“Richard Day! You're under arrest for fraud, bribery, and corruption!” Inspector Finn’s words rang out, and Richard leaned back in his chair, unfazed. Slowly, he turned to face the officer. “Finn,” he drawled, “ To what do I owe this pleasure?”“Uhm… A case has been brought against you, and I’m simply here doing my duty,” Finn replied, a hint of nervousness in his voice.‘Is that so?’ Richard raised an eyebrow, and his gaze flicked briefly to his assistant, Benson, whose hand hovered over his waistband, ready to act. With a subtle shake of his head, Richard signaled him to stand down.Sighing, Richard looked around at the officers before focusing on Finn. “What crime did you say has been levied against me?" he asked, voice calm but edged with steel. Inspector Finn swallowed a little before he replied. “You've been accused of misappropriation of funds, bribery, corruption, and various other crimes" He started with a clearer voice, but his confidence wavered as he continued und
Meanwhile, Aiden who's been celebrating the success of his subtle comeback, thanks to Clinton's help in the government house, was relaxed on his chair, with his left arm placed at the back of his head with a huge grin on his face as he scrolled his financial report of the past days, smiling hugely as he did; business was picking up and he was glad to see.As a thought flickered through his mind, his smile dipped,‘Can’t even entertain that thought, if Richard Day comes out of jail, I'll be toast. He most definitely can't come out’Aiden spoke in his mind, his jaw clenching as the thought passed his mind. With the thought souring his mood, he decided to ease his mind by going through his social media, his fingers scrolled through his Photogram feed, and as he began paying more attention, his eyes squinted and his brows instantly creased, “What's going on? What's this?!" He asked no one in particular loudly as his eyes shot up and he adjusted himself on his seat, sitting up straight a
The door to Andrew's office flung open as a fiery gazed Cassandra stormed into it, thrusting her phone into Andrew's face, she bellowed,“Have you seen this? Are you aware of what that bitch was planning all along? How come you aren't aware or you chose to do nothing?! We're about to watch everything we've worked for go down the drain!" As usual, Harold was also in the office and flew to his feet, his gaze darting between a fuming Cassandra and a confused Andrew, before looking at his daughter who looked like she had smoke coming out of her ears and nostrils,“Somebody say something!" Cassandra shrilled, her chest rising and falling rapidly as she glared at them; Andrew, whose brows were furrowed, glanced at her and then at the phone before rising from his chair, scraping it on the linoleum floor as he did. He walked over to Cassandra's side and tried wrapping his arms around her only for her to brush him away,Gritting his teeth subtly, he rubbed her forearm,“Calm down Cassie and
Vivienne stepped forward and added with a smile,“I can confirm this to be true, and we have provided you all with the evidence to back it up. A file is being passed across to you, please look at it, as therein contains all the information you need to know, and please feel free to share it on your online space" Almost immediately, murmurings broke once more as the people began going through the shared document. The room erupted into fury and flurry of questioning and camera clicking, even as they read and fiddled with their devices,Their mouths and eyes widened as they continued reading and seeing how Richard had helped set them up, going as far as waiving their crimes.The people began glaring and sneering at the men, curling their lips at them, as they cursed at them,"You all are just a bunch of ingrates!”"You should be ashamed of yourselves! Biting the hand that fed you”"How much were you paid to slander Mayor Richard?!”“Imagine going against someone who tried to help you! Th
Murmuring and gasps immediately filled the hall as everyone snapped their heads to look at the person who had spoken before gaping at him with widened eyes before returning their gazes to the four men on the stage, whose faces had gone so red, and were frozen on the spot, they had their chins down, unable to say anything,Vivienne smirked and tried to stoke the fire more; she glanced at the speaker and urged him to come forward.As he made his way forward, taking long strides with his shoulders held high, Bernard Cooper didn't fail to notice the hateful glare that the men threw at him, neither did he fail to hear the mumblings of those who were present,“Isn't that the deputy mayor that recently resigned?" “Yes! I'm sure that's why he spoke with such confidence and asked that question" “Of course! He must know more than he let on. He wouldn't dare say something like that if he didn't have proof or know what he's saying" The voices and murmurings trailed him as he trod towards the s
