The Harbor by Katrine Engberg
Author:Katrine Engberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
Published: 2022-02-22T00:00:00+00:00
TUESDAY, APRIL 16
CHAPTER 18
The Tuesday morning mood at Burmeistersgade was positively cheerful. There was no line for the bathroom, and Meriem chatted happily at breakfast. Jeppe tried not to ponder too much on whether the household peace was due to the fact that Amina wasnât home. Sara smiled at him as she poured their coffee, and he felt a sense of peace spread from the pit of his stomach all the way to his earlobes.
âDid you sleep well?â
âLike a log!â Saraâs expression lit up the room. âHow about you?â
âOkay. Iâm a little stiff. That mattress is still too soft for me, but there is nothing wrong with my mood.â He got the milk out of the fridge and gave her a quick kiss, which she leaned in to.
âWould you be able to look at Malthe Sætherâs computer today? Clausenâs sending it over this morning.â
Her smile stiffened. As a rule they didnât talk about work in front of the kids.
âI will.â
âThank you.â Jeppe tried to get her to smile again, but she wasnât going for it. He sat down, drank his coffee, and tried to focus on the tasks ahead instead of the subtle shifts in his relationship.
To find a perpetrator, first he had to get to know the victim. The key to Maltheâs death was in all likelihood hiding somewhere in his lifeâat school, in the chorus, with a friendâthey just had to find it. The first item on Jeppeâs agenda for today was to question Lis Christensen, Maltheâs fellow teacher from Zahles, then later the choral director, and hopefully Kasper Skytte. But first, he had a personal matter to attend to.
At ten minutes to eight, he stood waiting by the fence in front of Christianshavn School. Boys and girls on scooters and in hoodies with low-hanging backpacks passed him in a steady stream without looking up from their shoes and their phones. Parents in tight black jeans dropped off their progeny from cargo bikes with kisses and eager waves, before hurrying off to work.
Amina came walking along behind her friend, as if she were hiding, which she probably was. Jeppe edged his way through the crowd and pulled her aside before she was able to enter the school grounds.
âGood morning, Amina,â Jeppe said. âCould we have a quick chat for, like, two minutes?â
She avoided making eye contact.
âI just want to hear what you were doing out on the street so late last night.â
âDid you blab to my mom?â
âNo.â
The decision to keep Aminaâs secret at the expense of Saraâs trust had been instinctive. He already regretted it.
âAmina, Iâm just worried about you. You were hanging out on a street corner at nine thirty at night with teenagers who were drinking beer. You know youâre not allowed to do that.â
âI didnât drink anything.â
âOh, believe me! If youâd have been drinking, I would have dragged you home.â Jeppe put his hand to his head. âYouâre eleven years old! Eleven! You were playing circus with your little sister, like, five minutes ago.â
She raised her face and looked at him, eyes narrow, and the corners of her mouth curled downward.
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