Page 131 - Thorn In The Heart

Chinh Nguyên

Nguyen's grandpa had a sigh.

"I did... But he was so different from the time his young
brother dead by French militarist...!" In an emotion of sobbing
he said.

Nguyen's mother looked at her parent in law and shook her
head.

"Hung had died a year now. Please don't remind him. It will
make both of you falling deep in the sorrow and effect on your
health."

Nguyen's grandma wiped her eyes, and in sorrow she said:

"I tried to forget him, but his image always crosses my mind
after Cao had left home." She looked at Nguyen's mother.

"Lord had to help you. Without his help, they will shoot at
you like they had shot Hung on the field a year ago."

"Thank God. I thought so too."

"What they do after they saw your husband portrait?"

"After the door opened. Five soldiers directed their rifles to
me while I raised my hands. One of them give me a signal to
walk out of the room, and he took my husband portrait. He had a
smile after looking at it, and they conducted me toward their
Theater Commander at Do village's cemetery where I saw a lot
of the people, who were caught by French soldiers and
conducted onto here. One of them guided me to meet a
Vietnamese interpreter and his commander..."

"What did they do for you?" Grandma interrupted, asked.

"They asked me his division and where he was now. I told
them what I knew about my husband such as My husband get

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