The verdict

The verdict

Identity Conflict

An excerpt

They took one of the elevators and climbed with it to the top floor, it was not an easy ride neither downward nor upward for Alexei, to stand still and so close besides his pretty guide.

Their immediate destination was at the end of the northern wing's top floor corridor. They reached a small hall that looked like a court room, there were five rows of seats occupied with plain clothes agents no doubt; strangers that he has not seen before, which kept sitting looking straight ahead, without paying attention to them as they entered. At the hall's far end three judges sat on a small stage. Alina led him to the first row where they sat in its middle between a few strangers, and waited to the trial or rather to the show trial to begin. A door opened at their row's right wall side and a makeup expert appeared and prepared the supposedly accused for the show. He painted a blue scar of one inch long on Alexei brow's left side. All was almost ready, a TV channel camera crew appeared, and Alina retreated with makeup expert into the wall and the small wall's door was shut behind them. The three judges left the hall through the side entrance to their seats, and someone called out "the court will rise", as the judges returned. The camera crew was busy shooting the dramatic scene; and then Alexei heard the supposedly bailiff calls out: "The accused will rise".

As he stood up Alexei heard the judge that sat between his two colleagues announce his verdict.

'Yuri Reasonov alias Akim Tmirof, you've been found guilty in espionage and in betraying your father land; you'll be put to death by a firing squad tomorrow at dawn.'

The TV camera crew took some close up frames of his face, and that was it. The small door in the wall right side opened up, and Alina came smiling towards him.

'Let's go back Alex, Yuri is dead.' She added with a short laugh.

© Haim Kadman Oct. 2015 " all rights reserved.

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