Chapter 115: The Break-In
Liam’s hand tightened around Rory’s hand as he spoke further.
"What happened? Are they asking you there?" Rory asked the moment he ended the call.
"My apartment was robbed last night. The neighbor complained after seeing the open door and..." Liam scratched his head.
He was terrified. Already he was pretty sure that someone is trying to frame him for murders, and now his house was broken in.
Who did that?
"Don’t you have a security system? Why weren’t you alerted?" Rory asked.
She did not know what might be happening here.
Liam shook his head. "I have a security system. It should have alerted me and the cops if there was a break-in. But there were no alerts. Those who broke in must be professionals. I don’t know, Cherry... I don’t know what is going on anymore... I don’t know what was taken, or what was put in..."
"It’s okay, Fizzy... We can figure it out. You’ll have to go there now, right? I’ll go with you and we can then go meet the lawyer Uncle Leroy mentioned. We’ll have to face it all, Fizzy... It’s..."
She tried to console him and she couldn’t as she felt overwhelmed with fear.
"You don’t have to come with me," Liam held her hand. "I can handle it alone."
"Oh, I am going, " Rory was not giving up.