The Game Trilogy by Anders de la Motte

Author:Anders de la Motte [Motte, Anders de la]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781443431583
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada
Published: 2013-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

NEWSFLASH

SUICIDE BOMBER

IN CENTRAL STOCKHOLM

She took a long shower. Slowly increased the temperature a little at a time, gradually rotating to spread the delicious feeling of warmth over her whole body. Round and round until her skin was burning and she couldn’t take any more.

Then she shaved her legs and took the opportunity to trim a couple of other strategic places.

She dug out her best underwear, pulled on a white blouse and the jeans she kept at the back of the wardrobe because they were a bit too tight for her liking.

Then she blow-dried her hair, quickly put her face on in front of the hall mirror, then took a step back to inspect the result.

She hardly recognized herself

Philip merely had to stand up for the noise in the private dining room to subside at once. There were about a hundred people there if HP had counted right, most of them apparently business acquaintances.

Neither party in the Argos marriage seemed the type to spend time making real friends.

Business comes first.

‘As you’ve no doubt already heard, there have been dramatic events in the city this evening,’ Philip began. ‘It looks as if there are still roadblocks in place, and public transport isn’t running, so getting home might prove difficult. But my good friend Baris here …’

He raised his hand towards the restaurant-owner who was standing over by the wall.

‘… has promised to keep the bar open as long as we need it.’

There was a burst of cheerful chatter, and Philip waited a few moments before going on.

‘But for those of you who work for me, I’d just like to say that I want to see section-heads tomorrow morning at ten o’clock. I’m aware that it’s Sunday and that you’ve earned a day off, but unfortunately this evening’s events have rather changed things …’

He raised his glass.

‘Now that’s out of the way, Monika and I would like to thank you all for coming here this evening to honour our beloved Anna. Anna was, as you all know, a very special person. ArgosEye was her dream, her life’s work, and I’m convinced that she would want nothing more than for us to continue to develop the company in the direction that she had staked out. A toast, to Anna!’

‘To Anna!’

Instead of calling for a taxi she had pulled her jacket on and trudged up to the hotdog kiosk. They stayed open late and gave a discount to police officers and taxi drivers, which meant that one way or the other she was bound to get a lift. But that evening, unusually enough, there was only one taxi parked outside. The driver was actually on his way home, but after a bit of feminine persuasion he agreed to drive her. Fixed price with the meter switched off, the sort of thing that usually made her pull out her police ID.

He was the one who told her about the bombs. A suicide bomber, albeit something of a failure as such. But still …

In Stockholm, of all places.

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