Håkan switched on his mobile and discovered that he’d missed several calls as well as a text message. Hi, Sweetheart. Big crisis at work, have to fly to Bangkok 23.05. If we don’t catch each other, I’ll call tomorrow. Love you. Kisses, Stina. Håkan sighed in resignation and turned to the others. ‘Stina was called in to work.’ He looked at his watch. Eleven fifteen. ‘Right now she’s probably demonstrating the emergency procedures on board the plane to Bangkok.’ ‘Oh, how disappointing,’ exclaimed Andrea. ‘I was hoping that she’d slipped in during the film. Now she’s going to miss the party.’ ‘That’s really too bad,’ Sam agreed sympathetically. ‘She’s on call, so it’s not exactly unexpected,’ Håkan replied. ‘I’m used to it. We’ll just have to have fun without her.’ ‘Don’t worry, we’ll take care of you,’ Beata consoled him as she came up behind them and took his arm. ‘Come on.’ They headed for the chartered buses that were taking everyone to Kuten.
