Every dog has its day! (3)

Maxi could not get the scene from that morning out of her mind.

Liam was in a squatted position. The way he was hung down reminded her of the beggar who had been in front of their apartment sometime before.

'Is he the same person?'

She shook her head.

'Naaaaa! That can't be! Stop being silly, Maxi!'

She peered forward and had forgotten that she was supposed to be peeping. She leaned forward so much that she lost her balance and fell, announcing her presence with the crush.

Liam turned around abruptly, taking off the headset that he had on. 

He narrowed his eyes at the intrusion, and Maxi scrambled back at the coldness in his eyes. That was when she noticed that on top of his black clothes, he had on a watertight apron with red splutters. In a chair in one corner, a man was tied to it, and he seemed to be dead….