Nora - Chapter 1063

Chapter 1063:

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The isolated room was completely shrouded in darkness, and there were no windows inside. When Nora opened the door, the sensor-operated lights came on, illuminating the room with a dim yellow light and allowing Brenda to get a good look inside.

The walls were lined with black and white photos.

Nora entered the room. Brenda followed her and looked at the photographs one by one.

Underneath the black and white portraits there weren’t even names, just serial codes. It was as if they were afraid that their identity would be discovered even though they were in the special department.

Although Brenda had worked here before, she had never set foot in this room because she knew very well that those who had died in the line of duty were there.

Nora said, “I don’t know what it will be like at Interpol, but here in the United States these people are honored for their sacrifice. These brave soldiers sacrificed for the country and for the people, but they have never demanded anything in return. Even after their death, they refuse to give up even their names, for fear that they might implicate their family.

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“Brenda, when you joined this job, did you ever think that you would die in the line of duty? Would you cower in fear and hesitate to act while carrying out missions because you are afraid of dying?

Would you want your teammates to live out the rest of their lives in atonement after you died in the line of duty, never escaping the curse? There is no problem in caring for the family of a deceased teammate, but is there a need for you to do it in such a shabby manner?

Marcus may have died and sacrificed his life trying to save you, but before he died, surely he wouldn’t have wanted you to become his wife after his death to take care of his elderly mother!

The two of you are comrades! The two of you are brothers in arms! The front is no place for romance! Deep down, Marcus didn’t die for you; he died in the line of duty while trying to catch Barbarian! He died for the greater good; for Barbarian’s future victims, and for those he had already killed!

But what are you doing now? You’ve cheapened Marcus’ sacrifice!

Take a good look at these people… After their deaths, their companions will undoubtedly become their brothers and help them take care of their families, but they will never sacrifice themselves to do so! Nor will they allow them to become their wives.”

Nora rarely spoke so much. If it wasn’t because she wanted to give Brenda a wake-up call, she wouldn’t even bother talking to her.

The woman had gotten herself into a cul-de-sac, and her actions had sullied Marcus’s sacrifice.

Indeed, Marcus’ death had been due in part to Brenda and his own personal feelings, but it was more a sacrifice in the line of duty as an Interpol agent while trying to catch a criminal than anything else.

His sacrifice was for the people.

Brenda was stunned.

Naturally she understood all this, but she simply could not accept it psychologically.

But in that instant, as she stared at the wall of photographs of officers who had died in the line of duty, a solemn look came over Brenda’s countenance, and she suddenly realized that her actions had cheapened Marcus’ sacrifice.

From being a brave soldier who died trying to protect the homeland, she had turned him into an infatuated man who died for mere love and romance.

Brenda’s eyes reddened.

Suddenly she looked at Nora and said, “Now I get it, Nora!”.

Nora knew that Brenda would probably still need some time to reflect, but this was all she could do for her. The rest would be up to herself.

She nodded her head in agreement.

The couple stood for a while without saying anything in the room and paid their respects to the warriors who gave their lives selflessly for others.

At that moment footsteps were heard coming from the doorway.

As Morris stood in the doorway, his deep voice suddenly reached them. “Do you want to know who founded the special department?” he asked.

Both Nora and Brenda looked up in unison.

Admiration filled Morris’ eyes as he said, “I’ve never met the founder, but we all know him as Commander Xavier.”

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