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.”

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

how I transferred the funds

you purportedly made to Helena Tanner; no proof that your son bought the properties which are in your name; and no proof that you didn’t tell your son to present

boiling in rage. When Sebastian visited him the previous day, he gave that son of his very clear and simple instructions to say that Sebastian himself had purchased the properties since he eamed well as a CEO. Although they argued about it

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

do you need me to repeat the question?”

“No.”

to repeat the question; or ‘No’, my understanding of your lack of

Cummings spat in

matched his hard stare when she

evidence, it doesn’t mean there wasn’t

baseless argument as she said, “I see. Thank

the defense lawyer did could mask the glaring

such evidence, there was no way he could cast reasonable doubt in the prosecution’s case against him. Without reasonable doubt, Alfred Cummings would

did the minister

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

rather pray for that illusionary light at the end of the long, dark tunnel than to seal his own faith prematurely by being the first minister among

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

could it be overshadowed by the dark circles underneath her eyes. If she wasn’t horrified right now, there

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

class Lycan community. This project cost the government six million dollars, of which twenty percent went into her own pockets. The prosecution, with the court’s permission, added this to

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

brother, Herbert, had been charged and

they played a little joke on the Duke and Sir Weaver, Marie

to herself. And then there was that wolf, who

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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 she pleased, and look how wonderful

for rogue attacks’ or ‘include them in government decisions !. It is disgraceful to see how low King Alexandar had chosen

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