The Eyes of Lira Kazan

Author:Eva Joly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Published: 2012-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

At the airport, with the sound of the loudspeakers in the background, Steffy called. He had probably been warned by Do that Félix was still playing the hero.

“Just want to see if everything’s OK.”

“You just want to see if the law is going to keep quiet!”

“Don’t be like that. I’m worried about you. Louchsky’s absolutely furious! He’s throwing a party at Versailles next month for his fortieth birthday, and there’s a big contract looming that I can’t tell you about. So your little expedition to his villa and the failure of the bank have left him foaming. I’m saying it again, Félix, dive for cover. The dogs are out.”

“What’s the contract?”

“I just said, I can’t tell you, I’m just warning you. It sounds as though you’re at the airport.”

“Yeah,” Félix said, annoyed at being pinned down.

“Are you going to see Mark?”

“Yes, I need some air. I need him.”

“Good, I’m glad you’re getting together again. Just get away from all this, think of yourself, Félix. We all know you’re too clever to be a mere clerk. But don’t do anything stupid.”

Once he was in the plane, stuck in a middle seat, Félix unfolded the Guardian, which he had picked up on boarding. He went straight to the financial pages: they were filled with stories about the failure of Grind Bank and the panic spreading among the big financial players in London. Eyvin’s death was not mentioned, it obviously hadn’t been made public yet. So Félix thought that perhaps he had not come too late, that he might yet find something or someone at the address, which he had wiped from his mobile and learnt by heart. He then idly turned to the news pages. He thought about Mark and began to believe in love again. Then he thought of Eyvin, and wondered whether he too might be killed. Just as he was brooding about life and death the air hostess began her safety demonstration.

His eye was suddenly caught by a headline at the bottom of the page: “Inquest on attack on Russian journalist Lira Kazan has stalled”. And so Félix learnt that she was now blind. And she was in London.

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