The Gilded Cage by Camilla Läckberg

Author:Camilla Läckberg [Lackberg, Camilla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2020-02-19T17:00:00+00:00

Faye woke up early the next morning. She was met by the smell of freshly brewed coffee as she went down the creaking stairs.

Kerstin was already up. She was reading Dagens Nyheter, and beside her on the table was a folded copy of Dagens Industri. The photograph of Ragnar that had been on the kitchen table was gone.

‘Good morning,’ Kerstin said. ‘Help yourself to coffee.’

It was still dark outside, though spring had started its slow advance. Faye sat down at the table and reached for the copy of Dagens Industri. She read the editorial, then one of the comment pieces. She turned the page and found herself staring straight into Jack’s blue eyes. She started, and briefly considered moving on, but her eyes were automatically drawn to the headline. Fuel. She needed fuel.

Adelheim denies rumours of stock market flotation, it read.

Kerstin must have noticed the change in her breathing, because she glanced up from her paper to look at Faye.

‘Bad news?’ she asked.

‘No, it’s nothing. Just someone I used to know.’

In the article Jack said they weren’t planning to float Compare on the stock market. But he confirmed that the company’s head of finance, Ylva Lehndorf, would be leaving the business to work for the music giant Musify instead. Jack said it had been a mutual decision, and wished Ylva well in her career. Not a word about the fact that he was living with her. Presumably they knew that, but Dagens Industri were too polite to mix personal gossip with business.

He’s already started to change Ylva, Faye thought. The next step would probably be for her to stop working. Faye wasn’t sure how she felt about that. Should she enjoy the schadenfreude? Or feel sorry for her? In a way it would have been easier if she could have believed that Ylva was simply better than her. Smarter, stronger. But now Ylva had begun to subordinate herself. Which made her seem even more like Jack’s little whore. Bought off by his money and charm.

Faye scanned through the article a second time before moving on. She didn’t yet know what was going to come in useful, she had no clear plan. For the time being she was simply gathering information.

‘What are you going to do today?’ Kerstin asked.

‘I thought I might take a walk. Do you happen to know if there’s anywhere nearby where I could get some leaflets printed?’

‘Leaflets?’

‘I was thinking of setting up a small business.’

‘Oh?’

Kerstin put the newspaper down and looked at Faye.

‘Yes, a dog-sitting service. Everyone around here seems to have a dog. I thought I could walk them during the day while I’m figuring out what I’m going to do. To earn a bit of money quickly and easily. Then we’ll just have to see what I do after that. It would buy me a bit of time, though.’

Kerstin looked at her intently. Then she went back to her paper.

‘Try the library in Dalen,’ she said.

Faye printed twenty posters and pinned them up in strategic places around Enskede.

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