" Abraham!" " No!" "Nobody investigates a suicide." "They wanted to get caught?" "And used us as..." "Their executioners." "They had to kill themselves." "Daniel took everything with him." "He was angry." "Very angry." "Who invested in Lied Invest 5 years ago?" "Portrait interview over then?" " Yes, that is Yvonne Haugen." "We're not turning into some fucking tabloid rag!" "I never chose Jensen's suggestion." "We need to discuss it first." "His email has been used after his death." "I can't see by whom, only that this was sent." "Daddy!" "Abraham, one of God's favourites, was asked to sacrifice his son." "He would only accept one God." "Then his family would take control of a land of milk and honey." "You must go back further 25 years, to understand this evil." "I got him!" "The car, anyway." "It's been leased." "Why is nobody doing their job?" "I expect someone to get in touch." "My job..." "Do you know what that is?" "It's to do what you can't even imagine." "Horrible things." "Chapter 4:" "THE PACT" "Daddy!" "There, there..." "Daddy's here now." "I'm sorry, Peter." "I'm fine." "You didn't do it." "No, but my security people did." "Those monkeys...!" "Do you know what they charged?" "20,000 each." "After 7 years with me they beat up a friend's guest for that." "Would it have been better if they'd charged more?" "If you're here as a journalist, I can only beg of you." "Please keep my company out of this." "I'm not here as a journalist." "You financiers aren't that interesting." "Getting any help from him, Peter?" " Sympathy for the devil..." " A man of wealth and taste." "I'm actually a doctor." "Relax..." "That will need three stitches." "You're fine." "It seems to me that you meet up quite often now?" "One:" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Two..." "Not everybody is a fan, Jon." "Letting newspapers see your archive." " What would this gossip mean?" " Say whatever to whoever you want." "Do you know who drives a Volkswagen Touareg on lease-hire?" "I don't know what cars people drive, but I know what cars they collect..." " Where's Eva?" " Oh shit!" "Tell me if you want a job." "I need people like you." " What happened?" " Just some nonsense." " Where's Vibeke?" " She went home." "Seems to be more comfortable there." " Did you see him?" " No." "I talked to him on the phone." " "25 years ago," he said." " We studied at NHH." "So did Haugen." "And probably the guy who escaped." "Do you know who it could have been?" "Almost everybody here our age studied there." "Not Lied." "He's a doctor." "Of course he's not, you idiot, he was in the year above me." "When the PM's office says jump, I jump." "It's the Chief of Staff." "If it was the PM, I'd be scared." " Do you know why I like this?" " Because you can point with it?" "It's from simpler times." "We pointed, someone made notes." "We put what we wanted in our paper." "Why did the world bother to change?" "Let's start." "He'll want to go home." "The Haugen case is a time bomb." "The government can't allow it to go off." "Nor the party conference." "We need momentum there, with you as chair." "Or without you." "I don't care about the conference or party secretary." "Elections are won on achievements, not by organising meetings." "It's not a time bomb." "This will be buried with Haugen." "You're not going to that funeral, understood?" "I asked the State Attorney if there will be an investigation." " They said the case seems clear-cut." " Surely you didn't ask them?" "I don't want to know anything about this!" "You said it's a private matter." "As a Ministry employee you stay out of this!" "Don't give me that look." "Just tell me:" "Is there more coming?" " No." " Some people seem to think there is." " Then some people lie." " I think so." "But do something, or someone else will win." "There's a reason why the best man doesn't always win." "You have to stop using that pointer." "It looks so stupid." " So you trust him?" " No." "I don't generally trust anyone." "Hello, this is Tore." "I've looked for you at home and at your school." "Had somebody taken you, they wouldn't have taken the photos of your dad." "That's what I think." "So, call me." "My God!" "Are you here?" "Yeah, I felt uncomfortable in that house." "I think Tore understood." " You think so?" " Yeah." " I have to call." " We've talked." "Neither of us know what we're so scared of." " You two talked about that?" " Yeah." " What