The Uninvited

prepare for the funeral and afterwards tosort out the family’s administrative andfinancial affairs in the wake of Jonas’death. Yes, Jonas died. So today, Friday21st September, is Annika’s first day as awidow. He survived the operation, but anhour later he suffered a catastrophic heartrupture. Technically speaking it wasn’tJonas’ blood that flooded out of his burstaorta. It was somebody else’s, or to bemore precise a mixture of several otherpeople’s, because he’d received atransfusion.She says, ‘I just want to know why. Whatit was for.’ I don’t answer because I can’tthink what to say. I do believe, however,that everything must mean something. Thateven the most random events have