Dead Calm (A Dylan Scott Mystery)
““Yes.” Bill stood behind Maud to check his tie in the mirror. “We can hardly refuse, can we?”
“I don’t see why not.” Maud applied another coat of lipstick and pouted in the mirror.
“We’ll have a quick drink with him,” Bill said. “It won’t hurt us. We don’t have to stay long.”
He had no wish to talk to Vidar Freberg either, but the sight of him had come as such a shock that Bill hadn’t been able to think straight.
“What a surprise,” Freberg had said. “We must catch up with each other over a drin...k. It will be just us three this time. No Hanna Larsen, eh?”
Bill had been too taken aback to do more than stammer, “Yes. Well, we’ll look forward to it.”
It should have been fairly easy to avoid people on the ship but, this afternoon, he’d seen Freberg again.
“The ballroom at eight o’clock?” Freberg had suggested.
“Sounds good,” Bill had said.
If it was difficult to avoid people on the Midnight Sun, it was damn near impossible to invent excuses.MoreLess
“I don’t see why not.” Maud applied another coat of lipstick and pouted in the mirror.
“We’ll have a quick drink with him,” Bill said. “It won’t hurt us. We don’t have to stay long.”
He had no wish to talk to Vidar Freberg either, but the sight of him had come as such a shock that Bill hadn’t been able to think straight.
“What a surprise,” Freberg had said. “We must catch up with each other over a drin...k. It will be just us three this time. No Hanna Larsen, eh?”
Bill had been too taken aback to do more than stammer, “Yes. Well, we’ll look forward to it.”
It should have been fairly easy to avoid people on the ship but, this afternoon, he’d seen Freberg again.
“The ballroom at eight o’clock?” Freberg had suggested.
“Sounds good,” Bill had said.
If it was difficult to avoid people on the Midnight Sun, it was damn near impossible to invent excuses.MoreLess
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