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 when your

but he managed to say, “I don’t recall how I transferred

have no proof of the transfer you purportedly made to Helena Tanner; no proof that your son bought the properties which are in your

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 for a good twenty-five minutes, Alfred

words to Sebastian was: do me proud, my boy, which normally made the son give in without question. But it was clear that those

me to repeat

“No.”

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

spat

prosecutor matched his hard stare when she

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

at his baseless argument as she said,

re-examine Alfred, it was clear that nothing the defense lawyer did could

reasonable doubt, Alfred Cummings would be found guilty

in hopes of a lighter sentence. And what did the minister have to say about this advice? “Let’s wait

he pleaded guilty, the less likely the court would grant

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

Marie Martin to the stand. As soon as she sat, her fingers ran nervously through her light brown pixie hair, which she had

right now, there would have been something wrong with her. As the Finance Minister, as someone who has direct access to government

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

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 pockets.

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

his brother, Herbert, had been

little joke on the Duke and Sir

herself. And then there was that wolf,

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she had 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 never allowed Queen Vera to speak as she pleased, and

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

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