Mord efter mord: kapitel 13 Mord nach Mord: Kapitel 13 Murder after murder: chapter 13

De næste dage var svære. The next few days were difficult. Pressen var efter dem. The press was after them. Men Iben holdt modet oppe og blev ved med at virke optimistisk. |||the spirits||"and"|kept|kept|||| But Iben kept her spirits up and continued to act optimistically. Igen og igen fremstillede hun morderen som et sølle monster. |||portrayed|||||pathetic|pathetic monster Time and time again, she portrayed the killer as a pathetic monster. Han burde være rasende. |should||He should be furious. He should be furious.

Endelig var der nyt. Finally, there was news. Teknisk afdeling havde fundet et fremmed hår på Irene Steins' bukser. |Technical department||||foreign|||||pants The technical department had found a foreign hair on Irene Steins' pants. Håret kom fra en paryk. ||||wig The hair came from a wig. Det var langt og lyst. It was long and light.

"Tja," sagde Asger. "Well," said Asger. "Irene Steins havde jo lige været ovre i fitness-centret. |Steins|||||||| "Irene Steins had just been over at the fitness center. Håret stammer nok derfra." The hair probably comes from there."

"Du har nok ret," mumlede Leo. "You're probably right," mumbled Leo. "Pokkers også. "Damn it."| "Damn it." Der er ikke noget dna, som kan hjælpe os." "There is no DNA that can help us."

Politiet udspurgte alle, der boede inden for en kilometer fra gernings-stedet. |questioned|||||||||crime scene| The police interrogated everyone who lived within a kilometer from the crime scene. Men ingen kunne huske at have set en mistænkelig mand omkring mord-tidspunktet. ||||||||suspicious||||time of murder But no one could remember seeing a suspicious man around the time of the murder.

Leo blev mere og mere urolig. |||||anxious Leo became more and more anxious. Han var sikker på, at noget var i gære. ||||||||"brewing" Er war sich sicher, dass etwas nicht stimmte. He was sure that something was going on. Bjarne så også mere end træt ud. Bjarne also looked more than tired. Han sad konstant og gloede i sine notater. ||constantly||stared at|||notes He sat constantly staring at his notes.

"Der må være noget, vi har overset," mumlede han igen og igen. ||||||"missed"||||| "There must be something we have overlooked," he muttered again and again. Han rejste sig tungt op fra sin stol og så på dem. He rose heavily from his chair and looked at them.

"Jeg kan slet ikke forstå, hvordan han kan blive ved med at komme tæt på sine ofre. “I cannot understand how he can continue to get close to his victims. Alle kvinder - især de unge lyshårede - ved, de skal være på vagt. |||||||||||on guard All women - especially the young blondes - know they should be on guard. Ikke?" Don't they?

De nikkede alle sammen. They all nodded.

"Alligevel lykkedes det morderen at over-rumple Irene Steins. |"succeeded for"|||||overpower|| “Yet the killer managed to outwit Irene Steins. Hun var jo hverken lille eller svag. |||neither|||weak She was neither small nor weak. Hun burde have gjort en masse modstand. |should have|||||resistance She should have put up a lot of resistance. Så hvordan bærer han sig ad?" ||"manages"|||"manage" Wie trägt er sich?“ So how does he manage that?

Bjarne rystede på hovedet og satte sig ned igen. |shook||||||| Bjarne shook his head and sat down again.

"Jeg gyser ved tanken om, at han måske er betjent eller klædt ud som betjent," sagde han. |shudder||||||||police officer||dressed up||||| "I shudder at the thought that he may be a police officer or dressed as a police officer," he said.

"Vi kan jo ikke advare mod os selv," sagde Leo. ||||warn||||| "We can't warn against ourselves," Leo said. "Så går det da helt galt. "Then it's going completely wrong. Folk vil flygte, når de skal have en trafik-bøde, og man vil kunne forstå dem. ||flee||||||traffic fine|traffic fine|||||| People want to flee when they have to get a traffic fine, and you want to be able to understand them. Det vil skabe kaos." ||create|"It will create chaos."

"Men hvad fanden gør vi?" "But what the hell do we do?" Bjarne slog sin kæmpehånd i bordet, så det knagede. |struck||giant hand|||||creaked Bjarne slammed his huge hand on the table, making it creak.

I det samme bankede det på døren. |||knocked||| At that moment, there was a knock on the door. Det var en betjent ovre fra stationen. |||police officer||| It was an officer over from the station.

"Der er kommet et brev. There is a letter. Jeg tror, det er til jer," sagde han. "I think it is for you," he said.

Det var det. That was it.

"Hej Tåber", stod der med store bogstaver. |"Fools"||||| "Hello fools", it said in large letters. Derefter fulgte en grinende smiley. |followed||laughing|laughing smiley Then followed a laughing smiley. En elite-smiley klippet ud fra et blad. |elite||||||magazine Ein aus einer Zeitschrift ausgeschnittener Elite-Smiley. An elite smiley cut out from a magazine.

