In Chap­ter 33 of Moth­er Night, the pro­tag­o­nist recalls his third and final meet­ing with Colonel Frank Wirta­nen, whom he refers to as his Blue Fairy God­moth­er. The meet­ing takes place in a des­o­late, dim­ly lit shop across from Jones’ house, where the pro­tag­o­nist, along with Resi and George Kraft, has been hid­ing. As he approach­es the shop, the pro­tag­o­nist is filled with hes­i­ta­tion and a sense of dread, antic­i­pat­ing the many poten­tial threats that could be lurk­ing near­by, from Amer­i­can Legion mem­bers to Israeli para­troop­ers. With a Luger—an Iron Guard’s pistol—clutched tight­ly in his hand, he pro­ceeds cau­tious­ly, using the dark­ness to his advan­tage as he stealth­ily moves towards the back of the shop, all the while ready for any con­fronta­tion that might arise. The pro­tag­o­nist feels like an infantry­man, brac­ing for the worst, reflect­ing on the nature of human­i­ty and how peo­ple are often dri­ven by the instinct to sur­vive, much like sol­diers in bat­tle.

Upon reach­ing the rear of the shop, the pro­tag­o­nist is struck by a serene image. Through a win­dow, he sees Colonel Wirta­nen, now appear­ing old­er and more peace­ful, rem­i­nis­cent of a Bud­dha in his calm­ness, wait­ing for him. As the pro­tag­o­nist enters, he is sur­prised to see Wirta­nen still active, not retired as he expect­ed. In response, Wirta­nen explains that he had been called back to duty, specif­i­cal­ly to han­dle mat­ters relat­ed to the pro­tag­o­nist. The rev­e­la­tion rais­es the protagonist’s curios­i­ty, and he begins to won­der why Wirta­nen, a man who has played such a piv­otal role in his life, would now return to engage with him once again. As their con­ver­sa­tion unfolds, the pro­tag­o­nist tries to under­stand the rea­sons behind this renewed inter­est, feel­ing both sus­pi­cion and a sense of inevitabil­i­ty about the path that has been laid out before him.

The dia­logue between the two men deep­ens as the pro­tag­o­nist press­es Wirta­nen for more infor­ma­tion. While he can under­stand why the Israelis might want to involve him in their affairs, he is per­plexed by the Rus­sians’ motives for seek­ing him out. Wirta­nen shares unset­tling news about Resi Noth and George Kraft, reveal­ing that they have both been com­mu­nist agents under sur­veil­lance since 1941. This rev­e­la­tion shocks the pro­tag­o­nist, as he learns that the U.S. gov­ern­ment has allowed Resi into the coun­try under the guise of an inno­cent inves­ti­ga­tion, while in real­i­ty, she has been close­ly mon­i­tored for poten­tial ties to the broad­er com­mu­nist agen­da. The impli­ca­tions of this infor­ma­tion weigh heav­i­ly on the pro­tag­o­nist, who now real­izes the full scope of the entan­gle­ments around him. He is forced to con­front the chill­ing real­i­ty that his life has been manip­u­lat­ed by forces much larg­er than he ini­tial­ly under­stood, as espi­onage and polit­i­cal maneu­ver­ing have shaped his exis­tence in ways he can­not escape.

In this chap­ter, the nar­ra­tive delves into the intri­ca­cies of espi­onage, trust, and the com­plex­i­ties of human motives. The pro­tag­o­nist is faced with the real­i­ty that his past actions and affil­i­a­tions have placed him in a pre­car­i­ous posi­tion, one where every rela­tion­ship is shroud­ed in sus­pi­cion and every move is scru­ti­nized. As the lay­ers of deceit are peeled back, the pro­tag­o­nist must nav­i­gate a world where per­son­al rela­tion­ships are often mere facades, and true motives are hid­den behind polit­i­cal agen­das. The chap­ter under­scores the dark real­i­ties of life in a world bur­dened by polit­i­cal ten­sion, where per­son­al sur­vival and moral integri­ty are con­stant­ly at odds. The pro­tag­o­nist is caught in a web of lies, unable to dis­tin­guish friend from foe, as his past is brought to light, reveal­ing the harsh con­se­quences of his involve­ment in the world of espi­onage and betray­al.