40. Attendance

Maxmilian arrives at the hospital dirty, not only with blood, but with dirt.

His gait is heavy and difficult. One of his eyes is partially closed and swollen from the enormous amount of punches he has taken.

The only thing that made him happy, and even then partly, was that Maxwell would never again be a problem for anyone.

Michele was gone. Since she was the owner of that property that was made to be inhospitable and difficult to access, her former lover probably knew well about the escape routes and the most complicated way to be located.

He himself had a hard time getting out of that maze, walking in directions he knew were wrong, but with no choice. Then, after finally gasping and stumbling, Maxmilian managed to find a dirt road that, minutes later, became asphalt.

It was a man who gave him a ride as soon as he saw the state Max was in. When the stranger dropped him off at the hospital door, the businessman pulled out a small wad of one thousand dollars from his pocket and discree