Chapter 3 Eva Heinemann (May 2001; Dusseldorf) Eva Heinemann showed up to the stylish afe she su!!ested alon!

the "an#s of the $hine in Dusseldorf%s old town nei!h"orhood at &'(0 )M* Despite her "eauty and e+tremely refined manner, she had a onstant !lare she affi+ed to the tar!et of her attention, as if she was onstantly "ein! put into a "ad mood "y your presen e* -he was apparently on her way home after her .o" as a #it hen desi!n onsultant, de #ed out in si!ns of affluen e / a "la # 0alentino .a #et, a 1ul!ari wat h, Chaumet rin!s* 2 tually, she had only a!reed to my interview "y adherin! it to su h stri t terms as, 34'30 on the dot* 2nd 5%ll "e "usy, so 5 an only "e there for fifteen minutes* 5f you show up late, 5%m .ust !oin! to an el*3 5 had ta#en a seat at 4'20, and ended up waitin! over an hour past the time she stated* 1ut Eva Heinemann%s e+ use for "ein! late (althou!h it seemed more li#e a omplaint to me) was that someone at her offi e had 6uit without warnin!, and she had to ma#e an uns heduled meetin! with a desi!ner* -he sat down, ordered a appu ino, rossed her le!s and then lit a Marl"oro 7i!ht without missin! a "eat* / 8ou and Dr* 9enma were en!a!ed* 1ut ri!ht "efore your father passed away, the en!a!ement was an elled* :as there some #ind of politi al desi!n for your marria!e; 3Hospitals and medi ine, they%re still a world of politi s and power* 2t that time, my father was preparin! to run for the <erman Medi al 2sso iation hairman, and he would not tolerate any mista#es, whether in operations or anythin! else, from his own hospital* He needed a ri!ht/hand man who he ould put his full trust in*3 / 2nd that was 9enma; 3He was a perfe t do tor* 2nd the type of areer wor#er who held no am"itions*** 2 safe partner for my father to hoose* He wouldn%t need to worry a"out "ein! "itten*3 / 2nd yet, he was; 35 don%t #now why he did it*** 9he day "efore, he was supposed to do an operation on some 9ur#ish man, "ut my father an elled it and ordered him to wor# on a famous opera sin!er* 1ut the 9ur#ish man died, so he "e ame very upset a"out the whole thin!* 2nd when he worries, he worries enou!h for two people*** 2nd 5 told him that people%s lives aren%t e6ual, "ut he didn%t !et it*3 / =or!ive me for "ein! so dire t, "ut did you love Dr* 9enma;

3My father was a very politi ally/minded man, "ut he wasn%t so despoti that he would for e me to marry someone if 5 said 3ni ht*3 5 hose a man who would ma#e me happy* 2nd that was >en?o*** Did 5 love him; 8es, 5 did*3 / 9hen why su h a one/sided nullifi ation of your en!a!ement; 35 told you* My father needed a ri!ht/hand man he ould trust, and 5 wanted to "e happy* >en?o%s a tions failed "oth of these onditions* 9here was nothin! else to "e done*3 / Do you thin# 9enma loved you; 3He would do anythin! 5 told him to do* Even after he refused to wor# on the mayor and 5 alled it off, he still wanted to !et married* He was so inde isive a"out anythin! other than his wor# as a do tor* He needed a woman li#e me who ould ma#e all the de isions*3 / Do you thin# he was dis!usted with you when you an elled the marria!e; 3-ure, he was* 2fter my father died and 5 was feelin! very timid, 5 pleaded for him to ome "a # to me, "ut he wasn%t that onsiderate* He was old to me* 2lthou!h 5 reali?e now that 5 was at fault*3 / 2nd then you were dis!usted with him, after that; 38es, 5 was furious*3 / 2nd you married three times sin e then* 38es, and the divor e settlements have left me with enou!h money to live in omfort for the rest of my life*3 / :hat were you thin#in! when your father passed away so suddenly; 35 was ompletely pani #ed* My father had "een fine .ust the day "efore*** and when 5 loo#ed into the study, he was sittin! there, dead*3 / Did you suspe t 9enma; He had "een furious with you two* 3@ot for a se ond* 5t would "e literally impossi"le for him to #ill someone* He may have "een furious, and he may have wished we were dead, "ut that man wouldn%t #ill a fly* 2t the time, of ourse*3 / 2fter that, Dr* 9enma "e ame the head sur!eon* :hat did you thin# of that; 3@othin! at all* :hen those in power die, the winds shift dire tion immediately* @e+t, the leader of those in opposition to my father "e ame the top "rass, and riti i?ed my father%s "usiness de isions*** >en?o was lu #y that =ather had a"andoned him* He was an e+ ellent do tor already, so it made sense that they would appoint him*3 A)i tureB (s#et hes of Eva smilin!, loo#in! sideways, pullin! on a i!arette) Eva Heinemann was as "eautiful as 5 had heard* 1ehind her hau!hty e+terior, 5 ould see she hid a very shrewd and

