Chapter 52 Section fifty-two

We huddled under the tarp and shivered for long hours, until the slamming of the car door woke us up to the dawn of a new day.Henrik climbed into his seat, found a comfortable driving position and sat down, at the same time, on the other side of the thin panel separating the cab from the rear compartment, we could clearly hear him cursing loudly - don't know we Nearby, and the palpable anger in our voices is that we left without saying goodbye. "That stupid girl! Totally stupid girl! She'll kill all three of them in less than a week! Why didn't I tell her? Why didn't I tell the truth? Even if some miracle would make her find her Mom, that Jew's parents are already dead. I should have told her that no Jew ever left Auschwitz alive!"

The truck's engine started, drowning out his voice, sending a cloud of smoke into the silent dawn.We couldn't even hear ourselves talking except for the roar of the engine, and it's unclear what else Henrik said to blame himself.But what we have heard is enough to make our brains go blank. I couldn't believe my ears, hoping and praying that I heard wrong, otherwise, at least Ilo would be too sleepy to listen to those words. However, when I turned my gaze from Nikolai to my young friend Ilo, I realized that she was whimpering, clearly hearing every word. At this point, the conversation was meaningless, and even if she could hear me over the roar of the truck's engine, I couldn't say enough to comfort her.I leaned her head on my shoulder and wept together until I couldn't cry.