A few days later on Sunday Monique took her seat in church next to Mr. Bok. At the end of the service he took the hymn book and by doing so Monique knew that he had a message for her. Walking together he asked if she had time to go with him to his house.
“I have all day,” she answered.
Sitting in his kitchen with their coats on since the weather was cold and no heat in the house Mr. Bok as usual came immediately to the point.
“You know Frank. You have met him twice Bert arranged that on purpose. He is a traitor. It took me a long time to find the leak. It’s him no doubt. He has to disappear. I have never involved you in matters which are involving to get rid of a person which of course is unavoidable in some cases. However, this time I think you are the best person to give a helping hand in this situation. As you know we have lost in the last five or six months four of our people. Every time it was clear that it was betrayal. Bert, Theo and I kept inconspicuously our eyes on Frank. It brought Theo in dangerous water to express it mildly. This time the outcome was what we expected for sure Frank was the informer every time and now before he will give some information to the Gestapo again we have to act. What I am going to tell you now is where you have to step in; interrupt me when you want me to repeat. We will have a meeting here in my house with you, me and the men who are involved tomorrow at 5 o’clock”
Mr. Bok made a drawing on a piece of paper from the area in the next town where the house she had to enter was situated.
“This is the house where you and Frank have to go. Contact him and ask him to go with you by bicycle to the place where we will have a meeting. If he tells you that he can’t make it be casual about it and tell him that you will inform me. Of course I’m not sure, but I think he will ask you if you know what it’s all about. You say no and that he knows that because nobody knows why or about what before a meeting is hold. I’m almost sure that he will tell you he goes with you.
Look, I made an X where the house is, it is on a corner it has three levels. Go to the front door, it is unlocked, directly inside is the staircase after six steps is a landing with only one door, open it and step inside with Frank following you, say hello to the two people inside then ask Frank if he has the key from the chain which anchors their bicycles to a low fence outside the house. When he says he has not you make your excuses when he has it so much the better say I’m back in a minute and leave again. Turn around the corner of the house there is a young man standing next to a cart on two wheels with hay and a broken chair next to it. As soon as you are there a long package is thrown out of the window from the room where you left Frank behind, falling into the cart, throw the hay and the chair over the package. The person behind the cart pushes it forward while you keep an eye on the contents. After a short walk the man stops before an open barn door and pushes the cart inside. You close the door and leave. Pick up your bicycle, the second one has gone and go home.”
Then he asked Monique to repeat what he had told her, she felt like a student who did an oral exam. She was used to be highly alert but this time it was different, she knew Frank, pleasant, clever, intelligent and understood very well that the package was the wrapped body of Frank.
“I’ll be here tomorrow at 5 she answered and left, outside she took a deep breath and bicycled slowly home.