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AUGUST 4, 2014
"Why has he invited us here?" Jarle asked.
Anastasia and Jarle Sørdalen stood outside Casa Aliaga, speaking to Hugo Friis. Outside, it rained for the first time in 2014.
"He wanted to talk to everyone in the same room," Hugo said. “I said he could use the house.”
Jarle scratched his slippery chin.
"I understand. Well, we'll go up to hear what he has to say,” he said.
"I'll be with you," Hugo said. "He wanted to make sure I was going to be there too."
Kurt Hammer had dressed in his newly purchased suit for the occasion. In the breast pocket he had placed a red rose. He had put on polished black shoes and stood upright with the help of a pair of crutches.
"Ah," said Kurt to Jarle, Anastasia, and Hugo as they entered the living room on the second floor. “Everyone’s