did you find out?" " It's something to do with Bergen." " Peter's looking into it." " What happens in Bergen?" "We studied there." "I have no idea what it's all about." "Sleep here tonight." "We'll go to a hotel tomorrow." " Me sleep in here?" " I'll get the camp bed." "I know it's silly, but do it for my sake." " It was leased from Autoco in Alna." " By whom?" "I don't know." "Contact Autoco tomorrow and ask them who leased it." "To find out who went to NHH 25 years ago, I have to go to Bergen." " Is that wise?" " There's an online archive." "There are photos of some." "But the ones we need are box-filed." "Well, I can go." "I fear what's unreal, not what's real." " I'll come with." " You stay with Andreas." " He's the one to worry about, not me." " Vibeke..." "You don't understand anything." " It's been a long time." " Have you been on your own a lot?" "I've forgotten the basics." "It's like riding a bike." "Then this will be a short ride." "I don't know how to escape this spiral." "What?" "Somebody's been inventing stories they're trying to spread by connecting them to the funeral story." "You must defend yourself." "Say what you know." "It's not that simple." "You know that." "What are your thoughts?" "That this is normality." "I don't think so." "That's all I want." " What?" " To achieve normality." "And what is normality?" "To be a teacher." "In a primary school." " That's not so simple." " No." "But it is normal." "They'll expect that I'm not frightened, so I can be of use to them." "Don't become so normal that you stop liking me." "One more time?" "Fuck, yeah!" "Hello." "These should be yours, of course." "I was unlucky and backed into a car last night." "The guy in the car said it didn't matter, he forgave me." "I didn't thank him properly, hence the flowers." "I was so confused I didn't get his name, but I have the number." "I found out he'd leased the car here." "Could you give me his name?" "Sure." "Do you have the registration number?" "Thanks." "It's Statoil." "Hello, it's Mona from Autoco." "I wonder who at your company drives a leased car with the number DL 53478?" "Gisle Eie." "Good." "Thank you." " Gisle Eie." " Thank you." "Bye." "Andreas?" "Andreas?" "Andreas?" " The entire nursery school's here." " Get out." " Why did Daniel have to die?" " I have no idea what you mean." " Who's that, Daddy?" " It's Daddy's work." "I'll be with you soon." "I ask you again, please leave." "Come on, Daddy." "Everybody's waiting for you." "There are microphones." " I'll ruin this cosy scene." " If you involve the police, I'm dead." "As are my children." " And your nephew." " You sent a video of a child dying." " I can't talk now." " Who do I talk to then?" " Lied?" "The Minister?" " The Minister is a red herring." " Lied I don't know." "I can't talk now." " I don't give a shit!" "Meet me tonight, or you get nothing." "Not here." "I'll tell you tonight." "Seven, or I'll blow this wide open." "6 missed calls" "Hello?" "Yeah, you called me." "Andreas is gone." "OSLO AIRPORT" "Hello." "Inger Marie Steffensen." "We have an appointment." "Congratulations for the forthcoming event." "This is not a good time." "I have a lot on." "Make an appointment through my office." "I have something you should see now, or we'll print it." " Ten minutes." "Let's find a room?" " It's fine here." " What's your link with Haugen?" " VG covered that." " I mean Yvonne Haugen." " I showed her my support of course." " Nothing more?" " What do you mean?" " What is your relationship to Yvonne?" " I have nothing to do with her." "Were you involved in Haugen and Lied's companies five years ago?" "No." "What was your relationship to Haugen and Lied then?" "I knew Haugen privately." "Lied I only know from the media." "What about these photos from last night of you and Haugen's wife?" "I was showing compassion." "Were you showing compassion in Rome too?" "Were you showing compassion before he died?" " This is private." " You're married." " You're not a tabloid journalist!" " No, just asking." "You see, we have documentation that you had ties to Haugen and Lied after you became a minister." " Where did you get that?" " What's your take on it?" " Where did you get this?" " You're denying it?" "Yes, I've never seen that paper." "I'll have a word with your editor." "Say hello from me." "We went through the questions an hour ago." "Just find an explanation before we go