~28~

"Well... yes. There is someone." Major von dem Eberbach stared balefully at the ceiling.

"Tell me about him." The NATO psychiatrist assumed a professional air, attentive, non-judgmental.

Klaus swallowed. It took him a few minutes to be able to speak.

"There's no way that I could ever act on it. My position, and his. It's impossible."

"But how do you feel about him?"

"Mein Gott, he's irresistible! That's why I see him as seldom as possible. I don't want him to guess how I feel. Whenever he's with me, it's all I can do to control myself." He shifted miserably. "I know that the effects of staying away from him are obvious, but what else can I do? I go for months, sometimes years without seeing him. But as soon as we're in a room together again, it's always the same."

"So you're saying that you have strong feelings for...."

"Yes. The NATO barber."

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