As I started to feel sick in the late morning yesterday I could not pursue my work and did some concentration on labelling and filing the goods retrieved from her trashbag. Irrelevant things (paper handkerchiefs, unprinted plastic wrapping, pencil shavings, clipped fingernails, etc.) and things whose use is not identifiable are not listed.
- food leftovers (pasta with minced meat sauce, white bread, orange peel, pasta with tomato sauce, salami pizza, french fries, onion slices, egg shells)
- plastic wrappings (curry-flavoured crisps, cotton-wool tips, hair brush, marshmallows, cheese sandwich, strawberry chewing gum, cake icing, chocolate chips cookies)
- envelope with sender address of a phone company
- plastic bottles (1.5 L coke)
- glass bottles (cider, white wine, tequila)
- shopping list ("drinks, ham, fertilizer, coke")
- very short pencil with broken tip (HB)
- used cotton-wool tips
- pair of frayed blue socks
- newspaper advertising supplements
- ball of hair (the mother's)
- empty bottle of migraine drops
- batteries
- broken glass ashtray
Despite my state I managed to bring the goods to the rented storeroom.
Donnerstag, 23. November 2006
Mittwoch, 22. November 2006
I've caught a cold and am staying at home today. I will observe her room for the first time since I've found him, that must be about one and a half months. Too bad, I've overslept, so I've missed her in the morning.
14:11 - She's back. She turns on the tv and watches some reality tv show.
14:55 - She gets a coffee and marshmallows from the kitchen and takes something out of the bathroom cabinet. She returns to the tv couch and clips her toenails. She switches the channel to a travel magazine.
16:20 - She seems to have dozed off. Now, a fantasy series is on air.
17:00 - Still sleeping.
17:53 - She rolls off the couch and runs to the kitchen. 10 minutes pass by and she has made two plates of cheese and ham sandwiches. She sits down at the kitchen table and flips through an "Animal Lovers" magazine.
18:15 - She goes back to the living room and makes the first phone call. Then, she turns on the lights and closes those damn curtains in the living room. I can't have a look into the living room anymore, but she returns to her magazine in the kitchen.
18:38 - She leaves the kitchen again, probably to make another phone call, since she's back in 4 minutes.
18:50 - She starts to eat the sandwiches.
19:12 - She's finished the second plate of sandwiches and leaves the kitchen. I can't see what is happening in the living room.
22:48 - The light in the living room goes off. She also switches the kitchen light off.
00:19 - The lights are turned on again. The daughter enters the kitchen followed by her mother. She opens the window to smoke a cigarette. If I open my window, I might catch their conversation.
00:31 - It is raining heavily and I couldn't understand a word of their argument. The mother was shouting and gesturing and the daughter yelled back at her from time to time. Now, they've left the kitchen. The rooms are unlit and nothing is happening.
03:43 - The light in the living room is turned on for 14 minutes.
07:20 - The mother has appeared in the kitchen. She makes a very upset impression and washes the dishes from the evening before while drinking two cups of black coffee.
07:46 - Luckily, she opens the curtains in the living room. She makes two phone calls. The first one lasts 9 minutes, the second one 3. She lies down on the couch and stares at the ceiling.
08:05 - She vacuums the living room.
08:48 - She gets the trashbag from the kitchen. Shortly after this, I see her leaving the building and dumping the bag at the roadside. I'm going to secure this.
09:00 - She is neither in the kitchen nor the living room, so I can't see what she's doing. I will examine the trash.
14:11 - She's back. She turns on the tv and watches some reality tv show.
14:55 - She gets a coffee and marshmallows from the kitchen and takes something out of the bathroom cabinet. She returns to the tv couch and clips her toenails. She switches the channel to a travel magazine.
16:20 - She seems to have dozed off. Now, a fantasy series is on air.
17:00 - Still sleeping.
17:53 - She rolls off the couch and runs to the kitchen. 10 minutes pass by and she has made two plates of cheese and ham sandwiches. She sits down at the kitchen table and flips through an "Animal Lovers" magazine.
18:15 - She goes back to the living room and makes the first phone call. Then, she turns on the lights and closes those damn curtains in the living room. I can't have a look into the living room anymore, but she returns to her magazine in the kitchen.
18:38 - She leaves the kitchen again, probably to make another phone call, since she's back in 4 minutes.
18:50 - She starts to eat the sandwiches.
19:12 - She's finished the second plate of sandwiches and leaves the kitchen. I can't see what is happening in the living room.
22:48 - The light in the living room goes off. She also switches the kitchen light off.
00:19 - The lights are turned on again. The daughter enters the kitchen followed by her mother. She opens the window to smoke a cigarette. If I open my window, I might catch their conversation.
00:31 - It is raining heavily and I couldn't understand a word of their argument. The mother was shouting and gesturing and the daughter yelled back at her from time to time. Now, they've left the kitchen. The rooms are unlit and nothing is happening.
03:43 - The light in the living room is turned on for 14 minutes.
07:20 - The mother has appeared in the kitchen. She makes a very upset impression and washes the dishes from the evening before while drinking two cups of black coffee.
07:46 - Luckily, she opens the curtains in the living room. She makes two phone calls. The first one lasts 9 minutes, the second one 3. She lies down on the couch and stares at the ceiling.
08:05 - She vacuums the living room.
08:48 - She gets the trashbag from the kitchen. Shortly after this, I see her leaving the building and dumping the bag at the roadside. I'm going to secure this.