to print." "Hello, Andreas." "We seem to be going to the same place." " Who are you?" " Peter's friend." "On my way to Bergen." " Don't." "You don't know Mum." " I know your uncle." " So?" " Don't be as stupid as he is." " Get a grip, I'm 21." " You're not just any 21-year old." "Your life is threatened, Andreas." "You phone, or I will, and that would be embarrassing." "I know." "Say we'll stay here until we find something out." "Give me a couple of minutes to explain." " Hello, Peter." " Hello." "How did it go?" "It went fine." " Andreas is gone." " Guess who I met on the plane." "What the fuck is he up to?" "The same as you." "I'll look after him." "You have your own worries, I should be the one looking after him." " Bye." " Bye." "If they all bring their signature dish, this will go wonderfully well." "Thank you." "What did you say?" "I actually like Andreas, but I'm disappointed." " He steals and runs away." " You were supposed to watch him." "And this painting that supposedly has to do with me, then Andreas..." " You had your chance." " Me?" "Andreas had his chance." "He still has." "He can keep his dad's stuff, but I want your mum's diary." "I've lost enough." "He's a thief like his dad." "Hey!" "You have no idea what happened to Daniel." "You have no idea." "That your brother disapproved of us doesn't mean..." "Don't involve me in this." "So you are guiltless?" "I think I'll laugh myself to death." "Didn't you have somebody to save?" " Are you okay?" " I'm looking after you, remember?" " What can I do for you?" " We need to see the 1980s archive." " Do you have permission?" " Permission?" "Research projects must be registered with the Data Protection Authority." "This is embarrassing, but I'm doing research for my dad's 55th birthday." " He studied here." " Who's your dad?" "His surname is Lund." " Helge?" " That's right." "The student archive is in the N block." " I'll phone and they'll let you in." " Thank you." "Hello!" "Mr L, and you're Mrs...?" " X." " X...!" "I'm Ole Rieber Mohn." "It's a pleasure to be able to help you." "As Vice President of the Student Union I have access to most things." "Our main task is to be a link between academics here and former students." "Our Alumni Union is the best run in the country." " Alumni...?" " Union of former students." "It's called the Good Circle." "A promising school yields promising managers who yield promising schools and so on." "Somebody has to see the big picture for the wheels to go around." "Lund will be here." "The picture archive is in there." "I didn't ask what you do?" "Don't you recognise her?" "Film-maker." "We don't need to take up more of your time." "Okay." "We're having a little gathering tonight, if you want to join us." " No, I..." " Sure." "We're free." " Good." "See you there." " Bye." "It will do you good." "Find your dad, I'll find Haugen." "We have to get home." " Why party with him?" " A Daddy's boy." "Dad warned me about them." "Meet them, he said." " You study at BI Business School." " I'm one of the best and have no dad." " All these names..." " Take everything." "Find your dad." "Åge Haugen, Gisle Eie." "Take pictures and mail them to me." "We need a conflict of interest statement." " The Minister never declared one." " Somebody must confirm it." "Somebody with serious clout." "I'll phone Eskeland or Stabell." "Either way, this is payday for us." " Is he allowed here?" " My man doesn't involve the Minister." " Who's that?" "Our men involve him." " We're meeting tonight." "You can wait." " The Minister's finished." " You can wait a few hours." " Do you have a clear link to Lied?" " Yes, that can be documented." " Why her?" " With the Minister last night." " I promised not to expose her." " I didn't." "You promised me." " It doesn't let her off forever." " Please go and bother somebody else." "My brother and Haugen were involved in something 30 years ago." "Lied may also have been involved." " But the Minister isn't." " How do you know?" "Gisle Eie said so." "He'll meet me." "Can't you wait until this evening?" "Did you get lost?" "That's exactly what I said." " Coffee?" " I've got my own, thanks." " Now it's you and me, Mathiesen." " Yeah?" " When you interrupted me." "Yesterday." " Oh, that..." "Why did you bang the table?" "I must have disagreed with you." "Did you think it was a unique chance to teach me right from wrong?" "No, no, no..." "We've got