Missing by Karin Alvtegen

Author:Karin Alvtegen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 2011-02-15T18:30:00+00:00

Of course it didn’t work out. She was picked up and sent home within hours of the vegetable incident.

It didn’t take long for the hospital to respond. The car crunched along the gravel drive and minutes later someone rang the doorbell.

When Beatrice Forsenström opened the door, Sibylla was already sitting on the stairs, halfway down, with her suitcase next to her. No one took any notice of her.

‘Thank you for coming so soon.’

Her mother opened the door wider to allow them to step inside. The younger of the two was eyeing the handsome hall, obviously impressed. Maybe he was wondering how anyone could go nuts while living in such a grand house.

Her mother went straight to the point.

‘I cannot deal with her any more. She’s completely impossible.’

The second man was nodding gravely.

‘Do you have any idea if she has actually become psychotic again?’

‘I can’t be sure. Of course, she has these outbursts, making accusations against me and although I know she mustn’t upset herself, it’s so difficult …’

Her mother covered her eyes with her hand. Sibylla heard the door to her father’s study opening and his indoor shoes pad across the tiled floor. Then she could see him over the handrail. He went up to the men and shook their hands.

‘Henry Forsenström.’

‘Håkan Holmgren. We’ve come to collect Sibylla.’

He nodded and sighed.

‘Best so, I think.’

Sibylla got up.

‘I’m packed and ready to go.’

Everybody turned to watch her. Her mother took a step closer to her husband, who put a protective arm round her. They seemed worried that their daughter would throw some kind of fit. When she reached the bottom of the stairs the small gathering scattered to let her pass. Once outside, she turned. The male nurses hadn’t moved. She addressed them politely.

‘I’m sorry, are you waiting for something?’

Håkan Holmgren took a few steps towards her.

‘No, we’re OK. Let’s go. Sure you’ve packed everything you need?’

Sibylla just turned and walked towards their car, opened a rear door and climbed inside. The others joined her a little later, presumably after another briefing on her state of mind. She never saw her parents again. Her last glimpse was of them standing on the fucking tiled floor in the hall, slandering her reputation behind her back.

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