Chapter 159

The prosecutor got to the point with Alfred Cummings. “Mr Cummings, did your son visit you yesterday?”

“Yes.”

“Did you ask him to testify against the law?”

Alfred glanced briefly at Mr Clark before he uttered, “No.”

“Did you ask him to testify for your case?”

“Yes, but I didn’t tell my son to lie. I’m a father. Every father’s pride is to raise his children with the highest honor and integrity.”

“You insisted that your properties were acquired by your son as gifts. Do you have proof of these transactions?”

“I’m afraid that is something I do not have. I was decluttering my home a few years back, and I must have

cleaned out the documents recording the transactions.”

“And do you have evidence transferring government funds to Helena Tanner?”

“I’m afraid not. The transfer was done discreetly so there aren’t any documents to prove it.”

“Did you hand Helena Tanner the funds through bags of cash, Mr Cummings?”

“I—” he was about to answer when Mr Clark’s look seemed to be advising him to do otherwise, so he choset o say, “I don’t recall.”

“You don’t recall?” She took one step closer and asked again, “You don’t recall how you transferred money i n the billions to Helena Tanner?”

“Yes.”

your son acquired the line of properties for you when

but he managed to say, “I don’t recall how I transferred the funds to Tanner, that’s all I’ll say about

purportedly made to Helena Tanner; no proof that your son bought the properties which are in your name; and no

simple instructions to say that Sebastian himself had purchased the properties since he eamed well as a CEO. Although they argued about it for a good twenty-five minutes, Alfred made sure he used the final five minutes to tell Sebastian how much his son owed him as a father, hence it was time

entered to take his father back to his cell. His parting words to Sebastian was: do me proud, my boy, which normally made the son give in without question. But it

you need me to repeat

“No.”

need me to repeat the question; or ‘No’, my understanding of your lack of proof is

spat

stare when she asked, “And how

doesn’t mean there wasn’t any. They’re just no longer

baseless argument as she said, “I see. Thank

invited Mr Clark to re-examine Alfred, it was clear that nothing the defense lawyer did

Cummings would be found guilty and sentenced in accordance with the law. Mr Clark explained

what did the minister have to say about this advice? “Let’s wait and

Clark then warned Cummings that the later he pleaded guilty, the less likely the court would grant him a lighter

than to seal his own faith prematurely by being the first minister among the four, and the first minister

light brown pixie hair, which she had already checked three times in the mirror when she was getting ready. Her back straightened

If she wasn’t horrified right now, there

were a little different from her three other colleagues who were charged. For some reason, the prosecution decided to exercise some ‘due diligence’ and

class Lycan community. This project cost the government six million dollars,

looked worse for Marie Martin than it did for the other three ministers. The only comfort she got before taking the stand was the fact that one of her two sons, Henry Martin, now seated at the front row on the other side of the aisle from the royals, told her that she looked ‘presentable and responsible’ in the pastel pink blouse and black coat and pants

his mother that his brother, Herbert, had

of his, all because they played a little joke on the Duke and Sir Weaver,

to herself. And then there was that wolf, who had been speaking to Lycans like she owned all of them, throwing insults and shaming anyone

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eyes, and even the King is rendered blind and useless. This never happened with the late King Lucas. He never allowed Queen Vera to

in government decisions !. It is disgraceful to see how low King Alexandar had chosen to stoop for a creature of the

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