Subsequently, Vivienne was also planning her counterattack on Harold and the rest, after she had come across their sinister plans and how they wanted to taint Richard and show the world that he was corrupt. She was pacing in her office, as she was building thoughts in her head on how to put her plans in motion. Her emails and social media accounts had been buzzing with messages and questions from people from all over, demanding to know what was happening and why a good man like Richard was still imprisoned.Pacing, while she absentmindedly chewed on her nails, Vivienne’s head and mind were reeling as she read the different blog posts that had been uploaded,[The Way Forward For Dalton; A City in Ruins][Being Upright; A Recipe For Disaster]The netizens and everyone in Dalton City had questions concerning the allegations that Jenkins and his colleagues had made, the city was divided as people didn't know who to believe, on one hand majority chose to believe Richard, while the others
By the next morning, the news of Richard's plans for Dalton City had gone viral, a part of the downloaded document had managed to leak and every blog and every news was sharing and spreading it, making it grow like wildfire,[“How can someone who has such good intentions for us be locked up?!"][“Make it make sense! I just don't get it, did you see the foolproof plan? If such is implemented, Dalton will be a city to be reckoned with, we will have people begging to partner with us”]["I can't believe that a good and upright man is behind bars, only because he wants to make us better. It truly is a wicked world”]The comments in praise of Richard and his plans kept trooping in,Harold and Andrew, who had been following the news, were seething in their seats; besides brooding in anger, they had made sure to pay other vicious bloggers and commenters to deflect and cause mischief on the internet.[“Because you all saw a document that was falsified, you now believe Richard Day is your savio
“You!!!" Cassandra snarled, glaring at Vivienne,“This is all your fault!" she thundered, throwing daggers at Vivienne,Vivienne who was taken aback by the outburst, snapped her head backward, pursing her lips, she glared at Cassandra and then at the others before meeting Cassandra's gaze once more, pointing at her chest,“Me?!" Vivienne asked, her words laced with contained anger as she stared at the spoilt brat,“How's it my fault? Was I the one who told you to make a live video or make a fool of yourself?!" She countered, keeping her face straight. Cassandra who was nothing but a spoilt lady used to getting her way, screeched and stormed her foot,“Argh!" She screeched, nostrils flaring as she stormed over to Vivienne with raised arm, causing Vivienne to narrow her eyes at her,“I'll think twice about doing that if I were you" she informed Cassandra, her tone on the edge as she gazed at her intently,Andrew and Harold who knew the consequences of hitting a police officer, not jus
“Let's see!!" “Hurry! Show us, what have you found?" They each began asking as they hovered over the man who was deeply staring at the tablet with full concentration,After succeeding in breaking through the encrypted file, the hacker translated it and as the file began downloading on the screen, everyone stared at it with bated breath. Cassandra was biting on her nails, as she looked at the screen, waiting for the file to fully download, she had completely forgotten about her discarded phone as the comments had riled her up,She had planned to update them after the file had been downloaded and they had seen what Richard was hiding. Unbeknownst to her, Vivienne had stealthily propped her phone in their direction, making sure to capture each of them as they looked at the tablet.“This thing is annoyingly slow!" “Why is it taking so long to download?" Harold and Andrew spoke simultaneously, the latter directing his question to the hacker who assured them that it would soon be over.
As Cassandra bent to retrieve the key, Harold and Andrew rushed over to look at the key,“What is it?" “Let me see" Both of them spoke simultaneously. Twirling the key in her hand, Cassandra brandished it to Vivienne with a smirk,“Now tell me, why would someone go to such great lengths to hide a key if they don't have something to hide?" She asked, tilting her neck to the side as she watched Vivienne who smiled in response,“Someone who doesn't want vipers like you prying into his private life maybe?" Vivienne threw back at Cassandra, who sneered and returned her attention to the key in hand,“How do we find what this key opens now?" Harold questioned, his brows furrowing as he stared intently at the key.Chuckling a little with a small smile on her face, Cassandra was deep in thought, before she shrugged and answered,“It must be the key to a safe or something like that.”Andrew who couldn't bear the suspense anymore, his eyes lit up and he spoke in an authoritative voice as he