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.”

of properties for you when your son doesn’t recall that

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

that your son bought the properties which are in your name; and

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

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 meeting before she became the King’s

you need me to repeat the question?” The

“No.”

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

spat

prosecutor matched his hard stare when she

doesn’t mean there wasn’t any. They’re

baseless argument as

was clear that nothing the defense lawyer did could mask the glaring

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 Clark explained

of a lighter sentence. And what did the minister have to say

pleaded guilty, the less likely the court would grant him

to seal his own faith prematurely by being the first minister among the four, and the first minister in the Kingdom’s history, to plead guilty to corruption

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

covered 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

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

most daring deal was with regards to the construction of low-cost apartments for the middle class Lycan community. This project cost the government six million dollars, of which twenty percent went into her own

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

told his mother that his brother, Herbert, had

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

if the Duke and King themselves didn’t pull harmless pranks when they were younger’, she thought to herself. And then there was that wolf, who had been speaking to Lycans like she owned all of them,

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to do was 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

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

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