scussyourselfwithme,butsomedayyou’regoingtohavetodecidewhetheryoutrustmeornot.Iwantustobefriends,butIcan’tdoitallbymyself.”
“Ilikehavingsexwithyou.”
“Sexhasnothingtodowithfriendship.Sure,friendscanhavesex,butifIhadtochoosebetweensexandfriendshipwhenitestoyou,there’snodoubtwhichIwouldpick.”
“Idon’tgetit.Doyouwanttohavesexwithmeornot?”
“Youshouldn’thavesexwithpeopleyou’reworkingwith,”hemuttered.“Itjustleadstotrouble.”
“DidImisssomethinghere,orisn’tittruethatyouandErikaBergerfuckeverytimeyougetthechance?Andshe’smarried.”
“ErikaandI…haveahistorythatstartedlongbeforewestartedworkingtogether.Thefactthatshe’smarriedisnoneofyourbusiness.”
“Oh,Isee,allofasuddenyou’retheonewhodoesn’twanttotalkaboutyourself.AndthereIwas,learningthatfriendshipisamatteroftrust.”
“WhatImeanisthatIdon’tdiscussafriendbehindherback.I’dbebreakinghertrust.Iwouldn’tdiscussyouwithErikabehindyourbackeither.”
Salanderthoughtaboutthat.Thishadbeeanawkwardconversation.Shedidnotlikeawkwardconversations.
“Idolikehavingsexwithyou,”shesaid.
“Ilikeittoo…butI’mstilloldenoughtobeyourfather.”
“Idon’tgiveashitaboutyourage.”
“No,youcan’tignoreouragedifference.It’snosortofbasisforalastingrelationship.”
“Whosaidanythingaboutlasting?”Salandersaid.“Wejustfinishedupacaseinwhichmenwithfucked-upsexualityplayedaprominentrole.IfIhadtodecide,menlikethatwouldbeexterminated,everylastoneofthem.”
“Well,atleastyoudon’tpromise.”
“No,”shesaid,givinghimhercrookednon-smile.“Butatleastyou’renotlikethem.”Shegotup.“NowI’mgoingintotakeashower,andthenIthinkI’llgetintoyourbednaked.Ifyouthinkyou’retooold,you’llhavetogoandsleeponthecampbed.”
Whateverhang-upsSalanderhad,modestycertainlywasnotoneofthem.Hemanagedtoloseeveryargumentwithher.Afterawhilehewashedupthecoffeethingsandwentintothebedroom.
Theygotupat10:00,tookashowertogether,andatebreakfastoutinthegarden.At11:00DirchFrodecalledandsaidthatthefuneralwouldtakeplaceat2: