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spot, he would not be able to assess her age, but judging from here presence,
older than you think. He moves forward a little bit on the chair, sips his tea.
"Thank you for taking the time to meet with me once more. It is very im-
portant to me, well to us at PET, that we get this case solved.” Tom continues,
looking at her directly in her eyes: “It is, and I say this a little embarrassed, that
the police work, the whole investigation about your ex husband's disappearance,
hasn’t been up to standards. We pride ourselves of our work normally, but let me
just say this is not the case. I will have to ask for some more photographs of him.
In connection with what we have of completely new information that has just
emerged in the case, it’d be good to have something related. I might bring you
some information that I can assure you has relevance for you as well.”
She answers briefly. “Yes, Sir. I understand.”
He continues. "My visit today has something to do with the attacks our country
has been subjected to in the last few days,”
As he’s saying these words, she fidgets with a pair of glasses, takes them
out from a leather case lying on the table, and places them on her shapely nose.
They both sip their tea. Tom continues with his explanation. "My closest col-
league and friend is right now lying and hovering between life and death as we
speak. She was one of the two policemen who were shot during the first attack
on Østerbro. My other colleague Ahmed, was the other one - he died. Have you
heard details about the incident?”
She looks at him seriously.
“Unfortunately yes. I have followed up on what happened . My deepest
condolences ”
"Do you have any pictures of Johan? We only have three old photographs
of him, and we could use some more for this case"
"Well, I have plenty of photographs of course. I have the old photo albums
here with me in the office. I don’t want them at home. My new husband does not
bother to find them. He wants the past to stay in the past.”
She gets up and goes to a closet at the opposite end of the living room and
pulls out a drawer. "Johan was adopted. Did he talk about it at all?” Tom asks
"I remember that there was something about it. But it was not something,
neither he nor I went into. But yeah, I know of it.” Her tone in her voice is now