LOGINTo be honest, no, ”Kim admitted, shrugging.
"That's what I thought. So I'll have to give you some instructions so that you can at least get the worst done without anyone suspecting it, ”he sighed, and it sounded like he'd been asked to teach a donkey to play the piano.
"Well, I'll coordinate a couple of appointments or send out autograph cards," Kim snapped.
He seemed to think she was completely stupid.
"We'll see," he grinned, but got serious again. "We can talk about the details later, since I officially have a few days off, you still have a little grace." Kim grimaced and he continued, "If you want, you can use the pc here for your work if you need anything else, let me know. ”
“ Okay, ”Kim nodded,“ but I'm still not quite sure what this is all about. ”
“ I'd like to know myself ”, said Luke with a shrug. “You will probably think I'll make an elephant out of a mosquito anyway. Actually, I didn't want to make a big fuss about it, just advice, but Albert insisted on sending someone over. "
" That was without question a wise decision, you should always take things like that seriously, especially when you're in public like you, ”Kim reassured him. "If it turns out to be harmless, so much the better."
Luke got up, went to the desk, took out an envelope, and pressed it into her hand.
"This is the letter."
Kim looked carefully at the envelope. It was an ordinary envelope that you could buy in any store for a few cents. "Luke Summer" was printed on the front, nothing more, there was no postage stamp or postmark.
She opened it with excitement and unfolded the sheet of paper, briefly skimming the few lines. As she read an uneasy foreboding spread inside her. She had expected a few rude insults or insults, but an inexplicable feeling deep inside told her that this was by no means harmless.
NEVER FORGET
You probably thought you could go on like this forever, but you were wrong. I've waited a long time, but now it's time to let you feel what agony is. I'll never forget it.
Kim stared for a while at the text, which was obviously written on plain white office paper with a PC.
"How did you get the letter?" She asked thoughtfully.
“It was left at the reception of the Newhaven Inn the morning before yesterday, I stayed there during the last concert of my tour. As I said, I'm not sure if the whole thing is not just a bad joke, I know enough colleagues who have had to deal with some weirdo. The only thing that bothers me is that few people knew which hotel I was staying in. ”
“ It is definitely the right thing to investigate, ”Kim said, folding the letter back up. “I'll make a copy of this and send the original to the forensic laboratory. I don't have much hope that something will be found that can be used, but maybe we'll be lucky. And in case you should receive another letter, I would ask you not to touch it, or if possible only by the edge. ”
“ All right, ”Luke nodded. He gave her a questioning look. "How seriously do you think I have to take this?"
Kim looked at him in silence for a moment, realizing that he suddenly looked very insecure, and a tiny sense of old affection suddenly rose within her.
"To be honest, I don't know," she said quietly and unconsciously added in her mind: "But I'll do everything I can to ensure that nothing happens to you."
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