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Thorn In The Heart
back the village in the daytime, and I was a guarantor to sign on
the release paper to get him out of the problem.”
“Why you did it while you were a soldier of French
militarist?”
Trung-Tinh shook his head.
“I do not know why....! I only knew he was my blood
brother, and I had helped him anyway. Because my mother was
worry about his dead under French troop hands... She ran up to
Hanoi and told me to help him out in a hurry. I do what I can to
help out of the dead.”
“At that time you were warranted, officer?”
“Yes. A warrant officer of 10th Mobile Battalion. Trung-
Nhan was lucky at that time because I was a vacation, and
French troop of Lim fire-Base planned to kill him.”
The man started at Nguyen’s father, he asked:
“Trung-Tinh. Are you sorry now?”
“No. Anything will change by the time. The situation today
is different for yesterday....! Trung-Nhan is him, and he will
change. Communist policies will change to help the people
living and growing in peaceful.”
“Trung-Tinh...”
“Yes...”
“I heard you were a member of one of the Nationalist
Parties. Is it right or not...?”
Nguyen’s father shook his head.
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