Book 2: Alix Rothschild, Part Five: Chapters 53 - 55 Summary

On July 14, Alix was on a train inside a cramped passenger compartment. She is disguised with a wig and glasses, and looks older as she bumps her way through the Latvian countryside. She can't help but think about how it all started. She met Ben Essman in the spring of 1976, and he had cockily told her that he was part of a search and destroy team. He bragged that he was going on a particularly dangerous mission and suggested that she sleep with him before he go, just in case. She slapped him hard across the face, and told him he should be shot for telling her the things he had. He laughs at her and tells her the mission is already over, and asks her what they should do to...