111 Punishment 

Luke. 

I couldn’t believe all that Monica had just told us. I was stunned. Amazed by her stupidity and the complexity of her story. Was she telling the truth? Here I thought I would never find my mother’s killer, but he was a bane in our lives all along. I felt a blind rage building in me, and I could not control it. My hands were shaking. My heart was beating fast, and I felt beads of sweat on my forehead. I love Caleb, and he exists because of that one act, but this bastard had robbed me of a mother all because she rejected his false love. I was angry and wanted to hurt Regan in unimaginable ways. A quick death would be merciful. He had done so much, and he deserved pain. I was still seething in anger when I saw Tia vomit. I rushed towards her immediately. “Are you alright?” I asked Tia, and she shook her head. 

“No, Luke. I need you and your father to calm down. The pressure is too much.” she managed, and I realised the matter with her. I turned to look at my father, and instead of calming down, he stormed out of the office. Caleb was in shock, and Stacy was in tears. I could not look at Monica. She had committed treason with her father. The punishment should be death naturally, but I knew Tia wouldn’t sentence her to death. Tia would have to judge the matter because it was in-house. Killing Monica will only hurt Stacy and no one else. It was a shame. 

I turned to look at Monica, who sat on the floor, eyes swollen and defeated. Controlling my anger, I returned to my desk to speak to the bitch. 

“It is a shame, Monica. You connived with your deadbeat father to betray the only parent that truly loved you. You allowed your father to use you to harm her. The very father she was trying to protect you from. The very mother that sold herself repeatedly just so you can have the care you need. She could have aborted you, given you away or allowed your father to do away with you, but she did everything to keep you. You did not grow up like the others in Dome. While in Santa Braee, I met a woman about your age; she had a pimp and was working her arse just so she could provide for her son. Because of your mother, you never knew what poverty was. You had the best care. So she wasn’t with you, and she pretended you were her niece, you still got the love and care of a daughter, and she always put you first regardless. She remained with my father for your sake, and I am sure she conceived my brother so she could remain and continue to give you the care and protection you needed. How did you pay her back? By deceiving her and drugging her. You wanted to take her back to the hell she escaped, to a man who used and abused her. Back to a man she feared. You did not care about her feelings. You knew how your mother felt about Regan. You were out there when she was begging me for money. You saw it all, yet you chose to be wicked and selfish. I do not think you wanted your parents to be together. I think you wanted to teach your mother a lesson for fronting you as her niece and not remaining with your father regardless as she did with mine. You wanted to hurt her, and you cannot deny it because you knew the type of man your father was. If your father had told you he pimped your mother to my father so she could kill him and me for his money, then you knew the type of person he was, and you still chose to help him. You’re just as wicked as your father. You would have willingly delivered your poor mother to him for him to use and abuse and make her pay for disobeying him. You would have willingly killed her 

with your betrayal. What you did not expect was he would treat you bad. You thought he would be warm and kind towards you. As long as you support him, he will be your father. You did not expect him to be the same monster to you. So you threw the Moons to the dogs. You helped your father rob me and steal my military support. You helped your father almost ruin me by selling company secrets to him because there was no way you didn’t do that, Monica. You are a wicked person.” I said, and she remained silent. 

“Your mother will argue that what happened to you in Tetra is punishment enough, but I assure you the rest of us feel otherwise. The truth is you would have gone to any length for your father. The fact that you were meeting him in private all this while and never told your mother shows the dept of your malice. You saw your mother fade away before your eyes because of his blackmail and threats, yet you continued with him. You saw your mother gravel and beg for money. I am sure Stacy would have even prostituted to get the money if it came to that, yet you kept on. You watched your mother sell all she had and lose favour with my father because of it, yet you remained silent and kept at it. Stacy wouldn’t have helped Timothy Miles get the contracts and make my father pay him without inspections if she did not have to pay your father. That was the reason her marriage to my father ended. Yet, you continued to follow and help the man that made your mother’s life miserable. You could have told your mother what you knew if you were truly naive and innocent. You could have told her your father had contacted you and told her what he wanted. Stacy wouldn’t have told my father, and she would have advised you because she knows him better than you, but you chose to be his accomplice, and for that, you will be punished. I will not have you killed because you are Caleb’s sister and Stacy loves you. I love my brother, so I will not hurt him by killing you. Caleb might not care about what happens to you. Still, Stacy does, and Caleb cares about Stacy, so If I kill you and Stacy is heartbroken, it will affect my brother and my father. I will not kill you. I will leave my mate to pass the judgement. That will be the most befitting thing to do because, unlike me, Tia is kind, and right now, you need a bit of kindness.” I said and handed the matter over to Tia. Monica had begun to cry again, and Caleb was holding Stacy, who was crying too. It was clear she believed I would sentence her daughter to death. 

did not deserve mercy, but other than Stephen, no one died. Stephen was working for Regan, so he

your punishment, is there anything we need to know ?” Tia asked her, and

I wasn’t thinking, and my jealousy toward Caleb got the best of me. I just wanted him to know how it feels to not have a mother. They were not nice to me in this house, and I felt out of place. I just wanted

you as a cousin instead of my little brother. It was torture. I wished our mother told the truth and I got to play with you and grow up together as siblings should I envied you because you got to have a sibling while you were my sibling too, but you never knew because of our mother. I am sorry, Caleb. I did not know it was poison; I wouldn’t have given her. I hope you can forgive me.” She said to him

am sorry. It was wrong of me to help my father steal from you and work against you. There is

down Woodclaw and Eastwood at the same time. To aid their attack, they have people in your Military working for them. They are also situated in Eastwood, Neev and Bravadome to force a surrender. Then most importantly, your son will be taken on the eighteenth of this month. They are currently negotiating with his mother, Elisabeth, and

and she nodded.

and I could not believe Elisabeth would even consider this. Hadn’t she

Paul back today,” Tia told me, and I calmed down a bit. I knew we needed to be careful. If

father, but I wasn’t satisfied, so I told her to stop. Taking my

went straight to the point.

Neev and bring my son back today. Take the chopper with armed troops.” I ordered him, and

and he was

and I figured Caleb had not carried out the

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