“Franciszka, Dawid is dead. He was shot by the Germans. Please help us. We have nowhere else to go. You are my last hope.”

I tell her that I have a wife, two children, and a sister-in-law.

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