The Blackberry Bush by David Housholder

Author:David Housholder
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Blackberry Bush
ISBN: 9781609361167
Publisher: Guideposts
Published: 2011-06-08T16:00:00+00:00

~ BEHIND THE STORY ~

Angelo

5 May 1945

Liberation Day

Hillegersberg, Holland

It’s a year after Ruud and Nellie’s town hall wedding. The flowers in the gardens everywhere are glorious. No one does flowers like the Dutch.

There is euphoria in the air. The Germans have just quit all claim to Holland. Who would have believed it? But there is also an uneasiness floating around. The multitudes of Dutch citizens who supported the Germans, at whatever level, are all holding their breath and keeping a low profile. Most are wisely staying home.

Nellie is not so wise. She comes around the corner pushing a pram. I want to look inside and see the baby, of course, but now is not the time.

A crowd approaches from the other direction.

Nellie stops a few feet away, absolutely frozen. The blood drains from her face as she sees the angry mob approaching from a block away.

I break all the rules and pull myself into her world. Sometimes it just has to be done.

I jump up to the pram. “I’ll take little Adri for you. You can trust me. I’m a friend,” I say to Nellie.

Briefly shaking off the fear, Nellie kisses the baby girl on the forehead and asks, “How did you know her name?” Then she hands her to me and screams, “Run! Run! RUN!”

I run with the baby. Like the wind. I can’t see the mob anymore as I race away with little Adri, searching for safety.

But I have my sources, and I’ll tell you what happened. What follows is intense.

The crowd is not interested in the baby. They want Nellie.

And at the front and center of the approaching crowd is…her mother.

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