King Lily of the Valley (Kung Liljekonvalje av dungen)

What time is it now?

- Honey, how late are we? - Jesus...

There you go...

Head of the Homicide Division! What have I done?

Nice to see you again, Christer.

- Good day, Helena. - Good day, Sebastian. - Good day, Gunnel.

Damn bored with the wedding, huh? Think about me.

Where do I find a clever secretary the same as Anneli?

Come on.

- Who's that? - Dina Richardson.

Huh? Last time I saw her she had braids and pimples on her face.

- Mom... - I didn't say anything.

- She went to domestic science school. - Mom.

- Hello! Puck Ekstedt. - Helena Wijk. Christer's mother.

- I've heard a lot about you. - Good day, Helena.

- Has something happened? - We had a flat tire.

- Puck means a real blowout. - What else?

A puncture can mean so much in Christer's world.

They're recently engaged...

- Is this okay here? - It'll be perfect to get married here.

The bride's mother and stepfather. Gretel and Egon.

Thank you for coming.

Unfortunately, my fiancée didn't have the good taste to do the same.

There won't be a wedding.

- What could have happened? - When did you last see her?

- She went to the hairdresser at noon yesterday. - We haven't seen her since.

She wanted sleep over at her friend's. Her last night in freedom.

It's not so uncommon for a bride or a groom not to show up.

Had she second thoughts at the last moment? That really doesn't sound like Anneli.

- How was she yesterday? - Yes. A little nervous and subdued.

Where can she be?

- What a scandal! - What do you think happened?

I heard Gretel forced her daughter to marry.

I saw Anneli yesterday running away from Sebastian Pettersson's house.

Christer wants to stay behind. Should we go home for a bit?

So well, here's Dina. She probably knows where Anneli is.

You aren't crazy. Did you think I was lying yesterday.

I ran into Anneli at 15:00 yesterday. She wanted to look at her bridal bouquet.

Joakim ordered it.

- Joakim wants me to approve it. - Why?

What is it?

We dreamed of a fantastic wedding.

Yes. And now your dream comes true. You should be happy.

- Yes. Wait here. - Why?

I promised to look at the bouquet alone.

It was awful. Well, I still can't tolerate Fanny Falkman.

- Yes? - Where's Anneli?

Anneli? She's not here.

- But she just came in here. - She hasn't been here at all.

- She lied, of course. - The question is why?

Fanny might keep carnivorous plants.

You'd think this doesn't bother you in the least.

You're Anneli's friend. You know where she is.

Yes, no one knows anyway.

- Bad luck, my sister's kids have rubella. - I didn't dare go there.

You have to be careful as an adult.

Assarsson! Hello.

- Hi. How nice, we'll stay here. - Obviously.

If Joakim Kruse hadn't rented the room upstairs you'd be staying there.

He bought an property for himself and Anneli to renovate.

- Do you know Anneli well? - She's my goddaughter.

I thought I knew her well. Welcome.

Your room is a little further away, Puck. I can show you.

- What if she knew we were living together. - In a den of iniquity.

- The wedding dinner's off, in any case. - What?

People traveled here and the food was ordered, so...

- Need help to change the shirt? - No... Why?

Yesterday Anneli rushed out of Sebastian Petterson's house, completely upset.

- It's the second time I heard that. - That's Skoga, for you.

- You all know everything. - And then some.

Maybe she was sorry to leave her job at Sebastian Pettersson's.

- Why did she do that? - She was supposed to marry.

Can I get one?

Who's speaking to Dina Richardson?

- Could it be Lars-Ove Larsson? - Well...

- Are they a couple? - No idea.

- You may well ask. - Maybe I'll do that.

- What are you thinking about? - What do you think?

- Anneli, of course. - Me too.

- I'm going home. - I'm going with you.

No.

- I can't be left alone. - To hell with it! Do what you want.

Lars-Ove!

Come, sit with us.

- Dina Richardson. - Puck Ekstedt.

- Soon to be Bure. - Yeah. What fun.

As teens Anneli and I dreamed about marrying Christer and Eje.

- Oh. We didn't even notice you. - Completely unbelievable.

Who was going to have whom?

- I wanted to have Eje, of course. - Thanks!

See there, yes.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

It must be hard to be Anneli's friend now.

Yes. I feel completely confused.

- Did she seem happy before the wedding? - Yes, I thought so.

- Is there another man? - Don't believe so. She kept it secret.

- She accepted him for his money? - No, absolutely not.

