positbox.
IreneNesserwouldneedtomakeseveralmorevisitstoZürich,buttherewasnoimmediatehurry.
At4:30thatafternoonIreneNessertookataxitotheairport,whereshewentintotheladies’roomandcutupMonicaSholes’passportintolittlepieces,flushingthemdownthetoilet.Thecreditcardshealsocutupandputthebitsinfivedifferentrubbishbins,andthescissorstoo.AfterSeptember11itwasnotagoodideatoattractattentionbyhavinganysharpobjectsinyourbaggage.
IreneNessertookLufthansaflightGD890toOsloandcaughttheairportbustotheOslotrainstation,whereshewentintotheladies’roomandsortedthroughherclothes.SheplacedallitemsbelongingtotheMonicaSholespersona—thepage-boywigandthedesignerclothes—inthreeplasticbagsandtossedthemintothreedifferentrubbishcontainersandwastebasketsinthetrainstation.SheputtheemptySamsonitesuitcaseinanunlockedlocker.Thegoldchainandearringsweredesignerjewellerythatcouldbetraced;theydisappeareddownadraininthestreetoutsidethestation.
Afteramomentofanxioushesitation,IreneNesserdecidedtokeepthefakelatexbreasts.
BythenshedidnothavemuchtimeandtookonsomefuelintheformofahamburgerfromMcDonald’swhileshetransferredthecontentsoftheluxuryleatherbriefcasetohertravelbag.Whensheleft,theemptybriefcaseremainedunderthetable.SheboughtalattetogoatakioskandrantocatchthenighttraintoStockholm.Shearrivedasthedoorswereclosing.Shehadedaprivatesleepingberth.
Whenshelockedthedoortoherpartment,shecouldfeelthatforthefirsttimeintwodays,heradrenalinelevelshadreturnedtonormal.Sheopenedthepartmentwindowanddefiedtheno-smokingregulations.ShestoodtheresippingathercoffeeasthetrainrolledoutofOslo.
Sheranthroughherchecklisttobesurethatshehadfottennodetail.Afteramomentshefrownedandrummagedthroughherjacketpockets.ShetookouttheplimentarypenfromtheZimmertalHotelandstudieditforseveralminutesbeforeshetosseditoutofthewindow.
Afterfifteenminutesshecreptintobedandfellasleep.
EPILOGUE:FINALAUDIT
Thursday,November27–Tuesday,December30
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