They sat on the sofa. He put the gun on the table.
“Is it really the end? she asked, unwanted tears starting.
“It has to be. Germany is lost. I will be blamed.”
“But I am so young – “
“You would not be spared. Take this.” He put a capsule in her hand, another in his mouth. “Just bite and it’s over. I’ll shoot myself. I don’t want to disfigure you., but you must go first. I love you, Eva.”
She took the capsule. He did the same.
Before the cyanide struck he fired.
She spat out the unbroken capsule.
“Is it really the end? she asked, unwanted tears starting.
“It has to be. Germany is lost. I will be blamed.”
“But I am so young – “
“You would not be spared. Take this.” He put a capsule in her hand, another in his mouth. “Just bite and it’s over. I’ll shoot myself. I don’t want to disfigure you., but you must go first. I love you, Eva.”
She took the capsule. He did the same.
Before the cyanide struck he fired.
She spat out the unbroken capsule.
