The Lost Boy by Kate Moira Ryan

Author:Kate Moira Ryan [Ryan, Kate Moira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-28T22:00:00+00:00

“Lena made her choice. She chose Itzhak over him,” Pasha said.

“She was the boy’s nanny. She raised him since he was a baby,” Slim chided softly.

“He says Itzhak would have been better off if he had died with his parents,” Pasha translated.

“Why would he say that?” Slim asked, shocked.

“If he’s still alive and the family who adopted him finds out he’s Jewish, they will kill him. That boy is running on borrowed time if he is indeed alive. Unless, of course, Countess Zamoyska was able to save him. The Countess was able to save hundreds of children from the internment camp that was set up on the grounds of her estate. She also was able to get medical care for many other children in one of the four hospitals she organized. The Countess knew his daughter. She also knew the Morgensterns. He says she will know what happened to Itzhak.”

“We heard that she is no longer in Zwierzyniec,” Slim said.

Mlan shrugged. “A couple of months ago, the Polish communists arrested the Count, and she and her children had to flee. That’s all he can tell you,” Pasha said.

Mlan stood up, signaling that the meeting was over. The three stood up and thanked him for his time. The old woman held out her photos to Slim who looked at Pasha, confused. Mlan said something harshly to her, and she retreated. He paused and then he opened a drawer and pulled out a lead calvary toy soldier. He said something, then handed it to Slim.

“He says this was the boy’s favorite toy. Give it to him,” Pasha said.

Slim took the toy soldier and put it into her pocket. As they headed to the car, Slim asked, “What did the old woman want?”

“She wants you to find her family. They were all taken and have not come home yet,” Krzysztof said, clearing his throat.

They ate an early dinner in town and then decided to drive back to Warsaw. Slim sat in the back of the car writing in her notebook. Itzhak was Karol’s real name. Most likely, Mr. Morgenstern’s brother, Emil, was the one funding the trip for both Karol and Lena to come to Chicago. However, would Lena be allowed to go without Karol? Lena seemed to imply that she would be, but maybe she wouldn’t be allowed to go to Chicago without the boy. Perhaps it was a package deal. To find that out, she would have to find Karol’s uncle. How was she going to do that? She couldn’t go to Hans because if he found out Karol was Jewish, he’d alert whatever high ranking Nazi family had adopted him. That would place Karol’s life in danger. Most fervent Nazis had not stopped believing in the racial laws after the war. Even with the Allied de-Nazification program instituted after the war, there were rumors of a Fourth Reich being set up in South America by the elite ranks of the SS, who had managed to flee using the infamous ‘ratline.’ Time was closing in on the deadline of Lena’s trip.

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