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.”

that your son acquired the line of properties for you when your son doesn’t

don’t recall how I transferred the funds to Tanner, that’s all I’ll say

properties which are in your name; and no proof that you didn’t tell your son to present a false oral testimony in court. Is my

he eamed well as a CEO. Although they argued about it for a good twenty-five minutes, Alfred made

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 was clear that those words had lost their magic ever since Sebastian regretted letting go o f the wolf

Cummings, do you need me to repeat the

“No.”

the question; or ‘No’,

Cummings spat in

stare when she asked, “And

it doesn’t mean there

as she

defense lawyer did could mask the glaring fact that the minister had no evidentiary support to prove his

could cast reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case against him. Without reasonable doubt, Alfred Cummings would be found guilty and sentenced in accordance with the law. Mr

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

then warned Cummings that the later he pleaded guilty, the less likely the court

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

the court resumed trial, calling Marie Martin to the stand. As soon as she sat, her fingers ran nervously through her light brown pixie hair, which she had already checked three times in the mirror when she was getting ready. Her back straightened to project as much confidence as

there would have been something wrong

charged. For some reason, the prosecution decided to exercise some ‘due diligence’ and dug deeper into

government six million dollars,

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 she chose

mother that his brother, Herbert, had been

girlfriend of his, all because they played a little joke on the

there was that wolf, who had been speaking to Lycans like she owned all of them, throwing insults and shaming anyone and everyone she wanted

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gaze at the King with those fake innocent eyes, and even the King is rendered blind and useless. This never happened with the late King Lucas. He never allowed Queen Vera to speak as

of the nonsense of having to provide aid for rogue attacks’ or ‘include them in government decisions !. It is disgraceful to see how low King Alexandar

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