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“From other sources, I have been told that Dieter was very hurt that I accepted
the scholarship. It was deeper than just that I had to travel. He was very proud
man, as well as secretive. I have later thought about whether the dairy group he
built, was something he was even passionate about, because he had a great inter-
est for art, like a strange obsession that he wouldn’t let me in on.”
"Well, I think this is the perfect moment for what I have to tell you then. Prepare
for a little shock," he says.
"Yes, come with it."
"Johan, your adopted son, has been missing for the last twenty years, and no one
knows where he is. Unfortunately he has probably passed away, that is the the-
ory that the police are holding on to, but within the last few months something
new has suddenly appeared, something suggesting that the police theory might
be wrong. It is a complicated case, and as I said we will have to talk together at
some point again. ”
"Yes, yes, since it has been so many years after his disappearance. Have you not
been able to find him or rather clues in this case? " She asks.
"No – that’s is the short answer to that question. Unfortunately.”
Inge-Lise nods and stares into air, looking tired. She lifts a finger up in front of
her face as when you want to say something important.
"Yes…" She mumbles out. “It doesn’t completely surprise me what you say. Jo-
han's father was an incredibly charming and wise man, and to be completely
honest, I think he had other women than me; he was a very secretive type. I can
remember that was why I did not have so many doubts about travelling away. In
my mind, I had always the hope that he would crawl back to me and repent, tell
me what he’s done. He never did.”
"Alright," says Tom quiet and understandingly.
"You know, as a young person you want to believe in a symbiosis with your part-
ner, which is not always the case. You are lucky if you find love like that."
"True. Did he have many secrets?"
“Yes, he did. He went away to weird meetings at all times of the day, weekends as
well. He used to always carry a gun, which obviously is against German law, but
what surprised me even more, was that all of that wasn’t necessary. He was a
well-guarded, protected individual once he gained success with his business."