Isolde closed her eyes and received the kiss. She could feel the loving thought at the same time his lips made contact with her forehead. The kiss was a blessing and felt as if it had brought greater healing than had taken place over the last several weeks. Once again she felt a special connection between her and Hamish, almost spiritually energized. When he rested his forehead against her and even the stronger the connection linked them. Family was the thought that came to mind, family where she was safe.<br/>“Thank you,” she replied simply. “and Hamish, no more Frau, call me Izzy D. That is what my family calls me.” She smiled a beatific smile at him. Clearing her throat, she picked up the paper.<br/><br/>The headlines  rang with news of Hitler, the weather and foreign policies.<br/><br/>Temperatures plunge throughout Europe during one of the coldest winters on record.<br/>As many as 70 Jews succumb to starvation and other ills each day in the Warsaw Ghetto .<br/><br/>China mines the Yangtze and Whangpoo rivers in a moderately successful effort to impede shipping by the occupying Japanese forces.<br/><br/>\ The Soviet army launches a major offensive against Finland on the Karelian Isthmus. For more on this story turn to page<br/><br/>Nazi Germany's leader, Adolf Hitler, hands control of all German means of war material production to his trusted aide, Hermann Göring. The picture that was over the caption showed Darcy standing with Hitler and Goring, a smug smile on her face.<br/><br/>Mystery epidemic causing vast quantities of people to turn to modern day, functioning zombies. Hundreds of thousands of people are falling prey to this mysterious illness. For more on this story turn to page  2<br/><br/>In a dramatic turnaround, Finnish forces annihilate the Russian army's 44th Division.4<br/><br/>Richard Hildebrandt, the SS chief of Danzig and West Prussia, tells SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler that he had instructed his troops to execute more than 4,000 mentally ill Polish citizens.<br/><br/>More than 150 die when the massive British liner Dunbar Castle founders off the English coast after hitting a German mine.<br/><br/>The table of contents had a teaser about the knew man about town, Zanzibar Krohs, page 10 on the social page.<br/><br/>Isolde snapped the paper own and started at the small color picture of the various German socialites and one large picture of a handsome young man in an Italian suit surrounded by vacant eyed young women. Isolde leaned closer and stared at the image. His strawberry blond hair was reminiscent of her own when she was younger and his angular masculine face was a duplicate of her, their grandfather. Isolde knew her own face was the feminine version of it. She shook her head and examined the other people in the picture, They were all vacant eyed as those with the epidemic who had visited her clinic. She knew for certain what was happening was nationwide and soon to be a worldwide pandemic.<br/><br/>“Hamish, have you thought more of what to do about Darcy?” she asked, staring at him with incredulous eyes.