documents, photos, quotes and named sources." "And you're trying to preach to me?" "I've tried to look into your soul, but I'm none the wiser." " Where is this going?" " It is a question of right and wrong." "What you did wasn't right." "Yesterday you made your last protest." " You've tried to sack me before." " Continuously." "But look at me now, I'm smiling." "Why could that be?" "Because I have succeeded." "Not will succeed, but h - a- v- e succeeded." "My God, you can even spell." "You'll say you resign because of your age and a need for new blood here." "If you leave quietly, you can keep all your bonuses and a full pension." "You'll stay until Monday." "Unless you feel like undermining the paper more than you already have." "Peter, you have until 8.00 tonight." " Or it will be printed as it stands." " Fine." "Don't screw up on the Minister story, he's hiding something." " They're always there, especially VG." " What do they want?" "They ask how I know the Minister." "I say he's a friend of my husband." " Okay." " Okay what?" "You shouldn't have said that." "They want you to lie." "They know about your affair and want you to deny what they know is true." " How do they know?" " We know too." "They've even broken into my husband's study." "The drawers were forced open." "VG doesn't break into houses." "Nor do we." " Where's your car?" " At the hotel." "Come with me." "Let's go." "You must leave tonight." "Take all your money and your daughter." "A hotel in a bigger country." "Use a false passport." "NHH BUSINESS SCHOOL 1986 GRADUATES" "Look." "Your dad accused other students of cheating." "In lots of ways." "They were threatened with expulsion." " It's the only link so far." " Accusing students of cheating?" "The investment group." "They created a group that was later wound-up." " A student group that was wound-up?" " Often mentioned in the same breath." "Then it suddenly stopped." "Phone if you find anything else." " You got a job?" " Yeah, here." "And I'm happy for it." " You need help?" " This is an honest department." "And I've always been happy about that." "I'm ready to meet." "Take Subway No. 5." "Delete this, I'll send another." "Hurry!" "Stellesnes wants to meet you." " Who?" " The professor." "Our most senior." " You don't say no to him." " We're not done." "When he heard that Lund's son is here, he insisted." "You come too." "He should be in your film." "Anne-Lise will take you up." " This is good." " You'd better turn on the charm." " Here they are." " Thanks, Anne" " Lise." " Vibeke Haglund, film..." " How nice." " She's with me." " So you're Helge Lund's son?" "Your brother was my student too." "Helge I know well." "How is he?" "Works a lot." "And jogs." "I beat him in the N Y Marathon, so now he jogs more." "Yeah, he always was competitive." "Are you as well?" "Please..." "You don't study here." "No, I went to the LSE in London." "But my girlfriend dumped me, so I went home to Mum." "A competitive guy, yeah." "But you're not his son." "You're Daniel Verås's son." "You're his spitting image." "One of my best ever students." "Much better than Helge and much nicer." "Your dad was far too clever and principled to commit a stupid theft." "If Daniel had done something wrong, he would never have been caught." "Look at this." "What has Daniel got in common with Åge Haugen?" " Nothing." " How about this?" "Daniel Verås, Åge Haugen, Gisle Eie and you." " Do you think I'm hiding something?" " What should I think?" "You are hiding something." "You work in the Financial Crime Unit." "I may be old, but I'm not senile." "You came here to investigate us 6 years ago." " I don't work there anymore." " That was before the banking crisis." " You were good, but found nothing." " I was tipped off." "You're asking about the '80s." "The roots." "It wasn't a good time." "It was crazy here." "Companies were throwing jobs at the smart and beautiful people." " What happened?" " Nothing." "In Norway there's no corruption." "We're all friends." "You tell your friends different things and employ friends of friends." " It was put into system in the '80s." " Hasn't power always worked that way?" "Yes, but information has never been more valuable than it became then." "Look around you." "Look at who's got the power now." "Not just the money." " Or take the bank crisis 5 years ago." " What has that got to do with this?" "Look at them." "This is not the place to