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Seventy-Four: The Stranger
"What?" Olivia froze.
Her relief was short-lived when she realized it wasn't Roman. Panic sets in almost immediately.
"Who the hell is that?" she was reluctant to look closer. The sight of blood on a dead body was not something she wanted to observe.
Declan was breathing heavily. He shook his head and stroked his hair. "Get the tarp, Livy ... get some tapes and plastic, whatever we have ... hurry!"
She ran down the stairs. She wasn't thinking anymore. She just did what Declan told her.
"Oh ... God!" Declan muttered to himself. He rubbed his face with both hands. He was sure it was Roman when he first saw the dark images on the CCTV monitor.
He checked the pockets of the dead man in front of him. He took everything he could find from the corpse. Gil was dead. Blood was still leaking out of his wounded head through the soaked cap. Declan would've seen a clearer image through the monitor if he hadn't worn that cap. Or not. His
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