Every Day, She Bought 60 Kilos of Beef… Then the Police Opened the Door

Every morning at exactly seven o’clock, Lidia walked into Ovidiu’s butcher shop.

She never arrived early.

She never arrived late.

Seven o’clock.

Not seven minutes past.

Not six minutes before.

Exactly seven.

For years, Ovidiu had watched the old woman enter the little shop with the same slow steps, carrying the same worn brown handbag.