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.”

line of properties for you

recall how I transferred the funds to Tanner, that’s all I’ll

the 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 understanding correct,

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

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 he didn’t even recall

to repeat

“No.”

repeat the question; or ‘No’, my

Cummings spat in

his hard stare when she asked, “And how is

doesn’t mean there wasn’t any.

as she said, “I see. Thank you,

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

case against him. Without reasonable doubt, Alfred Cummings would be found guilty and sentenced in accordance with the law. Mr Clark explained all of this to

of a lighter sentence. And what did the minister have

guilty, the less likely the

would 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 the four, and the

lunch, 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 she could.

by the dark circles underneath her eyes. If she wasn’t horrified right now, there would have been something wrong

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

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

at the front row on the other side of the aisle from the royals, told her that she looked ‘presentable

his mother that his brother, Herbert, had been charged

a little joke on

to herself. And then there was that wolf, who had been speaking to Lycans

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blind and useless. This never happened with the late King Lucas. He

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

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