Deadly Feud - excerpt from Chapter 3

It was Abram that the killer overheard telling Mark about his dad’s letters about life in Germany his dad had kept and that he was curious about them but would never ask his dad to show them to him. The killer suspected that Hansen had probably detailed those events years ago in those letters. Letters. He needed to get his hands on those letters. When the Hansen’s fled Germany he had also left behind a bank account. The account contained money he had earned from the Cotton Exchange. The killer knew about the account. He had worked briefly at the bank and was there when Hansen had opened the account. Those accounts had not been seized as a part of the Nazi money grab of funds, mostly Jewish funds. They still sat there after all these years. There would be a small fortune. Hansen owed him. After all, he had not turned him into the Party for being rebellious and fleeing the fatherland. The killer had served in the Nazi army, believing in Hitler’s solution for Germany. He had grown quite a “taste” for killing while in the army, Jews especially. He was brutal, unforgiving, and took every opportunity to steal anything he could get his hands on. Why not, the Jews had plenty of riches to steal particularly jewelry. When the war was over, many of the officers were being tried for war crimes. He had escaped any punishment as he had been careful not to have his crimes uncovered. All the booty he had stolen was buried in a local farmer’s field up against the tree line. Out of sight from prying eyes. He had never married, taking out his pleasures on local prostitutes instead. He had quite the reputation for being sadistic. The local women shuddered when they saw him coming, usually pushing the new girls up front to be selected rather than to be subjected to his savagery. There had even been a couple of girls go missing through his inhumane treatment of them, but of course no one cared so he was never caught.