leacouldverywellhavebeenincludedinharriet’sdaທteas:lea—31้208.ๆ
-of-the-ๅ,
blombergtookhimonaທquicktourofthesmalloffice,gavehimachairatalighttaທble,,“havefun.ๆ”
“sowhat?wehaveavendettaທagainstwennerstr?mourselves.”
blomkvistdidnotwanttopryintoherpersonallife,ไ.
“soideservetobetreatedlikeanidiot.”
“sowherewasthedaughter?”
duringthosefirstconfusedtwenty-fourhours,,,ไ,,tofindoutwhetheranyonemighthaveseenher.ๆ
“that’,ไ’’”
“,,,—likeherother—andasateenagershebecamewrappedupinreligion,—andnotherotheroranyofthemediocrecousins,nephews,andniecesaroundme—whowasdestinedtorunthevangerbusinessonedaທy,oratleastplaທyacentraທlroleinit.ๆ”
’,,buttheyalsohadunwaveringcນonfidenceineachother,,whileshepackagedaທndmarketedit.
atthesametime—whenshelookeddownathisslumberingformaທndlistenedtohimsnoring—shefeltthatshehadneverbeforeinherlifehadsuchatrustinanotherhumanbeingsheknewwithabຘsolutecນertaintythatmikaelwouldneverusewhatheknewaທbouthertohurtheritwaທsnotinhisnature
“sameasalways,,neatlettering.”
irritatingheryetfurther,,,ไ,,notayardawayfromherownbຘutontheothersideofthewall.
shehadbຘeenshaທringahousewithhimforaທweek,,askedheropinion,slappedherontheknucklesfigurativelyspeakingwhenshewasonthewrongtrack,,hehadtreatedherlikeaທhumanbຘeing.
shegotoutofbedandstoodbythewindow,ไ.,
“youok?”hesaid.ๆ
sheshookherhead.
“whatisit?”
shewentovertohisbຘed,tookthe,,
“lisbeth…idon’”
“’thaveanyprobຘlemworkingwithyou,butiwillhaveahellofaproblemwithyouifyoukicນkmeout.”
“butwehardlyknoweachother.”
shelaughed,anauptlaughthatsoundedaທlmostlikeacough.
“you’,asididn’tsaທyinmybຘaທckgroundreport,you’reoneoftheseguyswhocan’’swrong?aren’tisexyenoughforyou?”
’tshepulledthesheetoffhimandsaທtastridehim.
“idon’thaທveanycondoms,”hesaid.
“screwit.”
whenhewokeup,:00.ๆhemayonlyhavesleptfortwohours,andhestayedinbed,dozing.
“goodmorning,”
“hi.”
“’”andshewasgone.
.
“you’dbຘettereandlookatthis,”shesaidinastrangevoice.
blomkvistwasonhisfeetatonceandpulledonhisjeaທns.
’slegsandheadhaທdbeencutoff,thenthebodyhadbeenflayedandthegutsandstomachremoved,flungnexttothecorpse,ไ’sheaທdwasintact,onthesaddleofsalander’
chapter22
thursday,july1้0
,possibຘlyintimidaທtion,ไbuthedidnotthinkhewouldwaທnttoexplainwhytheintimidationhadtakenplaທce.
at8:3๑0
“howareyoudoing?”blomkvistsaid.
“oh,i’mfine.”salanderlookedathim,,ไ“whenifindthemotherfucນkerwhotorturedaninnocentcattodeathjusttosendusawaທrning,i’mgoingtoclobbຘerhimwithabaseballbat.”
“youthinkit’sawarning?”
“haveyougotabetterexplanation?itdefinitelymeanssomething.”
“whateverthetruthisinthisstory,we’’sanotherproblemtoo.”
“’tseemcrediblethatsomeoneactivefiftyyearsagowouldbeputtingtorturedanimalcorpsesonyourdoorsteptoday.ๆ”
blomkvistaທgreed.
“’sside,butnoneofthemliveinthearea.”
blomkvistsighed.
“isabellaisarepulsivebitchwhocouldcertainlykillacນat,…idon’tknow,ไheseemssodecrepithecນanhardlywaທlk,ไandicaທn’tseehimsneakingoverherelastnight,cນatchingacນat,anddoingaທllthis.”
“,oneyounger.”
,hethought,’spromisetotalktoher,ceciliahadstillnotansweredanyofhistelephonemessages.
“itmustbesomebຘodywhoknowswe’redoingthisworkandthaທtwe’remakingprogress,ไ”salandersaid,
“i’’llbebacktonight.”
“whatareyougoingtodo?”
“,’”
withoutanotherword,sheputonherhelmet,kick-startedthemotorcycle,ไandroaredoffacrosstheidge.
,ไ
“mikaທel,ineverimaginedthatthisstorycouldtakethisturn.”
“whynot?thejobwastofindamurderer,ไafterall.”
“’sadangertoyourlifeortofr?kensalander’slife,”
“’twanttoriskhishavinganotheraທttack.”
“heasksmeallthetimehowthingsaregoingwithyou.”
“sayhellofromme,pleaທse,aທndtellhimi’mmovingforward.”
“whatisnext,ไthen?”
“,andthephotographsfromj?rnv??”
“well,idon’.aທnd,bytheway,”
“anita?theoneinlondon?”
“cecilia’;asfarasiknow,shehasn’,ไshedoesn’”
“where’scecນilialiving?isawherthismorningasshedroveaທcrosstheidge,butherhouseisalwaທysdark.”
“she’snotcapabຘleofdoingsuchathing,isshe?”