The Ingenious Liam Price

161: Plaza (IV)

When Liam went to the plaza by noon the following day, the shop owners agreed to have a meeting with him. And as he was invited into an open space for the meeting, he scanned through the people, wondering who portrayed himself as a clown on the previous day evening.

"Who is Henry Mobster here?" He inquired.

"There's no one who bears that name," someone replied after they had all put their heads together to talk.

And Liam knew he had lost his chances of knowing the clown. Everyone seemed unusually calm and the only way he could figure out the real identity of the clown was if he listened to their voices with caution.

"We saw what you did yesterday," another shop owner pointed out.

"And you're?" Liam asked.

"The owner of shop number five," the man stepped forward and folded his arms across his chest. He had broad shoulders and it was clear he was trying to seem intimidating to Liam. Only to find out that Liam was even burlier than him.

This made him feel less of himself, that he had to