09:00 - She is neither in the kitchen nor the living room, so I can't see what she's doing. I will examine the trash.
Dienstag, 21. November 2006
6:50 am - He leaves the apartment in a decent suit and throws a greyish beige raincoat over his shoulders while hurrying through the front garden. After 20 meters he stops abruptly and heads back. 5 more minutes and he reappears with an umbrella under his arm. He misses the bus he usually takes. While wating for the next bus to arrive, he checks the wristwatch 8 times, bends over the neighbour's fence and lets some spit drip onto the grass.
12:30 - He didn't go out for lunch today.
18:05 - It has begun to rain slightly. He comes out of the office building in company with a chunky man with a red tie. They suggest a nod and part into opposite directions.
18:30 - He strolls along the main road. On the way, he has to pass through a crowd in front of a department store and the umbrella gets broken. He has a short argument with a middle-aged woman with greasy hair. I retrieved the broken umbrella from the trashbin he threw it in. Doing this, I lost sight of him.
19:20 - I'm waiting for him to return to his apartment.
00:03 - He seems to have drunken something. He takes a shower while having the tv turned on.
00:45 - He turns off the lights.
The broken umbrella he threw away.
12:30 - He didn't go out for lunch today.
18:05 - It has begun to rain slightly. He comes out of the office building in company with a chunky man with a red tie. They suggest a nod and part into opposite directions.
18:30 - He strolls along the main road. On the way, he has to pass through a crowd in front of a department store and the umbrella gets broken. He has a short argument with a middle-aged woman with greasy hair. I retrieved the broken umbrella from the trashbin he threw it in. Doing this, I lost sight of him.
19:20 - I'm waiting for him to return to his apartment.
00:03 - He seems to have drunken something. He takes a shower while having the tv turned on.
00:45 - He turns off the lights.
The broken umbrella he threw away.
Donnerstag, 28. September 2006
Freitag, 1. September 2006
I have been living with S. for several weeks now and my work seems to have come to a halt. It is necessary, yet dangerous and tied to many difficulties, to break through her inmost wall of mistrust. However, there is still time since S. is desperate of ending up lonely again and tries hard not to cause me any annoyance. This is the way she can keep her mother mentally at a distance, shoving me inbetween the hierarchy.
Yesterday evening, S. was out and I had a chance to look into her notebook. It contained no information of importance, I hadn't already known of - hairdresser appointment, shopping list, addresses, her mother's birthday. But a photograph was glued carefully to the inner back jacket of the book. It was her sister at the age of probably 6.
Yesterday evening, S. was out and I had a chance to look into her notebook. It contained no information of importance, I hadn't already known of - hairdresser appointment, shopping list, addresses, her mother's birthday. But a photograph was glued carefully to the inner back jacket of the book. It was her sister at the age of probably 6.
Donnerstag, 31. August 2006
Mittwoch, 30. August 2006
It is to my advantage, that S. sleeps late. I will now proceed with the protocol of our first meeting after a long time. Until the main dish was served, we chatted about minor matters which was followed by a tense silence for several minutes. S. wore a flowered blouse, far too tight bluejeans and grey sneakers. Then, having a mousse au chocolat lying in front of her, S. broke out in tears and begged me to move back in with her. This was garnished with excuses and some reproaches. I managed to act reluctantly even if I welcomed her change of mind. My investigation had been interrupted by that unfortunate incident and now I was offered a chance to bring the case to a closure.
A briefing of S.:
- Born in a shopkeeper's family.
- Grew up in a household with a difficult mother, gentle but weak and passive father and senile grandfather who had died in her early childhood.
- Due to her upbringing and several shocking experiences, she was filled with insecurity, physical self-disgust and developed a choleric character.
- Only younger sister ran away from home at the age of 14. She wasn't heard of since then.
- Spent most of her teenage years in a boarding school for girls where she spent the happiest days of her life.
- Left school at the age of 16 to do an apprenticeship at a shoe shop.
- All in all, S. has led an uneventful, simple life.
Overall appearance:
- Brunette, shoulder-long, lank hair, sometimes greasy
- Plump physique of average height
- No remarkable features except for strongly asymmetric eyebrows
- Tendency to sweat overly because of her temper
- Slightly crouching posture
Main character traits:
- First extreme: withdrawn, anxious, mistrusting, obsequious
- Second extreme: choleric, aggressive, ability to talk someone into believing he bore a guilt
A briefing of S.:
- Born in a shopkeeper's family.
- Grew up in a household with a difficult mother, gentle but weak and passive father and senile grandfather who had died in her early childhood.
- Due to her upbringing and several shocking experiences, she was filled with insecurity, physical self-disgust and developed a choleric character.
- Only younger sister ran away from home at the age of 14. She wasn't heard of since then.
- Spent most of her teenage years in a boarding school for girls where she spent the happiest days of her life.
- Left school at the age of 16 to do an apprenticeship at a shoe shop.
- All in all, S. has led an uneventful, simple life.
Overall appearance:
- Brunette, shoulder-long, lank hair, sometimes greasy
- Plump physique of average height
- No remarkable features except for strongly asymmetric eyebrows
- Tendency to sweat overly because of her temper
- Slightly crouching posture
Main character traits:
- First extreme: withdrawn, anxious, mistrusting, obsequious
- Second extreme: choleric, aggressive, ability to talk someone into believing he bore a guilt
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