“Left”
Shesiled.“Ififtysix.Illberetiringsoon.”
“Youdontlookadayoverfifty,orelikeinyourforties.”
“Veryfttering.Howoldareyou”
“Well,overforty,”Blokvistsaidwithasile.
“Andyouwerejusttwentytheotherday.Howfastitallgoes.Life,thatis.”
CeciliaVangerservedthecoffeeandaskedifhewashungry.Hesaidthathehadalreadyeaten,whichwaspartlytrue.Hedidnotbotherwithcookingandateonlysandwiches.Buthewasnothungry.
“ThenwhydidyoueoverIsittietoaskethosequestions”
“TobehonestIdidnteovertoaskquestions.IthinkIjustwantedtosayhello.”
Shesiled.“Youresentencerison,youovetoHedeby,cberthroughalltheaterialofHenriksfavouritehobby,youdontsleepatnightandtakelongnighttiewalkswhenitsfreezingcoldHaveIleftanythingout”
“Mylifeisgoingtothedogs.”
“Whowasthatwoanvisitingyouovertheweekend”
“ErikaShestheeditorinchiefofMillenniu.”
“Yourgirlfriend”
“Notexactly.Shesarried.Ioreafriendandoasionallover.”
CeciliaVangerhootedwithughter.
“Whatssofunny”
“Thewayyousaidthat.Oasionallover.Iliketheexpression.”
BlokvisttookalikingtoCeciliaVanger.
“Icoulduseanoasionalloveryself,”shesaid.
Shekickedoffherslippersandproppedonefootonhisknee.Blokvistautoaticallyputhishandonherfootandstrokedtheankle.Hehesitatedforasecondhecouldsensehewasgettingintounexpectedwaters.Buttentativelyhestartedassagingthesoleofherfootwithhisthub.
“Iarriedtoo,”shesaid.
“Iknow.NoonegetsdivorcedintheVangercn.”
“Ihaventseenyhusbandingettingonfortwentyyears.”
“Whathappened”
“Thatsnoneofyourbusiness.Ihaventhadsexinh,itustbethreeyearsnow.”
“Thatsurprisese.”
“WhyItsaatterofsupplyanddeand.Ihavenointerestinaboyfriendoraarriedanorsoeonelivingwithe.Idobestonyown.WhoshouldIhavesexwithOneoftheteachersatschoolIdontthinkso.OneofthestudentsAdeliciousstoryforthegossipingolddies.AndtheykeepaclosewatchonpeoplecalledVanger.AndhereonHedebyIsndthereareonlyretivesandpeoplealreadyarried.”
Sheleanedforwardandkissedhiontheneck.
“DoIshockyou”
“No.ButIdontknohetherthisisagoodidea.Iworkforyouruncle.”
“AndIthestonewhosgoingtotell.Buttobehonest,Henrikprobablywouldnthaveanythingagainstit.”
Shesatastridehiandkissedhiontheouth.Herhairwasstillwetandfragrantwithshapoo.Hefubledwiththebuttonsonherfnnelshirtandpulleditdownaroundhershoulders.Shehadnobra.Shepressedagainsthiwhenhekissedherbreasts.
Bjurancaeroundthedesktoshowherthestateentofherbankaountwhichsheknewdowntothestre,althoughitwasnolongeratherdisposal.Hestoodbehindher.Suddenlyhewasassagingthebackofheeck,andheletonehandslidefroherleftshoulderacrossherbreasts.Heputhishandoverherrightbreastandleftitthere.Whenshedidnotseetoobject,hesqueezedherbreast.Sanderdidnotove.Shecouldfeelhisbreathonheeckasshestudiedtheletteropeneronhisdesk；shecouldreachitwithherfreehand.
Butshedidnothing.IftherewasonelessonHolgerPalgrenhadtaughtherovertheyears,itwasthatipulsiveactionsledtotrouble,andtroublecouldhaveunpleasantconsequences.Sheneverdidanythingwithoutfirstweighingtheconsequences.
Theinitialsexuassaultwhichinlegalterswouldbedefinedassexualolestationandtheexploitationofanindividualinapositionofdependence,andcouldintheorygetBjuranuptotwoyearsinprisonstedonlyafewseconds.Butitwasenoughtoirrevocablycrossaboundary.ForSanderitwasadispyofstrengthbyaneneyforceanindicationthatasidefrotheircarefullydefinedlegalretionship,shewasattheercyofhisdiscretionanddefenceless.Whentheireyesetafewsecondster,hislipswereslightlypartedandshecouldreadthelustonhisface.Sandersownfacebetrayednoeotionsatall.
Bjuranovedbacktohissideofthedeskandsatonhisfortableleatherchair.
“Icanthandoutoneytoyouwheneveryoulike,”hesaid.“WhydoyouneedsuchanexpensiveputerThereareplentyofcheaperodelsthatyoucanuseforpyingputergaes.”
“Iwanttohavecontrolofyownoneylikebefore.”
Bjurangaveherapityinglook.
“Wellhavetoseehowthingsgo.Firstyouneedtoleatobeoresociableandgetalongwithpeople.”
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