Chapter 15: Demander

Not a day goes by that I do not think of him.

I hope that he is not yet languishing in the afterlife. Though I do not know for sure where he would go, I have at least a vague idea that it was not a good place.

Well, his spirit would be restless. His physical remains are still here. It is as if he is still watching me, by that window.

I will admit, it is unnerving to think that. But as he left nothing else, besides any devices used to commit his crimes, it is all I have left of Liam.

But after today, it would not matter what it is he had left in this world for me.

Something tells me that your arrival has ulterior motives.

Chapter 14: Décès

Had I known it was going to happen?

Of course not. To this day, I am unsure whether it was divine intervention, sheer trick of nature, or something else entirely.

But before that, I recall having finally caught up with him. In such a short time, something had changed.

He even questioned me, saying that 'I just couldn't stay away'. He was correct, I could not.

But I followed him, for fear he had completely lost his mind.

And indeed, he had. The few remnants of Liam's sanity had...shattered completely.

Chapter 13: Ça suffit

I will admit, I was afraid to stand up to Liam when I finally decided to.

He was unstable, ruthless, and there was no predicting what he would do. But it was admittedly worth the attempt.

That night, I recall taking him out somewhere, where no one could see us.

 I told him outright that what he was doing was inexcusable.  I knew he had good intentions at first, but now, when he slaughtered innocent children, it had gone too far.

Chapter 12: Feu de L'enfer

(This update is on Thursday to coincide with today's holiday.)

When Liam was not concocting his latest scheme, he was often at work at the police station. He and I worked in different factions, but we shared the same boss.

But as soon as the day was done, it was back to his scheming. After a particularly infuriating day for him, I found him in the last unused room.

He at first did not notice me, merely poking and tending that fire. He was muttering, sounding quite angry.

I knew the reason for his sour mood: he had been working hard, but our boss had deemed him not ready for a promotion.

Liam also claimed that he 'would show Officer Chesterfield'. With that, I dreaded the inevitable. I was sure that come tomorrow, our boss would be locked within that room.

The good news was, he was not the next victim.

The bad news was, they were two even less deserving of death.

Chapter 11: Bouleversant

Not all of Liam's victims had a direct effect upon his psyche. Catarina, he apparently was aware of her cruelty. Miss Moore and Miss Rhoen, I shall not repeat that.

But not everyone was directly cruel to him.

See...

There was this rather...disgruntled old man in the town, by the name of Louis. He said he hated Liam, but then, he hated everyone.

There had been days where he would harass his neighbors endlessly. Always, he would tell them that they would ruin his quiet time, and he would curse them.

It would seem his snappish demeanor repulsed Liam. Louis' remark in the form of "vampire boy" did little to help, either.

Chapter 10: L'heure du dîner

At one point, I had asked Liam what the point in thinking up new executions was.

He told me that if he used the same methods repeatedly, it would get stale, and "no fun", as he put it. It was always, according to him, fun to think up new ways to exact revenge.

His idea of fun, eventually, included a rather odd creature set up in the basement. Liam told me that this...hybrid enjoyed eating two things: fish...and people.

Already, he had someone in mind for that animal's great feast.

Miss Rhoen was quite understandably confused. She indeed realized that Liam had locked her up, simply because of her snide remark towards him.

Liam dodged the statement, of course. He instead stated that his pet behind her was feeling rather ill. He was aware that she was renowned for her healing remedies, hence why he chose her.

Chapter 9: Écrasé

It wasn't long after Catarina's death that Liam was at it again. He didn't bother to even get rid of the Philosophers' Stone in the first room.

Apparently, we would never know when we needed more money. But it was soon forgotten about in favor of a more...informal approach.

Liam claimed that he found it "on the back of a truck." Though...it looked suspiciously like the one from the police station.

Then he told me that he didn't care where it came from. It was broken anyway. Now why he brought into that particular room, I didn't know at first.

Then I found out, his path of destruction didn't end at Catarina.