Chapter 14 14

She left the beautiful villa area of ​​the Grant Castle and walked towards the center of the town.That night, she slept outside the door leading to the top floor of an apartment building.The door to that apartment building was not locked, a weakness that is one of the good things about traveling.In Stockholm, where people are very cautious, she usually has to know the situation and remember familiar addresses. She woke up because there was a kid screaming in the distance down the stairs, followed by the noise of doors opening, and a woman angrily saying that if he keeps doing that, he can't come again, and so on.After a while, the door slammed shut, and the place fell silent again.She looked at her watch, but it still wouldn't go.She really needs a new watch, but watches are expensive.

When she got up from the sleeping mat, her eyes suddenly went dark, and she had to lean against the wall to wait for the dizziness to stop.Food, she needs food now. The station is just a few blocks away. She went into the women's room to wash, comb her hair, and put on mascara and lipstick.The green suit was crumpled from being in the rucksack, but it didn't matter.Without that suit, she wouldn't have breakfast.She puts on her green suit, puts her hands under the faucet, and smooths the creases of the suit with her wet palms.No matter how wrinkled it was, at least it helped. Returned the rucksack to the luggage storage, indicating that she would have to pay afterward to get it back, but she would figure out a way to fix that.At this moment, food is the highest priority.

She studied the entire scene from the station steps and settled on the nearby City Hotel.She hurried across the street, then walked into the hotel lobby at a much slower pace.The male receptionist in the foyer immediately greeted her, and she smiled at him. God!It's so cold today!She trembled as she spoke. The male receptionist smiled back at her.The gold nameplate on his chest told her his name was Henrik. I just crossed the road to the station on a whim to check the train timetable, but I really needed a jacket. Next time just ask us at reception here, we have all the train timetables.

Across the counter, she leaned forward, as if trusting the other party. Don't talk about it, but to be honest, I'm going to take this opportunity to smoke a cigarette. He looked at her kindly, as if to reassure her that he would not tell her secret.The customer is always right. So far so good. The key hook for room 213 is empty, but the key for room 214 is still on it.She checked her watch. Please call Room 214 for me. no problem.He handed her the microphone.The dial rang, but no one answered.Henrik turned to check the keys.He should be there, his key is still here.Perhaps he had gone downstairs for breakfast?

He nodded in the direction of a corridor. I should say it was not his style to get up that early.I guess there is a first time for everything but thank you.Excuse me, is there a morning paper I can borrow? He gave her a copy of the Dagers Nyheter, and she left, heading down the corridor, which of course led to the breakfast room.easy. The buffet breakfast is quite rich.She went over to refill the coffee, trying to sneak a few rolls and three bananas into her handbag. She returned to her table, thinking about the journey to Eskilstuna.This journey will let Jorgen.Glennburgh's widow had humiliated her, had she gained anything?She took another sip of coffee and looked out the window blankly.

In fact, she knew very well what the purpose of her journey was.She has always wanted to believe herself, as long as she has some first-hand information, then she will meet Jorgen.Someone from Glenburgh would surely be able to explain the whole process of their encounter at the Grand Hotel.Those misunderstandings would be cleared up, and the case would be over for her. However, the result was the opposite of what she hoped.Everyone is very convinced that she is the murderer, and there are no other suspects.Now, what should she do? She can only hide.She had been missing for fifteen years, so it should be possible to do so.The photograph published in the newspaper was the only photograph available to the newspaper, and it was impossible to recognize her now from that photograph.As usual, her name is prone to misspellings, and there are people who know where she usually hangs out.Still, these people pay little attention to the police.

In other words, if she keeps a low profile, avoids a few prominent places, and waits until the police catch the real killer, then everything may come out naturally.Then she can live a normal life again.God!In her wildest fantasies, it never occurred to her that getting back to normal was the goal of her life. She drank some more coffee before realizing what was still bothering her so much. That humiliation.She was so determined to never take that humiliation again, never take that shit again.She could clearly imagine her mother's outraged appearance when she heard that her daughter had ruined her family style again.What the hell went wrong with that girl?Really go back to be her mother's daughter, her eyes will soon change: I told you to do this, don't say I didn't warn you.

Gossip would spread through every class of society in Hartley.Did you hear about the Folsenstroms' daughter?She is a murderer! Her father might just be wrong, she couldn't imagine how his father would react, she never knew how his father really felt about things. Anyway, at this moment, she didn't care. She got up and walked out of the hotel, passing the reception on the way, and waved to Henrik, who was on the phone, to sneak out for a cigarette.Henrik waved to her too. Getting that rucksack out of the luggage storage couldn't be easier.With no one around, she walked around the counter and took the backpack off the shelf.

She changed back into jeans and a sweater in the women's room.It was folly to wear that green suit too often, and besides that, it needed dry cleaning, which was an unforgivable luxury.The next train for Stockholm Central Station left at 10:48, so she sat on a bench and waited.