look for rotten apples." " The good apples get offended." " But there are many rotten ones here?" "Lots amongst those, but none got caught." " Then help us." " I can't." "I'm sorry." "I can't help you spread suspicion." "The good apples have spoken." " Could you give us a name?" " Go back to Financial Crime." " I don't work there anymore." " Good luck." "Don't just look at the pictures." "Look at who isn't in them as well." " He wouldn't help us." " Yes." " He gave me the tip-off 6 years ago." " You know?" "I sensed it." "This is just as much about how as about who." "Lose the tail." "Take subway for 1 hour and the airport train from National." "Coffee?" "Where's the money that killed my brother and Haugen?" "What do you know?" "Someone told them to commit suicide, and dressed it up to look like embezzlement to cover something else up." " Cover up what?" " It's Lied." "He got money out of nowhere, a massive fortune." "The two who knew about it are dead." "I don't know what it was." " A heist or something?" " There was no heist." "This is happening all the time." "More people are being blackmailed." "This is about incredible amounts of money." " How much?" " Billions." "Meaningless to sacrifice that much for..." "Don't worry, nobody's following us." "Abraham..." "That was the last word Haugen said." "Did you know that Kierkegaard called Abraham's sacrifice "The Great Leap"?" "That to sacrifice something isn't about loyalty, but will?" "None of us wants to sacrifice our children." "We were just to keep our mouths shut." "Not hurt anybody." " We made the rules." " Rules?" "Abraham's pact is about not being willing to sacrifice your children." " And now?" " The snowball's gathering speed." " It can't be stopped." " Who's threatening the children?" "Who?" "You wanted to expose this." "You gave me the video." " Why can't you tell me?" " You must stop this." " Was my brother part of this?" " Mention my name, nothing else." " I have to go." " You fucking stay!" "I don't need to write a thing, and you keep the fucking money." " Say what you know about my brother!" " It's not you I'm scared of." " Who are you scared of?" " I didn't say anything!" "That's my train." "What the fuck is VG doing here?" "Who told you to turn up?" "And you?" "Right at the spot of three suicides!" "I'm not news!" "I'm a journalist!" "Blame yourself." "We won't protect you any more!" "No comment." "I heard about it." "No, I didn't read Nettavisen." "I don't know what he was doing there, so I can't comment." "Thank you." "VG Online "The sister-in-law was there"" "My God..." "You have to go to the police." " It was them who leaked the photos." " Who?" "I don't know." "Help me." "Use the paper." "Me?" "I can't help you any more." "I've been sacked." "This newspaper isn't on your side." "Nor is it on mine." ""Had a relationship"" "Eva..." "It's in VG Online." "I'll come up." " Don't look until I'm there." " Don't look...?" "My God..." " What happened?" " Ask what is happening." "You're my lawyer in this, not the company's." " Stop this, it must be illegal." " That won't help." "I know." "Yes." "I'll call you back." "What's your suggestion?" "We can't be dragged into this, Andreas..." " We'll sort this out, I'm sure." " So you know my son better than me?" "He's in Bergen." "How is he?" "Get Andreas home." "Hello." "Criminal Investigation Department." "Verås, could you come with us, please?" "Or we'll have to arrest you." "I'm up for re-election to the board next week." "This is the kick- off." "Why do you like doing this?" "If you've been on the NHH board, you're guaranteed good jobs for life." " The world is that simple?" " Yeah, to us it is." "Listen..." "I have to mingle." "But my card's behind the bar." "Order anything you fancy." " See you later." " Bye." "Are you my uncle's girlfriend?" "I was." "Mum told me." ""Peter Verås arrested"" "Mum: 7 missed calls" " Oh shit." " We have to go home." "You were at Treschow's party yesterday, chasing Gisle Eie." "I'm the one who was beaten up." "What's your relationship to money?" "I'm on a salary." " Why do you have an account abroad?" " I don't." "Why do you have a Swiss bank account with Credit Bern Holsten, containing several million kroner?" "You think about it." "We'll get the facts arriving at any moment." "We must uncover what he's done, or we've had it." " He's left the paper." " What do you know?" " He was after the man at