ut oayed for one more hour.
assed by vanger’s house, he was sure he saw oains shift upstairs.
salander was allowed to put ohes. it was 4:00 on saturday m. she picked up her leather jad rud hobbled to the front door, aiting for her, showered aly dressed. he gave her a cheque for 2,500 kronor.
“i’ll drive you home,” he said, ahe door.
she crossed the threshold, out of the apartment, ao face him. her body lile and her fa d he almost recoiled whe her eyes. never in his life had he seen suaked, sm hatred. sala as deranged as her casebook indicated.
“no,” she said, so quietly that he barely heard the word. “i y own.”
he put a hand on her shoulder.
“are you sure?”
she nodded. his grip on her shhtened.
“remember what we agreed. you’ll e baext saturday.”
she nodded agai her go.
chapter 14
saturday, mararch 17
salahe week ih pain in her abdomen, bleedium, and less visible wounds that would take lo she had gh was very different from the first rape in his office; it was er of aion. this was systematic brutality.
she realised much too late that she had utterly misjudged bjurman.
she had assumed he ower trip ao domihat he was an all-out sadist. he had kept her in handcuffs half the imes she believed he meant to kill her, a he had pressed a pillow over her fatil she thought she was going to pass out.
she did not cry.
apart from the tears of pure physi she shed not a siear. whehe apartment she made her way with difficulty to the taxi stand at odenplan. with difficulty she climbed the stairs to her oartment. she shoed the blenitals. then she drank a piwo rohypnol ao her bed ahe duvet over her head.
she woke up at midday on suhoughts and with t pain in her head, musd abdome up, drank two glasses of kefir, and ate ahewo more sleeping pills ao bed.
she did not feel like getting up until tuesday. she went out and bought a big box of billy’s pan pizza, stu in the microwave, ahermos with coffee. she spent that night o, readiheses on the psychopathology of sadism.
she fouicle published by a women’s group ied states in which the author claimed that the sadist chose his “relationships” with almost intuitive pre; the sadist’s best victim was the one who voluo him because she did not think she had ahe sadist specialised in people who osition of dependence.
advokat bjurman had her as a victim.
that told her something about the ed by other people.
on friday, a week after the sed rape, she walked from her apartment to a tattoo parlour iull district. she had made an appoihere were omers ihe owner nnising her.
she ple little tattoo depiarrow band ao have it put on her aed.
“the skihere. it’s going to hurt a lot,” said the tattoo artist.
“that’s ok,” salaaking off her jeans and putting her leg up.
“ok, a band. you already have loads of tattoos. are you sure you want another one?”
“it’s a reminder.”
blomkvist left the susa 2:00 on saturday afternoon. he had spent the m typing up his notes in his ibook. he walked to konsum and bought some food aes before he went home. he had discovered fried sausage with potatoes as—a dish he had never been fond of but for some reasoly suited to a the try.
at around 7:00 in the eveood by the kitdow, thinking. ceger had not called. he had ru afternoon when she was buyihe café, but she had been lost ihoughts. it did not seem likely that she would call this evening. he glahe little tv that he almost ead he sat at the kitystery by sue grafton.
sala the agreed-upoo bjurman’s apartment near ode her in olite, welile.
“and how are you doing today, dear lisbeth?”
she did not reply. he put an arm around her shoulder.
“i suppose it was a bit ro
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