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He does nothing

What ga?

I pull un out

He keeps his hands in his pockets, surrendering to his fate

“You going to kill me here, in the church? Isn’t that like a double sin or so?”

“Why do you assu to kill you?”

“Because you are”

“Move,” I say, nodding un toward the church’s basement door behind the altar

Maxalks with slow and steady steps, not like a man about to die He walks like he isn’t afraid of death

He’s likedeath will come sooner for him than it will for e to Liesel isn’t real It won’t last, so what’s the point?

We descend into the dark baseet answers to my questions, ensure my family is safe and free the boy Corbin kidnapped But Liesel is waiting for oal is to secure hiht with my wife Tomorrow, I can deal with this bastard

Every second I spend with Maxwell is a second I don’t get back with Liesel I may have just married her, but tomorrow is never promised Tomorrow she could hate me, divorce me, kill me

I grab pull ties froun on Maxwell

“Put your arms behind your back,” I say

Maxwell slowly removes his hands from his pocket and slips them behind his back