LOGINTo her astonishment, she found the older man there, who had brought her into the house the previous evening, together with a woman of the same age who was cooking at the stove.
"Hello," she greeted tentatively, and at the same moment the door behind her flew open and the man named Chris, whom she had met in the hallway the night before, stormed into the kitchen.
"Edwina, most beautiful of all women, I'm terribly hungry, what have you cooked today?" He asked with a laugh and gave the older woman an exuberant kiss on the cheek as he peered over her shoulder into the saucepans.
The woman pushed him away with mock seriousness. "Chris, you shouldn't always flirt with me like that, you go on until Harvey puts you on your knee," she smiled with a happy twinkle in her eyes.
Chris turned to the man, at that moment he noticed Kim, who was standing next to the door and had watched the whole scene in silence.
"Well, who do we have here?" He said with a grin as he looked her up and down. "I didn't know Luke's lady was still there, so I don't even know him - looks like he has a lot of catching up
to do ." Kim stared helplessly at him, not knowing what to say, but luckily Edwina came to her aid.
"Chris, leave the girl alone and behave yourself," she admonished him and thrust a plate of macaroni into his hand. "Here's your meal, and now get out of my kitchen."
Chris grimaced, gave Kim another meaningful grin, and disappeared.
"Don't
hold it against him," the woman turned to Kim with a motherly smile. "The boys are a bit wild sometimes." Kim looked at her without a word, she still felt completely run over.
"Would you like something to eat?" Edwina asked and Kim nodded. "Yes, gladly."
A little later she was sitting at the table and enjoying her macaroni.
Edwina sat down with her. "My husband told me you were Luke's new assistant?"
She waved her hand at the older man who had been sitting quietly at the table until now.
“Yes, that's right.”
“So I'll see you more often. I'm Edwina, this is my husband Harvey, we'll take care of the house and look after the boys. ”
“ I'm Kim, ”Kim introduced himself, and shook hands with both of them.
“Are you going to live here in the house?” Edwina asked, and when Kim nodded again, she continued, “Well then, I hope you're not too sensitive. The boys work hard, but they want to have fun too, and sometimes they're not very squeamish if you get what I'm
talking about . ” She winked at Kim meaningfully, and Kim understood what she was talking about .
"Well, that can be cheerful," she thought unhappily as she put a fork of noodles into her mouth. "But I should have guessed, that's exactly what you are looking for, Luke Summer."
They spent the rest of the day in the studio. Luke was busy with his music as usual, while Kim's mind jumped wildly.The conversation with Charlie was still in her stomach, she didn't like the fact that he was aware of her connection to Luke at the time. Then she had to keep thinking about what was going to happen next, she was sure that the whole thing was not over yet. After the mission had failed so miserably the previous night, it was to be expected that the stranger would try again, and she racked her mind again who could be behind it.Unobtrusively and carefully, she observed the three men who were playing music with Luke, but they all behaved completely normal and unsuspicious. She made up her mind to take another look at each individual as soon as Charlie had emailed her the evaluations.Then her gaze fell on Luke again, and she remembered how worried he had been for her last night. She wondered whether she might not have misjudged him on the basis of he
When Kim woke up the next day, it was already late morning. The previous evening's events flashed back to her immediately and she began to brood.She didn't regret that she'd acted against Tom's instructions and walked around the crypt instead of disappearing. The area would certainly have been thoroughly searched the next day, but who knows whether the Walkman would still have been there. She only quarreled with the fact that she had made the suggestion that she should go to the cemetery in Luke's place, she still had the dull suspicion that someone in the house had noticed something."Maybe it would have been better if Luke had gone himself," she thought with discomfort.But the fear that something might have happened to him then immediately made this thought disappear again. No, it was good that she had tried, since she was still not sure whether the stranger was really after money, she might have prevented something worse.While she was still sitting
While Kim stood rooted to the spot and was stunned by the fact that this song meant nothing more than that her plan had already been seen through in advance, the men of the emergency team rushed towards her from all sides, especially Tom."Damn it, what were you thinking?" He snapped angrily.She looked at him irritated, first pulled the earplug of the Walkman, then the one of the radio out of her ear."Can you tell me what that was about?" Tom raged on. "Why are you defying my instructions?""Nothing happened," Kim said meekly, "But ..."Tom interrupted her. "I don't want to hear any more, you can discuss this with Charlie later."He turned away and took out his cell phone, and Kim knew he would call Charlie and tell him everything.Meanwhile, the men turned the entire area around the crypt upside down. They had brought in searchlights and combed every inch of the surrounding area, but to no avail. Aside from a plethora of footprints
Tense Kim drove the car through the night streets of Sunville in the direction of the cemetery."I'll be right there," she said into the microphone, and seconds later heard Tom's voice in her ear."Okay, we're ready."She parked the car in front of the entrance, got out, and took the bag from the back seat.She looked around examiningly, there was no one to be seen far and wide.It was a moonless night, and she was pleased to see that the cemetery was in deep darkness, so it wouldn't be easy to see that she wasn't Luke.She walked slowly through the gate, then stopped hesitantly."Stay on the main path so we can see you," Tom instructed.Kim followed his request, took small steps forward, constantly looking around in all directions.After a few minutes the crypt came into view, gloomy and threatening it loomed in the darkness before her."Not too close, otherwise we won't have a view," came the earphone again.
Charlie appeared over the next morning. After showing a press ID, Harvey escorted him into the study.Kim greeted him and introduced him to Luke, who was pacing up and down with a worried expression.Charlie scanned the letter briefly, then turned to Luke.“Mr. Summer, I think Kim has already informed you how this will play out. I have brought a suitably prepared bag with me that you will take with you, and as soon as the handover starts, we will access it. My men are already in the process of submitting themselves to the cemetery, so you needn't worry. ”“ All right, ”Luke nodded, but it was clear that he wasn't enthusiastic about the plan."No," Kim said spontaneously at that moment, "he won't go."The men turned their heads to her in surprise, stared at her questioningly.“Kim? What's the problem? ”Asked Charlie."You can't just send him there," Kim blurted out nervously. "It's too dangero
A few days went by without any more letters or anything happening.Kim had called Charlie again briefly that afternoon, who could only advise her to wait and keep an eye on Luke. Checking the names hadn't revealed anything suspicious so far, and as expected, no usable traces had been found on the envelopes either, so Kim sighed and accepted her fate and followed Luke every step of the way. She had to listen to one or two amused comments from him now and then, but he seemed to be slowly accepting her presence and she tried not to take his remarks too seriously.They had breakfast together every morning, then went jogging together and then they mostly went to the studio, where Luke and the boys continued to work on his new album, and Kim sat quietly in the armchair, reading a book or just listening.Luke was often alone in the studio, trying out different melodies on his guitar and writing down dozen of sheets of music without noticing Kim, who watched and listene