

36
The Coat
Pleadingly, he looked at me once more. Those hazel green eyes. And I yearned to
spare him. But how could I? If I saved him, I would be dragged downwards
instead. You see, the world does not take kindly to a Nazi betrayal to save what
most see as the dirty smears on an unsoiled piece of fabric. Throughout my whole
life, I never knew that once I put that coat on, I could never take it off.
BANG
‘
8