Michal's Destiny: Inspired by powerful and gripping true WW2 stories of bravery, hope, and love by Kagan Roberta

Author:Kagan, Roberta
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Roberta Kagan Publishing
Published: 2024-09-26T00:00:00+00:00

Spring 1924

The weather was breaking. The bitter cold of the winter months was finally loosening her grip on Germany. Otto had begun asking Michal to seek out a meeting with Taavi and ask him for a divorce. He wanted to marry her, he said. Otto explained that he’d never wanted a family, but he wanted one now.

She avoided the subject as much as possible. There was no telling how Taavi would react. It had been such a long time since she’d last seen him. Taavi might be angry; he would definitely ask a million questions, and worst of all, she would have to look into his eyes and know that she’d sinned with another man while she was still Taavi’s wife. The idea of a meeting made her anxious; she was still not sure what she felt for Taavi. He had hurt her, but he had also rescued her. She wasn’t sure what she would say or how she would feel if she saw him. So, every time Otto brought it up, she avoided discussing the subject.

Otto was a passionate man, filled with grand ideas. He loved to talk, to tell Michal how the world would be once the communists took over. She smiled and listened. One afternoon, Bridget had taken Alina to the park. Otto was sitting in his room writing a story when there was a knock at the door. Michal answered to find Ivan, one of Otto’s friends and a wild Russian painter, waiting on the other side.

“Is Otto at home?”

“He’s here, but he’s working.”

Otto came out of his room, his hair disheveled. Michal smiled when she saw him; she was still struck by how handsome he was.

“Sit, please, sit,” Otto said to his friend.

“I came to tell you that there is to be a demonstration tonight. I trust you will be there?”

“When and where?”

“We will meet at the club, and then we plan to walk down Alexanderplatz. I expect there will be some trouble with the National Socialists. But at least we will make some noise.”

“I’d rather you didn’t go…” Michal said. “You might get hurt, and there’s no reason you need to be there.”

“I need to support what I believe in.”

“You’re such an idealist. Be happy that we can live here in Berlin in peace. I know what it is to be hunted by a government. It was that way in Russia. We never knew if tomorrow would bring a pogrom on our entire village that would leave people dead and houses burned to the ground.”

“But, don’t you see? How can you not see? The rich have everything. If we don’t bring them down, they will starve us all to death.”

“It’s true we don’t have the kind of luxuries I had when I worked for the Fogelman’s, but we have plenty. We don’t go to bed hungry and have a roof over our heads. Most of all, we are safe. You are safe to write what you please and say what you want. Believe me, Otto, it is good here in Berlin.

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