Anneli doesn't care about money. She's a little better off than us mere mortals.

There isn't anything to say she disappeared voluntarily.

- So will there be a child next year? - Yes, hopefully.

I have to finish my PhD first.

PhD? What's that?

I want to answer questions no one else has answered. I don't want to do anything else.

It sounds like fun.

- The same reason I joined the police. - I like cops.

- What do you think? Maybe we should go home. - Good night.

- I lied to you. - Yeah.

Anneli wanted to have Eje.

Why haven't you married?

I never found the right man, I guess.

And you?

The sad truth is nobody wants me.

I can't imagine that.

- Did you sleep well? - Yes.

I heard the front door an hour ago.

I slept like a log.

- Did you know anything more about Anneli? - No.

Probably she just changed her mind.

- Why then did she accept the marriage proposal? - It's not that simple.

Maybe she realized she wasn't ready for "till death do us part"?

Strange there was so little blood.

The knife must have been there a long time before it was pulled out.

- Do we know it was a knife? - Probably.

- Could she have been murdered Friday? - No, four hours at the most.

If it happened here, logically someone should've seen or heard something.

There are no traces or tire tracks. We have to find the knife.

I'll make sure the guys look behind every blade of grass.

Did you hear anything during the night?

Gretel was fast asleep, but I'm wake up very easily.

If it... If it happened near... If it happened near ...

- Then I would've absolutely woken up. - And you? Did you hear anything?

- I got up at 07:00. I just got here. - Elvira can take the day off.

No, no. There's plenty to do.

Anneli was alive early this morning. Maybe she came to see you.

So you think I stabbed her at the Homicide chief's house?

Now you'll excuse me, Joakim.

But why were you already wearing a white tie before the police told you what happened?

Did you know this morning, she was dead?

I thought a white tie was fitting for someone just abandoned by his fiancée.

- Anything else? - Not right now.

Good so.

I didn't know you could get so attached to someone who isn't...

Even your own child.

Do you recognize this?

Yes. The key to the office was attached there.

- Which office? - Sebastian Pettersson's.

What's this about?

We discovered Anneli, murdered.

- Can you come with me. - Unfortunately no.

- How do you sleep at night? - Lie down, Gunnel. I'll take care of it.

- What are you implying? - Nothing.

- Did you see or hear anything? - No, we slept like two pious lambs.

- We found this in Anneli's bag. - What is it?

A key ring to the office. Was she here last Friday to drop off the keys?

- No, I don't think so. - What was she doing here on Friday at all?

- I wasn't home. - She was seen running away crying.

Really? And Skoga holds the world record for gossip.

I have to take care of my wife.

Hello!

- Can we go in? - Yes.

- Do you have anyone who can stay with you? - I'll be fine.

I don't regret what happened yesterday, but...

As things stand now...

I'm handling a murder investigation and you're part of it.

I see. Can you go now? I'd like to be alone.

Is it true what you said about Anneli at Fanny Falk's flower shop?

- She went in and disappeared? - Yes.

Yeah. Right.

Miss Falkman, I'm Christer Wijk.

Lars-Ove, that's just me.

Oh!

Thank you, darling. How's it going in there?

Helena arranged food for them. How kind of you to help.

- What do we do now? - I'll get the dress so you can try it on.

Can we plan the wedding after what's happened?

Nothing will get any better by us waiting.

If we don't meet the priest and arrange the menu now, when are we going to do it?

You're right.

Wait, you dropped something.

- Thank you. - Come, we'll help each other.

- Have you been part of the family, long? - Late last Christmas.

So you know them well. Are they nice to you?

- Yes. But Mrs. Ström gets upset easily. - About Anneli too?

- What is it? - I know I shut the door.

I haven't washed for several days.

Mrs. Ström will be so angry, but I always turn off the taps.

Someone else must have been here.

I washed it last time.

I hung it there to dry.

I think you should wait to wash it. I'll call the police.

- I think it's Joakim Kruse. - Why?

He's so weird.

He was in the tobacconist while Anneli was at the flower shop.

- Why is that suspicious? - The shops are located next door.

- It's closed on Sundays. - Lucky you were here, then.

I don't know anything about Anneli Hassel's death.

- Who says she's dead? - The whole town's talking about it.

According to Dina Richardson, Anneli came in here and then disappeared without a trace.

Either the girl has a wild imagination or she's lying.

Anneli was supposed to come by to approve the bouquet, but she never came.