Girl With The Dragon Taroo, The Page #2

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Yes, I remember her.

- Harriet.

- Yes, I never had children of my own.

She was the apple of my eye.

She was young, intelligent.

I thought of her as

my own daughter.

I see.

What happened to her?

- I believe she was murdered.

- Murdered?

Here... the Vanger family, Mikael.

My family.

The 22nd of September 1966. The entire

Vanger family gathered here in this house

for the annual board

of directors meeting.

They were all there, 30 vultures,

they were only here for the money.

Where they could tear each other to pieces,

to get the biggest piece of the pie.

Look closely...

because one of them...

was Harriets killer.

Harriet was barely 16 at the time.

which was...

Children's Day.

She had gone to Hedestad to watch

the parade in the main street.

This photo was featured

in the local paper.

Around two o'clock,

she returnd to the island, and...

she wanted to talk me

about something, but...

I was busy dealing

the meeting.

How was she murderd?

No one seems to know.

She just disappeared.

I can see

you prepared everything for me.

I've spend the last 40 years going over

what could have happened that day.

You could say I've had time,

to organize

At 2:
15 there was a tragic accident,

on the hill at the bridge.

A tanker truck lost control and skidded into

the uncoming lane and hit a car head on.

The truck jackknifed

and lay on its side.

Gasoline had leaked all over the road,

covering both lanes of the bridge.

and closing traffic.

Preventing anyone,

from leaving the island.

As luck would have it,

a camera captured it all.

There, look...

in that window.

Those are last images

we have of Harriet.

It was inspector Morell from the

Hedestad Police, who headed the inquiry.

He found this piece of film, and he had

several enlargements made of this photo.

And this, this one here,

is my last picture of Harriet.

We waited for her at dinner,

but she never arrived.

- Hello?

- Lisbeth Salander?

- Yes, who is this?

- Hello, I'm Miss Svensson...

from the probation department.

I'm calling to inform you, that you have

a new guardian, his name is Eric Bjurman..

I already have a guardian,

what is this?

Please let me finish, Your previous guardian

has had a stroke and is in the hospital...

we had no choice

but to replace him.

Nice to meet you, even under these

unfortunate circumstances.

- Please sit.

- Thank you.

Yes, it's somewhat regrettable

that my predecessor...

Palmgren seemed to be rather lax...

in his application of the rules

concernig the guardianship.

I see here for example that he

allowed you to manage your own money.

- That never had a problem.

- No, I don't doubt that for a moment.

As you very well know, I'm the one

who's responsible for you now...

legally and financially.

Do you know what that means?

It means that I would to blame, if you

spend to much and can't pay your rent.

I got a job you know, I'm earning a living,

which souldn't be a problem.

You're also employed at, uh...

Milton Securities, I see here.

Yeah.

- What do you do there?

- Make coffee do some photocopies.

Oh, I see.

Alright, this is how I see it:

Starting from today,

your salary will be deposited directly

into a new account, managed by me.

The 1st of month we'll let you have

enough money to cover your personal expense,

anything over and above that,

we'll have to discuss, okay?

Let's talk a bit,

about your hygiene.

What do you mean?

All these piercings that you have.

Aren't you worried about infections?

Do you have a boyfriend?

No.

Have you had sexual relation?

I'm 24.

Your real eyes are here,

I can say you've been cooperative,

or you've been problematic

and obstinate.

And your life could become,

very, very, complicated.

So, how many men

have you had sex with?

- Two.

- Two?

No, 2 thousand.

- 200 thousand, are we done?

- And what's your favorite position?

Do you have a special preference?

Did you ever think

she may have run away?

You have to keep the accident in mind.

The truck blocked the bridge for 24 hours.

And the bridge

is the only way off the island.

So Harriet disappeared,

when nobody could leave the island.

Precisely, it was only the following day we

realised that may have been a criminal act.

They reopened the bridge and the murderer

could've disposed of the body.

It's the only proof

of a scenario.

Have you ever considered,

suicide or drowning?

Oh, they dragged the channel.

They looked everywhere, with dogs,

divers and still found nothing.

Even today,

during my walks,

I catch myself looking for her.

Harriet was only eight, when she first

made me a present for my birthday.

A bluebell,

that was in 1958.

Then every year after,

another flower.

The year Harriet disappeared.

This... this is the attic.

It's crazy.

Every damn year since, I received a flower

in the mail for my birthday.

They come from

all over the world.

- Who do you think, could be doing that?

- Harriets' murderer.

You don't know my family. You have

no idea what they're capable of.

I always favored Harriet.

That made her easy prey for everyone.

The power-hungry, blood-suckers,

the whole Vanger Group.

They wanted a piece of me.

I am 82 years old.

The police gave up long ago.

And I need to know

what happened, before I die.

Help me at last, find out

what really transpired.

- Yes, but how can I...?

- I followed your career for years.

You're an excellent reporter,

you're tenacious.

Now, I'm not asking you to solve

the case, but to do your utmost.

You have six months, before you

have to begin serving your sentence.

Forgive me, but you've spend

the last 40 years...

I'll pay you handsomely,

and cover all your expenses.

You will be a wealthy man,

with nothing to lose, hm?

And there's nothing waiting for you

in Stockholm.

"Mikael Blomkvist resigns as editor

from Millennium...

and announced, that he will never work

for the magazine again".

Did you really write this?

Without even talking to me?

I'm sorry, but...

it was my decision to make.

What are you gonna do now?

I'm going to work

for Henrik Vanger, in Hedestad.

Henrik Vanger?

Say? You're playing with

the capitalists now.

I'm not working

for the Vanger corporation.

You mean, you're getting a new place?

Yeah.

In Hedestad?

Good luck.

Now what, dork?

Dude, come on.

Dork!

What're you looking at?

Watch where you going, b*tch!

Come on, now!

Keep drinking all this stuff.

Ow!

- You crazy b*tch!

- Grap her arm!

- Come on!

- F***.

- Come on!

- Let's get outta here.

- This b*tch is f***ing crazy.

- Motherfuckers!

- Come on.

- Crazy b*tch!

Oh, f***.

Can you fix it?

- I can save your hard drive.

- Good.

And the rest?

You better start looking

for holiday promos.

Sh*t.

- What happened?

- I got mugged.

You stink of booz.

Yeah I know, you smell

smell like roses?

You can always use that one,

the PC over there.

I use it for my back-up,

so it has to stay here.

Welcome to Hedeby.

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