As White as Snow by Simukka Salla

Author:Simukka, Salla [Simukka, Salla]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Detectives, Thrillers & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense, Teen & Young Adult, Thrillers, Mysteries & Thrillers
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: 2015-03-03T06:00:00+00:00

SUNDAY, JUNE 19, EARLY MORNING

Drip, drip, drip, drip.

Drops of water fell on the pavement. The thin produce bag must have had a hole or tear in it, which was letting water out. Lumikki had shoved her wet clothes from the sink into this bag and all the rest of her stuff into her backpack as quickly as possible. She had taken only five minutes to pack. Now she stood on the street wondering what to do.

She could try to find another cheap hostel, but would anyone let her in at this time of night? It was already past eleven o’clock. The thought of tramping from hostel to hostel in hopes of finding an open room didn’t appeal to her. Neither did spending an hour surfing on her phone or in an Internet café and trying to track down a bed that way.

Suddenly, Lumikki was exhausted. She felt like calling home and asking her parents to buy her a ticket that same night if there was a flight. She knew she wasn’t going to do that, though, because that would rob her of her independence. That would just make her a helpless child who couldn’t manage on her own.

Right now, part of Lumikki wanted to be a child and have her parents help her run back to Finland. Jump in a taxi, ride to the airport, fly home. Forget Prague. Forget Lenka. Forget that some strange man had invaded her room looking for her. Forget Jiři Hašek and everything he had told her.

Jiři. Crap.

Lumikki pulled her dripping wet shorts out of the produce bag and shoved her hand in their left pocket. There it was. A business card, badly mangled now. She could still read the cell phone number, though. Thank goodness.

“Call if anything happens. Anything. No matter what time it is.”

That’s what Jiři had said. He probably hadn’t meant this exactly, but Lumikki knew she didn’t have many options now. Returning home wasn’t something she was ready to do yet. That would have been giving up. Lumikki wasn’t a quitter. Besides, that would have meant far too many questions from her parents, and she didn’t want to be interrogated when she didn’t have any answers.

Lumikki punched in Jiři’s number and called. She hoped a sleepy girlfriend wouldn’t answer the phone. Based on their previous meeting, she had assumed Jiři was single, but she could be wrong. And single people didn’t always spend their nights alone.

He picked up after three rings.

“This is Lumikki Andersson,” Lumikki said.

Then she had to stop and think for a second about how to phrase her question in English, because “Can I spend the night with you?” might give him the wrong impression.

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