Re: Interlude - Your first holiday season
In reply to Jacob Williams (msg # 3):
Christmas passes uneventfully, at least as far as you know. No one is eaten by a jolly fat man in red, or one of his representatives. The kick-me dog is not harmed, though, after incessant yipping the first couple of hours, it is found in a corner, trembling, in a pool of its own urine. Jacob does not recall hearing it "bark" the remainder of the time.
While Duke is still a puppy, he's a wolf, which means a manly puppy. The two young boys take to one another like a house on fire. Krystal is slightly apprehensive, but warms up to Duke in due time.
Israel is faced with a torrent of questions about Europe, and Interpol, and women, and Rebekah, and Jacob, and Sergei, and his living conditions, weather conditions, eating habits, difficulty of finding kosher food, temple, the rabbi, how often he's been going to temple, women, Rebekah, his friends, what he can tell about some of his cases, just how cold was Norway, women, Rebekah, getting plenty to eat, like his job, sure he doesn't want to come back, staying warm, college, women, Rebekah.
Interrogators include parents, sister, friends, etc. By the time it is over, Israel is convinced at least some of them work for Mossad, or perhaps contract out as interrogators.