“No particular reason, really,” he replied, his voice uncomfortably saccharine, strolling easily into the room. “Call me crazy, but it’s just that when one sees another hunching over a trunk in a rather clandestine manner, it raises one’s supicions a bit. You get me?”

“I… I get’cha…” She couldn’t help but notice how quickly he’d crossed the room, and she never realized just how tall Max really was as he towered over her. Almost menacingly tall, surprising and intimidating to say the least. He raised his eyebrow, clearly suspicious. He allowed a smirk to linger on his lips as he rubbed his hands together knowingly before continuing to speak.