Harlequin Harold

Von Jupiter Hill

Oakville is a small town in the state of New York, USA. It has 15,084 inhabitants and was founded in 1688.

The foundation of the community goes back to predominantly Dutch settlers. Most of them come from Brabant and Flanders.


The story is about Harlekin-Harold. It is the year 1996. The young journalist Coby Sandford visits her old hometown. She was invited by the representatives of the high school to give a lecture for the students as a former graduate. It is about the role of women in society, about girls who want to make a career and how they can do that best.

During their stay, a cruel series of murders begins. Young schoolgirls fall into the hands of a brutal psychopath who brutally murders them.

Coby smells a big story and stays longer in town than she originally planned. She meets some people and problems from her own past.

And she gets deeply involved in the murder cases and investigations of the authorities. Deeper than she would like.

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: neobooks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 7. Nov. 2019
• ISBN: 9783750210554

Jupiter Hill

Mein Name ist Jupiter Hill. Ich wurde 1982 in Frankfurt am Main geboren. Ich bereits sehr früh mit dem Schreiben angefangen. Während meiner Jugend entdeckte ich meine Vorliebe für erotische Geschichten. Bis heute habe ich weit mehr als 200 erotische Romane und Kurzgeschichten veröffentlicht.

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Harlequin Harold

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Foreword:

Oakville is a small town in the state of New York, USA. It has 15,084 inhabitants and was founded in 1688.

The foundation of the community goes back to predominantly Dutch settlers. Most of them come from Brabant and Flanders.

The story is about Harlekin-Harold. It is the year 1996. The young journalist Coby Sandford visits her old hometown. She was invited by the representatives of the high school to give a lecture for the students as a former graduate. It is about the role of women in society, about girls who want to make a career and how they can do that best.

During their stay, a cruel series of murders begins. Young schoolgirls fall into the hands of a brutal psychopath who brutally murders them.

Coby smells a big story and stays longer in town than she originally planned. She meets some people and problems from her own past.

And she gets deeply involved in the murder cases and investigations of the authorities. Deeper than she would like.

Chapter 1 - The future belongs to you

Monday, January 22, 1996. Thick, grey clouds hang deep in the sky above the small town of Oakville in the state of New York. At any moment it will start to rain, at least that's what the clouds suggest. Today will be a very special day for the students. Today is the Girls for future day in the Oakville High School.

Withered leaves decorate the playground in front of the entrance of the high school. A sea of old, brown tree dresses covers the cold, bare asphalt. The wind drives the old leaves from the adjoining cemetery again and again in front of the red brick facade of the school, much to the annoyance of the director and the caretaker.

Director Reginald Booth has invited a special guest for the Girls for future day. A former student. Coby Sandford is now 28 years old. Several years ago she moved from Oakville to New York City to work for the Daily-Tribune. She has won several awards in her young career and has even published a few books. For years, Coby has been fully focused on her career.

Coby Sandford will be speaking to the students today to inspire and encourage them. She is supposed to show the young girls that women today have good chances to make professional career and to be successful. It is 09:10 when Coby arrives at the school with her car. The English teacher Yann Engels welcomes her in the parking lot. And he is already looking forward to getting to know the young woman, he has only heard good things about her so far.

Good morning, you must be Ms. Sandford. Nice that you still could arrange it. Did you have a good trip? Good morning Mr. Engels. I arrived last night. It was a damn long ride. At least by my standards. I think it took me over three hours. Please call me Yann, Mr. Engels was my father. I hope we didn't put you through too much trouble. It's all right, Mr. Engels, Yann. I'm staying with my parents for a week. It's worth the trip twice as much. Oh, that's nice to hear. I hope the girls behave themselves during their lecture.

Coby pinches her eyes in surprise. How does he mean that? Why shouldn't the girls behave? How do I have to understand that Yann? Well, some have these new mobile phones. We have forbidden bringing them to school, but especially the girls have problems with compliance. Don't worry about that, Yann. I can handle it. Your word in God's ear".

The headmaster of the school joins us. Reginald Booth is an old school teacher. His views and methods originate from a time long past. His brown corduroy suit underlines this impressively together with his grey-white hair.

Ms. Sandford. I'm glad you came. I hope Mr. Engels has already warned you, - said the director. I think I can tell the girls enough interesting things. When I started teaching, girls didn't have anything like hormones at all. This behavior is an achievement of the seventies. Too much television and too lax politics. Coby answers him charmingly, but provocatively You think emancipation is something bad? "No. I simply don't think it leads to the desired result. But at least you have become something sensible. I'll see you in the auditorium.

How nice of you Mr. Booth - Coby mumbles after him as he leaves. Director Booth leaves Coby and Yann. He goes to his office to relax and have a cup of coffee and make further preparations.

I'm very sorry about Ms. Sandford. Mr. Booth likes to hang around the old days. It's all right Yann, I know the man from my own school days. And please call me Coby. Otherwise I still feel old. Gladly. Come with Coby, I'll lead you into the auditorium - you answer Yann with a smile on your lips.

