Many Rivers to Cross (Inspector Banks Novels) by Peter Robinson
Author:Peter Robinson [Robinson, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780062847515
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2020-01-14T00:00:00+00:00
TADIÄ CERTAINLY appeared more presentable than the scruffy, unwashed animal Zelda remembered, as no doubt befit his elevated status in the organization, but it was him. She was certain. Put an ogre in an expensive suit and it was still an ogre. Though she tried to keep a grip on herself, she couldnât help but grab her book and her shoulder bag and rush toward the street exit. As she did so, her bag knocked over the empty wineglass, and it shattered on the floor. His head jerked in her direction. She felt a chill run through her, as if she had inadvertently awoken a sleeping snake or crocodile, some sort of reptilian beast that operated on instinct alone. She kept going, ignoring the nasty looks she got from people she bumped into, until she was out in the street. Once there, she merged with the flow of pedestrians heading toward Marylebone Road and Great Portland Street Underground. She had no idea where she was going, only that her breath was tight in her chest, her heart was pounding dangerously fast and she had to get away from the Hotel Belgrade.
Every now and then she glanced back to see if TadiÄ was following her, but she didnât see him. Why should he be? It was nothing, she tried to tell herself. A woman gets up and knocks her glass over by accident. People react to the sound, thatâs all. Besides, the last time he had seen Zelda, she had been just seventeen years old. She looked very different now, and her nose hadnât been broken then. Besides, context is everything. He wouldnât recognize her, and he certainly wouldnât expect to bump into her in a London hotel bar. As far as she knew, they had had no contact after the breaking house in VrÅ¡ac, and he must have broken in hundreds of girls after her.
Not that he had waited until VrÅ¡ac to begin the process. They had a twelve- or thirteen-hour drive across Romania first, and Goran TadiÄ had started as soon as they got on the highway, messing with her clothes, groping her breasts in the back of the car. She had tried to resist but whenever she did, he would hit her again. And though he couldnât take her valuable virginity, it didnât stop him from anally raping her. As the car sped through the wild and mountainous countryside of Transylvania, she could do nothing but lie there facedown on the car seat and take it. All she could remember now was the pain, the smell of the dreadful cigar his brother was smoking as he drove and the relentless thumping and surging of the American rap music playing in the car. Finally, she had passed out and only came to a while later, when Goran TadiÄ was in the driverâs seat and his brother Petar in the back with her, ready to take his turn. Again she fought, and again it was to no avail. Even as
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