Another Romeo and Juliet

Isabella walked into the shop. "Hallo Isabella wie sind sie heute?" Mrs. Hoffmann greeted Isabella. Isabella nodded to her. The war had put Germany into great poverty. Even rich men like Isabella's father, Commander Mueller, could barely pay taxes. Isabella paid for her groceries and left.

Isabella got into the car. Exhausted, she laid her head back in the seat. It was the same every day. Wake up, Eat, Go to the store, clean etc. Isabella wanted some adventure in her life. This remote town was not at all like Berlin. Before Hitler, Berlin was a wonderful place. Full of activity and now it was a trash dump. She missed Ava and Heidi, her two best friends. A fwo weeks ago, Heidi and her family were attacked by Americans and killed.

Ava's family had fled Germany because of the Holocaust. They were safely in America now. No way to communicate with her. Germany was so lonely wthout them.Tears slid down her cheeks in rememberance of er friends. She had barely notced when she arrived home.

Her Father was sitting in the kitchen tlking to someone. ""Vater! Sie sind home! Isabella was happy to see her father and hugged him. He grimaced and she noticed the wound on his shoulder. "It's nothing my Isa." He said, noticing her stare. "Hello beautiful" a male voice said. Isabella saw the other man at the table. His uniform identified him as American he was bound to the chair and his face was cut and bruised.

"Sergeant Trevor Simmons at your service" he said. She could tell he was one of those men who believed he could have any woman he wanted. Her father slapped him. "You do not speak to my daughter that way!" he snapped. "She is to be refered to as Miss Isabella. She will keep you in check and make sure you do not give us away. You are a prisoner of this house." Isabella did not want to take care of this arrogant man but she obeyed her father and dismissed herself to her room.