The Rocket Man (2014)
“Katie Haynes had spent hours holding the distraught woman in her arms, listening to her howling over and over, ‘Why did he do this? Why? Why?’ To this neither Katie, the police, nor Müller’s UN colleagues could provide an answer.
The funeral was held the following week in the Vienna Central Cemetery. Lieselotte stood at the graveside, clothed in black and veiled, her hands clasped, standing as still as if frozen by the icy wind. At Lieselotte’s side, her sister held the Müllers’ six-month-old b...aby. A sombre crowd stood behind them, and all around stretched the endless long avenues of gravestones, the bare trees, and the wide paths sprinkled with dirty snow.
Katie looked at her nervously from across the empty grave, holding her own daughter’s hand, watching the men prepare to lower the coffin, afraid that her friend might break down completely, or make some desperate gesture. Katie wondered for a moment how she would feel if it were her own husband Bob who was being buried, but she could feel nothing; either her imagination was wanting, or the idea failed to move her.MoreLess
The funeral was held the following week in the Vienna Central Cemetery. Lieselotte stood at the graveside, clothed in black and veiled, her hands clasped, standing as still as if frozen by the icy wind. At Lieselotte’s side, her sister held the Müllers’ six-month-old b...aby. A sombre crowd stood behind them, and all around stretched the endless long avenues of gravestones, the bare trees, and the wide paths sprinkled with dirty snow.
Katie looked at her nervously from across the empty grave, holding her own daughter’s hand, watching the men prepare to lower the coffin, afraid that her friend might break down completely, or make some desperate gesture. Katie wondered for a moment how she would feel if it were her own husband Bob who was being buried, but she could feel nothing; either her imagination was wanting, or the idea failed to move her.MoreLess
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