Chapter 78

Carmela's heart was racing as she watched Maxwell approach them, a gun in his hand. He  blood forming beneath him. Max was also injured, but he was still breathing. Carmela put her hand on his arm, and breath a sign of relief.

None did she know that the blood on Maxwell wasn’t his but Max’s.

It became clear that it was Max who had been shot, and that the blood on Maxwell belonged to him. Maxwell looked down at his hands, covered in Max's blood, and he let out a guttural scream. 

He scrambled to his feet and ran, the officer in hot pursuit. 

Carmela was left alone, kneeling on the ground, her whole body shaking. She didn't know what to do or where to go. Everything was falling apart.

Max was lying flat on the floor, his blood gushing out like a streaming water. It seemed that he had been shot in one of his organs.was getting closer and closer, and she and Max were backing up against the wall. There was nowhere to run, and they