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 your son

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

Tanner; no proof that your son bought the properties which are in your name; and no

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

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

Cummings, do you need me to repeat the question?” The

“No.”

or ‘No’,

spat

she asked, “And how

evidence, it doesn’t mean there wasn’t any. They’re just no

argument as she said, “I see. Thank

Cook invited Mr Clark to re-examine Alfred, it was clear that nothing the defense lawyer did could mask the glaring fact that the

the prosecution’s case against him. Without reasonable doubt, Alfred Cummings would be found guilty

lighter sentence. And what did the minister have to say about this advice? “Let’s wait and see what the

that the later he pleaded guilty, the less likely the court would grant him a

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

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

by those long eyelashes, nor could it be overshadowed by the dark circles underneath her eyes. If she wasn’t horrified right now, there would have been something wrong with her.

charges were 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 into her affairs and… business deals’. They found that she received bribes from construction companies who wanted government

the government six million dollars, of which twenty percent went into her own pockets. The prosecution, with the

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 to

told his mother that his brother, Herbert, had been charged and arrested together

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

then there was that wolf, who had

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and even the King is rendered blind and useless. This never happened with the late King Lucas. He never allowed

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

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