Look at him! That is a body cold as ice. How could you Maria? Have you no empathy?.
But I didn... Oh shut up! Mark exclaimed!
You can fool everyone but not me. Never!
Oh you didn't? Was that what was going to fall from your cruel lips?
Maria sat on the cold bench with tears in her eyes. She had lost words. Nothing could save her, she knew her end had come. In her pale fragile hands were photos from the crime scene.
She didn't know what was going on, everything happened too fast.
In those photos was Liam, lying in his cold blood, so unrecognizabl.
Maria screamed, do something stupid! Just do something!
Will you watch me suffer even after your death?
Mark saw her tears, walked closer and said to her "you did it Maria, don't make things difficult , I know you were not happy in that marriage, Liam knew and so did I. Let's make it easy for everyo.."
No!. Maria interrupted.
You know very well I didn't kill my husband "
You didn't even allow me mourn my husband properl-..
Mark threw a fist at the prison wall, his punch breaking into the hard wooden wall.
Am I not allowed to mourn my friend too?
Ah!.. his knee fell to the ground.
Let me mourn my best friend. He murmured
Maria couldn't hear him over his sobbing, but even then, she knew. She understood what Mark was going through.
Liam and Mark had been best friends since childhood.
Liam born into wealth and power saw Mark whose father was a foreman at Mr Leon's ranch.
Leon, a wealthy man who lived in South of Soweta. A small town in New Chasta where money and power ruled.
There was nothing good said about Mr Leon.
He exploited his poor workers who built his entire empire and in return, gave them peanuts.
The entire town hated him.
He was rude, corrupt and so vile.
Rumor had it that the entire town called him "torro" which translated into "bull" as a result of his inhuman attributes.
Mr Leon was just an immigrant.
He fled a dangerous war in his home country to the sunny and beautiful Soweta in the 50's .
While the entire town accepted him with love and warmth.
He was kind.
Well that's what he made them believe until the entire town woke up one morning being raided by the government.
Apparently, Leon had written to the government stating how rich in minerals the town was.
The entire populations farms were taken by the government with little to no compensation.
Leon on the other hand was rewarded heavily for the tip off!.
He acquired some lands, employed the indigenous citizens and started building his empire.
Now, Leon had become so powerful.
In a span of 10years, he married and divorced 7 women from neighboring towns.
Children, he had none!
Mark's father Colum had worked for Mr Leon since he was 17.
He adored and respected Mr Leon so much.
To him, nothing was important
He just wanted his boss's validation.
Leon took advantage of Colum's weakness and exploited him.
Colum had very little saved up. He had labored his entire years away.
It was only after he was 43 that he had saved enough to start a family.
He had his first born children, twins, at 45, Eli and Eliza.
Then Mark at 48.
Marks dad would usually take him to work most times.
He would watch the sun set in its gold glory and glance at his dad working tirelessly.
His dad simply understood.
He would laugh and say yes boy. I know that look.
Let's go home...