I can’t let this happen.
There’s only one thing left to do.
“Evie, your mother is dead!” I roar.
Evie flinches violently and her eyes fill with tears almost immediately.
There’s a moment where everything hangs in the balance.
Where the whole world holds its breath and waits to see what happens next.
And then it all comes crashing down in the worst way I could’ve imagined.
“No!” she screams back suddenly. “No, Mommy’s not dead. Mommy’s not dead.”
The Polish soldier is momentarily distracted by her reaction. His gun is still raised, but his eyes arefocused on Evie.
Which gives me the opportunity to take aim.
The bullet buries itself in his chest a full second after he glances back at me.
His gun falls to the floor and it feels like time is moving as slow as molasses.
I lunge for
