Читать книгу Shadows of Sören - Nicola Stöhr - Страница 16

Nadja Cederbrink had just returned from taking her son Tim to school that morning. Usually he cycled to school but that day they were going on an excursion and he had more stuff than usual to carry. She had just opened the door, when the phone rang. Nadja caught it on the third ring, “Hej, Nadja here.” “Guess who?” an unwelcome familiar voice said.

Nadja closed her eyes. No, she thought, it couldn´t be, he couldn´t have found out her number, it was a new one and unregistered.

“Did you think getting a new number would help?” the voice said again, “All I have to do is ask your parents, you stupid bitch. I´m good at making up stories.”

Of course, Nadja thought, her parents, she had forgotten to tell them not to hand out her number to anyone. Damn. But why did they think she had an unregistered number if they then went and handed it out to everyone who asked for it? But they were old and she couldn´t blame them.

“What do you want?” she asked stiffly.

“I want to see Tim.”

Nadja laughed hoarsely, “Forget it. Never, ever, ever.”

“Oh is that so? Never, ever? That long, huh? Well in that case I shall just have to give your husband a ring, won´t I? I have his number, too, you know. And I know where he works. Might pay him a visit. I have all the time in the world. Don´t think you´d like that though.”

Nadja froze. What to do? What to do? She couldn´t let him talk to Jan. Everything would brake apart. Her whole life, her marriage. Damn that man. She hated him with all her heart. Really hated him.

“Hello? You still there? I want an answer, I´m not going away until I get one. I want to see Tim and soon.” His voice was louder and aggressive now.

She thought quickly, “Alright, alright. You win. You can see him, but of course I will have to prepare him for such a meeting. You understand that, don´t you? He´s twelve now, not a baby. He needs to know certain things before he meets you and it will take time, you understand don´t you?”

“Yes,” he said calmer now, “I understand. Fine, but not too long, I´m not a patient man, you know. I´ll be in touch again, soon. Hejdo”. He hung up.

Nadja sat there for a while longer, holding the receiver in her hand. This had to stop. The man was ruining her whole life. She was constantly afraid that he was going to show up on her doorstep or contact Jan and tell him everything. She couldn´t even sleep anymore at night without taking pills. And now he wanted to see Tim.

You will never see my son, I will kill you first, she thought.