Yann Engels leads Coby into the big auditorium. As you walk there and enter the auditorium, many memories come up in her. Memories from her own school days. Some are beautiful, others less beautiful. It is certainly not the old building. At least not inside. Red bricks and naked, grey concrete, everywhere you look. Since their graduation hardly anything has changed.

In the large auditorium, a total of 273 girls from the Oakville High School, as well as some members of the teaching staff, various parents and school employees are waiting for Coby Sandford's lecture. As Mr. Engels and Coby enter the room, the adults applaud. As expected, the enthusiasm of the teenagers is limited. For them it is another dusty, tough lecture. The French teacher Anna Walsh takes the floor and gives the introductory words.

"Girls, take good care. We have a very special guest today. Ms. Coby Sandford. Coby was, just like you are today, a student of ours at Oakville High School. She graduated here in 1986 and then studied journalism at Columbia.

She is a shining example of what women can achieve professionally today. In my own time, it was the highest of feelings to become a teacher or get a job at a bank. Our possibilities were very limited at that time. The generation of Ms. Sandford had a lot more opportunities. The eighties created a new image of women in society and in the minds of the population. And Coby Sandford is a good example that this development is far from complete. Well, Ms. Sandford, then I'd like to pass the word on to you.

"Thank you Mrs. Walsh. Whouuu, that puts me under some pressure now, frankly. Well, Mrs. Walsh has actually already mentioned and said everything. I was born here in Oakville, grew up here. I visited the Oakville High. Just like you do now.

A short question in between, who of you knows what she would like to become later. So what does she want to do here after graduating? Do you already have career aspirations?

Coby was a little jittery before this question. If none of the girls answers at this point, it will probably be a tough lecture. But some pupils answer Coby's question. Coby is relieved and takes the kids one after the other.

A girl named Linda Jackson answers I want to become a teacher. I think that's great. It is a meaningful task to teach children something. And you? What about you? My name is Judy Rhodes. I would like to study medicine. Excellent, that's great - you answer Coby. She already studies men's bodies diligently" - the cheeky Amber Bates lets the guest lecturer know.

The rest of the girls are laughing. And Judy Rhodes sinks into her chair full of shame.

But Coby reacts calmly. Some start earlier than others, that's okay. We live in the nineties. What kind of plans do you have, you joker? I don't know. The main thing is that I make a lot of money with it. Well, no matter what it becomes. If you want to earn a lot of money with it, you have to be good. Put all your energy into it. Then you can really achieve that goal.

Mr. Engels is involved in the lecture. Latoya, tell Ms. Sandford about your career ambitions. I want to be a journalist. Welcome to the club. If you get behind it, you can do it. Was studying hard for you? Yes, it was. Every study is difficult. Don't get any wrong ideas. Anyone who wants to achieve something in life has to work hard for it. There is no easy way. But it is worth it. And there is no reason why you should be satisfied with less than the boys".

Young Amy Clarke has a question for Coby. Did you already know at our age that you would become a journalist? No. I hoped it would, because I was very interested in writing back then, but you don't really know that. And at your age it was more important to me whether Tim Hart thought I was pretty. Amber Bates speaks again. I know him, he works with my brother in the fire department.

With the fire brigade, really? Aach, firefighters are hot or - answers Coby and the girls giggle. Judy Rhodes adds - Yes, also Amber's brother.

The group continues to giggle. Only the parents and teachers are embarrassed by Cobby's remarks about the local fire extinguishers. Coby still speaks a whole hour and a half in front of the girls. She has a lot of questions to answer and tries to respond to each of the students personally. They talk about school, studies, career aspirations and the modern world in which women play an increasingly important role.

As Ms. Sandford's lecture draws to a close, the girls applaud. She could reach almost all of the girls and help them with one or the other advice. Also the parents and teachers applaud. Coby and Yann want to have lunch together around noon. In the school canteen there is mixed salad, meat loaf and mashed potatoes. Some of the girls have two free hours after the lecture because their sports teacher is ill.

Coby and Yann enter the old canteen. The floor is tiled in brown. The walls are painted blue-grey. The seats are old and worn. Coby still knows them from her own school days. Hardly anything has changed since her time on the Oakville High. At least that's how it seems.

The school hasn't changed much since I left Yann. Yes, that's true. Unfortunately you have to say. It was actually planned to renovate a part last year. But a burst water pipe has completely eaten up the budget. And the parents... well, you know. Everybody wants to dance but nobody wants to pay the musicians.

Coby and Yann stay in the canteen for a while. Yann has a free lesson and likes to take advantage of it. They talk about the latest events and their own past school days. Yann can come up with many humorous anecdotes from his time.

In the meantime some of the girls leave school together. They go to Bill's Diner. It is only a few minutes walk away. Judy Rhodes, Amber Bates and Latoya Wagner eat there regularly during longer breaks. They sit on the blue leather chairs at their table and order salad.

Amber Bates asks the group - Don't want to order any of you fries? And Latoya Wagner answers her promptly "No, that's too many carbohydrates for me. I absolutely have to lose