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The finale to Liam's bad week
As weeks go, this had been a rough one. Liam Edwards walked down the dull, limestone-lined street sombrely, as though in a funeral march. On Monday, his girlfriend of nearly two years, Kayla, left him and took their dog, a one-year-old spaniel called Louie. On Tuesday, his employer, A-Star Fitness, announced staff-streamlining measures (read: job losses) in his department, Marketing and Advertising. On Wednesday, we was s...