Secrets? by Christer Tholin

Author:Christer Tholin [Tholin, Christer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781549586644
Published: 2017-10-29T22:00:00+00:00

11

Elin was back at the cabin. She had found a tree that allowed her to look through one of the windows, and from there she also had a view of the front door and the yard. It was easy to climb the tall spruce with its plentiful branches, even if she’d had to fight her way through a host of needles. Now she was comfortably seated on two neighboring boughs, not to mention well hidden.

When Maja had called that afternoon and relayed that the man in the brown parka had suddenly shown up after more than a week, Elin had reached a conclusion: something unusual must be happening today. Otherwise, the guy would have stayed away. The men had left them alone for quite some time, and in the meantime, neither Elin nor Maja had made any moves in that direction.

But today, something was in the wind—Elin was sure of that. The guy had just wanted to confirm that Maja was hard at work and not snooping around the cabin again. And so, Elin left the office early, rented a car, picked up her gear from home, and drove down there. She had parked the car two corners before the dirt road, left her smartphone and ID inside, and placed the key on the front tire. She did not want to risk having the men identify her and link her to Maja, in case they unexpectedly nabbed her.

Markus’s car was already there by the time Elin had snuck through the trees to the hut. The Volvo, however, was not. Inside the cabin, Markus was busy at work, and no one else was in view. Elin had taken out her binoculars and was watching Markus through the window. He had pushed most of the living room furniture to the side to create more space and afterwards set up two large lamps. Now he was mounting a camera on a tripod. Elin’s instincts had been right: something was afoot today, and the only question now was “What?” She had to admit that there was nothing overly shady about taking a few shots. Still, she would wait until she knew exactly what was going on. Markus checked the different settings one more time and then sat down at the computer. Unfortunately, Elin couldn’t see the monitor—it was facing the wrong way. She zoomed in close with her digicam and took some photos of the room.

For a long time, nothing happened. Markus was still just sitting before the PC. Elin’s mind began to wander. One week from today, it would be Midsummer. She had no idea why that came to her just now—maybe because of the flowers on the forest’s edge or the tall tree that held her. In any event, she and Maja had made no plans. Not that Elin cared about hopping around the maypole, an occasion to which her parents had always dragged her along. She’d really had enough of that by the time she was twelve at most, even though back then she still half believed the stories people told.

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