The Polish Girl: An utterly heartbreaking and gripping World War 2 historical novel (The Secret Resistance Series) by Gosia Nealon

Author:Gosia Nealon [Nealon, Gosia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781838880743
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2023-02-23T16:00:00+00:00

SEVENTEEN

GERDA

31 JULY 1944

Dear Mutti,

It’s been nearly four months since my last letter and no response from you. But since we are at war, your letter must have been lost on its way. If I didn’t know you any better, I would think you are upset with me, but that’s not the case because I know how much you love me. And after all, I saved you from sheltering those parasites. I still don’t understand why you let them hide in our home. They must have somehow brainwashed you to commit that awful crime. Yes, Mutti, for sheltering undesirables in Warsaw, you would have been given the death penalty. Papa said Ravensbrück would put you on the right track so that you can come back to us. I believe him, but it makes me worry to even think how far you are from us. I miss you so much, and there is not a day when I don’t think about you.

Papa told me to pack, as I will be leaving for Berlin in five days. He thinks it’s very unsafe for me in Warsaw, and it is supposed to get even worse as those Polish bandits are preparing something big. Well, I have a feeling he is right. Just looking at those dirty streets gives me nausea, and it seems like those filthy animals have changed the way they look at us. It’s like they are less afraid of the Führer or they are awaiting something. Papa got drunk again last night, and he kept telling me that the Soviets are coming for us. It was just drunk blabber, but still, I’ll be glad to leave in a few days.

Oh, Mutti, you can’t even imagine how broken my heart is right now. My Stefan betrayed me.

Yesterday, I planned to surprise him by stopping by his office to take him for lunch, but his secretary informed me that he had left. He didn’t say where, but I decided to check out his villa. His black Mercedes was parked near the curb. I still have a key that he gave me a long time ago, so I decided to surprise him, after all. I unlocked the door and slipped inside. But then, I heard laughter and voices that belonged to children. Stefan was sitting on the couch with my friend’s portraitist and a small blonde girl. He was reading something to them in another language—I think it was English—and translating it into Polish. I had no idea he spoke in either of those languages. Beside Stefan’s housekeeper, who was napping in the rocking chair, two more kids played with wooden toys on the divan. But what disgusts me the most is the way Stefan looked at that ugly portraitist.

When she called him Finn, I knew I’d been right from the very beginning. You see, Mutti, at the very beginning of our relationship, Stefan told me that he has an identical twin brother whose name is Finn. Four months ago, I noticed a change in Stefan’s behavior.

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