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been?” I asked. “Why didn’t you say goodbye at the hospital?”
    I put the wine in front of David and he tasted it. “Well, I didn’t want to disturb you,” he said. “You were with your family.”
    “Still, you should have said goodbye,” I said with a frown. “I’ve wondered for months what happened to you and where you went.”
    David chuckled. “It’s nice to know,” he said. “But, to be frank, it’s been quite a journey. After I left the hospital, I went to Copenhagen, where I lived with a friend for awhile, trying to avoid the press.”
    “I know,” I said. “The first weeks were brutal. They were constantly calling with the phone constantly ringing and the press even showing up on my doorstep. It’s ironic to suddenly be on the other side of the microphone, huh? Well, you’ve tried it before, but it’s a first for me.”
    “Can you believe those people who made deals with them?” David said.
    “No! Lars Dalgas, the librarian! Who would have thought that he would end up a reality star?” I laughed.
    David chuckled as well, and we went quiet for a little while, both thinking about Lars and the others trapped in the mines. The silence made Sune uncomfortable.
    “So, what about that Lars?” he asked. “Why is it so funny that he is a reality star now?”
    I shook my head and looked at David. Our eyes locked for a second. I turned my head. “It’s not that funny. It’s just that…well…” I shrugged. “I don’t know how to explain it. Maybe it’s not that funny after all.”
    I returned to peeling the potatoes in the sink. I felt bad for Sune. I could tell he felt left out, but I really didn’t know how to explain Lars to him. I really didn’t want to. A lot of things had happened down there that brought out the worst in people. It was better to be forgotten.
    “No, I really want to know,” Sune said with a slightly shrill voice. “Tell me everything about this Lars Dalgas.”
    I looked at David. “There really isn’t much to tell…”
    “Oh, then I must have gotten it all wrong then, ‘cause a minute ago, it seemed like there was plenty to tell,” Sune said.
    David looked uncomfortable. He got up. “You know what? Thanks for the dinner invitation, but I need to take a rain check. I have stuff to do. I’ll see you around, okay?” He shook Sune’s hand, and then hugged me.
    “But…” I tried.
    “It’s okay, Rebekka. I didn’t mean to interrupt like this,” he said, and almost ran out the door.
    I was baffled.
    Sune chuckled. “That was strange, huh?” he said with a laugh.
    I stared at Sune. “What the hell was that?” I asked.
    He looked like he didn’t understand. “What do you mean?”
    “Why did you, all of a sudden, act like this jealous boyfriend?”
    “What do you mean?”
    I rolled my eyes and returned to my potatoes. I felt sad that David had left so quickly. I really wanted to know how he had been. I had really missed him.
    “Okay, so what if I got a little jealous, so what?” Sune said. I could tell by the sound of his voice that he wanted to fight.
    “I really don’t want to…” I said.
    “I think you should. I think we need to talk about this,” he said.
    I turned and looked at him. His cheeks were red and his eyes wild. I didn’t like him when he acted like this.
    “Don’t start…”
    “Oh, I’ll start whatever I need to,” he said.
    William started fussing in his high chair, where he was eating carrots and a banana.
    “Let’s begin with you explaining to me why you’ve been wondering about this guy for months?”
    “What are you talking about?”
    “You just said it yourself. You told him you had been wondering about him for months. Those were your words, not mine.”
    I exhaled. “I wondered about what had happened to him. Is that so strange? I care about people.”
    “So, now you care about him, do you?” Sune asked.
    “Yes. Yes. I care about David. Is that so wrong? I mean, we went through a lot of stuff together