The Love that Never Really Dies

What happened to him?

Sasha felt more and more frightened. She stopped calling him but followed the direction of his gaze and looked at the person lying on the bed.

Finally, her pupils shrunk suddenly, when she saw a pair of familiar hands.

Those were Frieda’s hands.

This old lady, even though she was advanced in age, was hidden for many years by Frederick in a secret basement and had never done any physical work.

And so, her fingers were fine and beautiful and they looked like a little girl’s hands. Later on, each time Sasha saw them, she would be full of praise for these hands.

Sasha’s mind buzzed.

Falling and stumbling, she approached the bed and pulled back the white sheet from the person’s face with trembling hands.

“Mom…”

Desperately, she covered her mouth with her hands and huge drops of tears rolled down her cheeks, like a string of broken pearls spilling from her eyes.

It is really Frieda!

How did this happen?

She had really met her death!

However, the agent she hired had told her with certainty that it happened on the train. Why is this man guarding her now? Why?

Sasha felt as if her heart had been cut open.

After a long time, she slowly pulled down the white sheet; then, she saw clearly the gunshot wound on the woman’s chest.

was killed by the bullet

seeing her, he had explained how the incident

him from

happen? Why would Frieda shield him from a

him. “What happened?

“Yesterday…”

out of

maintaining silence all this while on his seat, he

hatred and fury, stunned the two

she was

ordering me to be

utter bewilderment, Karl looked

sad. I know, yesterday, I was…” Sasha came to her senses, believing that he was mistaken about her, thinking that she had not done anything

she tried

she began to speak, he suddenly roared at her with uncontrollable rage. “I’m asking you

with the roar

Sasha was stunned!

a few seconds, it seemed as if she did not know

Am I seeing things?

shout at me? Did he

red and in an instant, the tears of being wrongfully accused filled her

come back on time. I really did not want this to happen to her.

felt weighed so heavily on her that she wept aloud in

was totally unsympathetic. He glared at her, cold and distant, with a strange expression on his face as if he was a totally

tell me what you have been busy doing for this one whole day

sarcasm as if he had heard a silly joke. Then he asked Sasha to tell him what kept her so

Sasha was dumbfounded.