Nedenunder fortsatte det: Below, it continued:|| Below continued:

"Jeg har hvilet ud et par dage. ||rested|||| "I have rested for a couple of days. Imens har jeg lagt et horoskop. |||||horoscope Meanwhile, I have cast a horoscope. Det er jeg rigtig god til. I am really good at that. Og døds-tidspunktet kender jeg med sikkerhed. |time of death||||| And I know the time of death for sure.

Vil I gerne vide hvem? Would you like to know who? Det finder I snart ud af. You will soon find out. Har I skiftet Ibens lås? ||||lock Have you changed Iben's lock? Det skal jo ikke være for nemt. It shouldn't be too easy.

I øvrigt er jeg skuffet. |"Besides"|||disappointed By the way, I'm disappointed. Jeg havde regnet med lidt klogere modstandere. ||expected||||opponents I had expected slightly smarter opponents. Inden længe vil I blive én mindre. Bald wirst du einer weniger sein. Before long you will be one less. Gæt selv hvem." "Guess"|| Rate wer." Guess who.

De sad lidt og betragtede brevet. |sat|"a little while"||looked at| They sat for a while gazing at the letter. Der var sat en stjerne som underskrift. ||||star||signature There was a star as a signature.

"Ja, det er ham," sagde Bjarne. "Yes, it's him," said Bjarne. "Og han har ret, den satan. "And he's right, that devil. Han ved, Iben er lokkedue. ||||decoy He knows Iben is a decoy. Han ved, vi passer på hende. He knows we're taking care of her. Alligevel truer han hende." |threatens|| Yet he threatens her.”

"Ja, men måske vil han have, vi bruger tiden på Iben. “Yes, but maybe he wants us to spend the time on Iben. Så han kan få fred til at myrde et andet sted i byen. ||||peace and quiet|||murder||||| So he can have peace to kill somewhere else in town. Ligesom sidst," sagde Leo. "Just like last time," said Leo. "Hvad fanden gør vi?" "What the hell do we do?"

Jakob lænede sig ind over bordet. |leaned|||| Jakob leaned over the table.

"Jeg har en idé. "I have an idea. Jeg foreslår, vi tager Iben fra jobbet. |suggest||||| I suggest we take Iben from her job. Hun bliver afløst af en ældre herre." ||replaced||||older man She will be replaced by an older gentleman."

"Hvad mener du?" Iben for op. Iben zu hoch. Iben too up.

"Rolig. "Calm. Hør her. Listen up. På næste presse-møde fortæller Leo, at Iben har fået flere døds-trusler. |||||||||||death|death threats At the next press conference, Leo announces that Iben has received more death threats. Vi har ikke tid eller penge til både at passe på hende og opklare mordene. |||||||||||||solve|the murders We don't have the time or money to both protect her and solve the murders.

Derfor bliver hun afløst efter weekenden." |||replaced|| Therefore, she will be replaced after the weekend.

"Jakobjeg...," begyndte Iben. "Jakobjeg..." began Iben.|| "Jakobjeg...," began Iben.

Men Jakob fortsatte: But Jakob continued:

"Det beklager du meget, Leo. |"regret"||| "You'll regret that a lot, Leo. Men du fortæller, at Iben bliver nødt til at holde sin ferie nu på et ukendt sted. But you tell me that Iben has to take her vacation now at an unknown location.

Senere vil hun blive sendt til USA på et FBI-kursus, og bagefter skal hun arbejde på ambassaden i New York. |||||||||FBI|course|||||||the embassy||| Later, she will be sent to the USA for an FBI course, and afterwards she will work at the embassy in New York. Så det bliver et foreløbigt farvel til Iben." ||||temporary||| So it will be a temporary goodbye to Iben.

"Jamen jeg har ikke lyst til at rejse," sagde Iben vredt. ||||||||||angrily "Well I don't feel like leaving," said Iben angrily. Hvad bildte den lille skid sig ind? |"think"|||little brat|| What did the little shit form into? Han skulle ikke bestemme over hende. He was not to rule over her.

"Næ, nej. Det er heller ikke meningen. That's not the point either. Men lige pludselig vil morderen få travlt. |all of a sudden|||||busy But all of a sudden the killer will get busy. Hvis han skal slå dig ihjel, må han gøre det inden weekenden. If he's going to kill you, he has to do it before the weekend. Han vil ikke have tid til at slå andre ihjel. He will not have time to kill others. Han vil gøre alt for at få fat i dig. He will do anything to get to you. Og så har vi ham." And then we have him.

"Og hvad så, hvis han ikke hopper på den?" "And what if he doesn't jump on it?" sagde Iben.

"Ja, så må du rejse på ferie. "Yes, then you must go on holiday. Beklager." "Sorry." Sorry."

Iben var ikke meget for det. Iben wasn't much for it. Men noget måtte gøres. |||be done But something had to be done. Og hvis Jakob havde ret, ville morderen ikke finde et nyt offer, men gå direkte efter hende. And if Jakob was right, the killer wouldn't find a new victim, but go straight after her.

"Lad os prøve," sagde hun til sidst. "Let's try," she said at last.

Leo så længe ud af vinduet, så nikkede han også. Leo looked out of the window for a long time, then he nodded as well.