Chapter 199: Heartfelt Confessions
It was clear that Heidi's sudden ingestion of the distilled spirits had caused some degree of intoxication right off the bat. Her face flushed red, and the light in her eyes dulled slightly. As a woman who seldom ever touched alcohol, it was rather easy for her to get drunk.
Once she had enough of the drink to calm her nerves, Bruno did not pour her another; instead, he drank from his own glass before he admitted the truth he had concealed from her over the course of their lifetimes.
"I will be frank with you, Heidi. What I'm about to tell you is an unbelievable story, one which I do not have the means to prove in the slightest. And should it merely be a fanciful story concocted from a mentally ill mind, I would not blame you for changing your perspective about me.
However, the reality of the situation is that the war I am about to wage against our enemies is one that will be far grander in scale and in the destruction it will wreak upon the world than just about anything in recorded human history.
Though I am a General who will largely be sitting in the rear echelons, commanding men to go kill and die in my stead, there is a very real possibility that I will not make it back to you alive, or as the same man I am today.
With all of this in mind, I wanted to confess my greatest secret to you, my beloved wife, and the mother of the children, so that I can go defend you and the fatherland from its inevitable destruction..."
Heidi wasn't stupid. She knew Bruno better than anyone; she had grown up with the man since they were small children. She had always known that he was hiding something from her, something that explained his damn near prophetic understanding of the world and its future, as well as the unusual intelligence and wisdom he had possessed since she met him.
She had on a few occasions over the years tried to pry into this mysterious background, only for her efforts to result in total futility. Because of this, she sat there silently, with a serious expression on her otherwise intoxicated face as she allowed the man to continue with his story.
"I'm ready... Whatever you need to say, I will hear it... Go ahead, dear..."
Bruno took a deep breath before confessing all that he had wanted to say over the course of the last 30 or so years of them being together. How from the moment he was born, he had possessed the memories and thoughts from a man who had lived another life.