al ulatin! mind* Durin! the interview, she admitted that she had dealt with a terri"le strea# of al oholism* -he over ame her drin#in! pro"lems with the help of one of the men involved in the Cohan ase, Dr* $ei hwein* / @ine years after your father passed away, a lo #pi #er named Cun#ers was shot to death "y Cohan in an a"andoned "uildin! near the hospital* 9he 1>2 says that you and Dr* 9enma were witnesses* 35%ve already told the poli e all a"out that* :hy don%t you as# them for the full details;3 / :as it "y oin iden e that you happened to "e near that a"andoned "uildin!; 3***yes, that was oin idental*3 / 2nd that%s where you saw Cohan* :hat was your impression of him; 35 don%t want to say* 5 don%t even want to thin# a"out that monster or the people who flo #ed to his side*3 / 8ou did not testify for 9enma%s inno en e until the very end* Do you feel that you are responsi"le for ma#in! thin!s more ompli ated than they ould have "een; 3Df ourse; why else would 5 a!ree to su h a patheti interview; 9his is how 5 atone* @ot .ust to him, "ut to all the people who were drawn into this* 2ll the people who died***3 5 reali?ed for the first time that she was a very vulnera"le woman* Her hau!hty attitude was used to hide this fa t* :hen 5 offered to "uy her a drin#, she refused, orderin! another offee instead, and lit a i!arette* / 7et%s !o "a # to 9enma* Dne of his middle s hool friends in Capan had trou"le remem"erin! 9enma%s favorite son!* :ould you happen to #now what it was; (instantly) 37et%s -tay 9o!ether*3 2l <reen%s 37et%s -tay 9o!ether*3 5t was a !ood son!* 5 don%t listen to it now, "e ause of the memories it re alls*** "ut it%s a !ood son!* >en?o li#ed the theme of the son!* >en?o !ot lonesome easily, and he was always alone* He had a lon!in! for a re!ular life, a re!ular father and mother, re!ular !irlfriend, re!ular family*3 / :hat a"out friends; Did he see# friends, here in <ermany; 3-urprisin!ly, no* :hen you%re a sur!eon wor#in! in stressful and uneven onditions, it%s hard to ma#e friends with anyone other than your ollea!ues* 9he only person li#e that for 9enma was Dr* 1e #er*** in my opinion, a worthless, tardy slo" of a do tor, "ut for some reason, >en?o opened up to him* 5 suppose they omplained a"out my father and the hospital to ea h other* >en?o doesn%t really pay mu h attention to the status or wor# ha"its of others* He li#es people who an "e fran# a"out thin!s, no matter how sly they a t* He seems oddly drawn to those

who are outspo#en and invasive*3 / :hat did Dr* 1e #er thin# of 9enma; 35 don%t #now, why don%t you as# him; 1e #er was pro"a"ly .ealous of >en?o%s life* 1efore all the stuff happened to him, of ourse* :hen >en?o !ot into all that trou"le, you%d thin# 1e #er would revel in his downfall, "ut he wasn%t as nasty as that, after all* Everyone #new 1e #er was a worthless do tor* Dnly >en?o treated him as an e6ual, and for that reason, he trusted him*** 5%m sure that whenever he was around >en?o, 1e #er thou!ht that may"e he wasn%t so "ad after all*3 / -o, what was it you li#ed a"out 9enma; 37i#e 5 said earlier, >en?o would let me do whatever 5 wanted* 5f 5 a ted ill/tempered, he%d .ust smile*** 2nd he would apolo!i?e* Even if it was my fault* -o 5 thou!ht that he was a truly dependant person; that he ouldn%t live without me* 1ut it was really the opposite* :hen 5 was with him, 5 ould do anythin!* :hen >en?o was "y my side, 5 felt li#e 5 had the ri!ht to live* >en?o relied on me*** He a epted people and never turned them away, and for that reason, he was praised and respe ted* -o when he was there, 5 felt li#e my life was worth somethin!*3 Eva Heinemann loo#ed at her wat h, and said she needed to !o* -he apparently lives alone in an apartment in the hi!h/ lass part of town a ross the $hine* 5%ve !ot to !o "a # to wor#, she said* 5%ve hardly oo#ed a meal in my life, "ut 5%m a #it hen oordinator for the ri h and famous*** 2nd 5 don%t have any talent for utili?in! others, so 5%ll pro"a"ly 6uit soon, she lau!hed* -he said that if 5 had any more 6uestions, 5 should send her an e/mail (-urprisin!ly enou!h, several days after sendin! my additional 6uestions, 5 re eived an honest, thorou!h reply)* 1efore she left, 5 as#ed her, "a # then you told 9enma that human life was not e6ual* Do you still "elieve that, even now; 38es, 5 still do,3 she answered, as she stood up*