the party." " Forget Peter." " The Minister story is bigger." " Agreed, but we must cover both." " Why do people die around him?" " He's not in a good place." "Get the desk to do your front page, then help me." "He's "a former employee"..." "How many crosses have you hung up?" "This is my first." "Definitely." " It's a sacred act." " What are you doing?" " Changing pictures." " Does the Bishop know?" "The same painter, a different motif." "It's of Jesus, that's more suitable." "You have to come and see this." "God forgive us 22.10" "What on earth is that number?" "It's a reference to Genesis." "Early, just after the Creation." " But what...?" " Roll it up." "I thought I'd give you this." "Your son has taken everything I had left of Daniel." "This is the rest." "If there was anything rotten in Daniel," "I'm sure he got it from you." "Then that passed through your womb into your offspring." "Enjoy the picture, especially the back." "God forgive us" "Andreas..." " I want you to come home." " I understand." " I don't know if you do." " I'm taking a plane tomorrow." "God forgive us 22.10" "I talked to the Chief Editor." "He said Peter has been unstable for ages." "They don't know what he's done." "We'll get access to everything they know." " On one condition..." " Which is?" "That we keep him here for 2 4 hours." "What's going on here?" "There must be more to it than them disliking him." "We'll keep him, and see what more we can get." "Oh, come on!" "Okay, give me your jacket, watch and shoes." "You can't do this." "On whose orders is this?" "You've got nothing on me." "You've got nothing on me." "Hey!" "You've got nothing on me!" " Hello." " Your car's outside." "Don't talk to anyone." "You're all over the front pages." "Stay indoors." "Don't answer the phone, don't look at any papers." ""Minister at Yvonne Haugen's home"" "You'll resign for family reasons, end of story." " Shouldn't I have a say in that?" " We won't fight your corner." " I haven't done anything." " We asked you to show us your cards." "I'll find you a new job, but then you'll do as you're told." "Understood?" "Or you'll feel the full extent of my power now and in the future." "There'll be a brief statement followed by questions." "Please put all mobiles phones on silent." "This is a good day for you." "Let's get started." "I've been accused of professional misconduct and passing on information to make profits for certain people." "I've been asked to grovel before you and say I resign for family reasons." "I'm a Minister of Justice falling victim to a miscarriage of justice." "Should a Minister of Justice be forced to retire?" "No." "I won't retire until these charges are upheld in a court of law." "Which they won't be." "I refuse to be sacrificed." "Any questions?" "NRK?" "Do you deny co-ownership of Haugen's and Lied's companies?" " Yes." "Any involvement with Lied." " Let's hear Nettavisen?" "Did you have anything to do with yesterday's suicide?" " That's a really stupid question." " Aftenavisen?" "Can you be a minister and be in the dock?" "I don't know, it's never happened before." " More questions?" " Yes, lots." "You lied about my professional life and snooped into my private one." "We need to get on with the one-to-one interviews." "Come in." "Hi, Mikal." " What can we do for you?" " It's Tom Lied!" "Hopefully he'll admit to everything I should have known." " Hello." " Tom Lied." " Can you get a Triple Americano." "You?" " That sounds good." "So, here you are, without a lawyer?" "He's in the car, fuming." "Along with my PR man." "Of what can I unburden you?" "The Minister's innocent, and I can prove it." "I see." "How about you?" "Me?" "I don't know whether I've committed a crime or not." "I didn't report Åge Haugen for forging signatures." "I know he lied about the Minister's dealings with our companies and forged his signature many times." " That should have repercussions." " One would hope so." "It would put us in a better light, which hasn't happened much lately." " Nothing I could imprison you for?" " Not yet." "Thanks." "This sounds silly, but could you accompany me to the toilets?" " I'm not good at this." " You did well at the party." " But it was dark there." " Yeah." " I'll wait outside, of course?" " Of course." "That was a doddle." "Do you need the toilet?" "Andreas?" "Andreas!" "Andreas!" "The guy you were with, some men took him with them to the car park."