My Heart only Beats for You (Natalie Godfrey) novel Chapter 1996

A light flashed across Tremaine's eyes.

Even though that's what was said...

Nobody knew for sure about things like nuclear radiation.

Even if they stated that it was minor now, what if it got worse in the future?

And even if it was minor, would the radiation really not affect or harm the human body?

"Also," said Hogan, "Even if you knew about it, are you going to stop the plan? The mushroom cloud plan is the most important plan of the country. Even if we sacrifice some people, it's still worth it."

Tremaine glanced at Hogan and saw the determination on his face.

He said nothing.

Lessie was locked up in jail.

She sat on the ground, her hair messy.

When she saw Tremaine coming, Lessie looked at him with a cold and malicious gaze.

She was regretful.

Just a little bit more. Just a little bit more!

How could she be fooled by Tremaine?

"Tremaine, you're not just a president. You're also a great actor!"

Tremaine ignored Lessie's sarcasm and told her, "You wanted independence for the border because you wanted to protect the people from nuclear radiation. Am I right?"

The hatred in Lessie's eyes grew even stronger.

She raised her voice, "Tremaine, in your eyes, and the eyes of you high officials, Nashaland is the world's most powerful country. For you, gaining control of the whole world is your goal, which is why you needed the mushroom cloud plan to strengthen the country. But you completely ignore the border city's people!"

"Yes, the border city is only a small area. It's so small that its population can't be compared to a big town, which is why you probably feel that it's nothing for some people to be affected by the nuclear exposure. After all, it's a good move to sacrifice some people for your country!"

"But have you ever thought that these people are also human beings? They have life and minds and hearts and souls. Why should they become the victims of the wealthy and powerful?"

"Zack's family has been an official in the border city for generations. He was the mayor, and he did everything for us despite the town being a small town! The moment he knew that Nashaland was going to build a base, he objected. Then, there was a ban on making nuclear weapons, and everything was fine until you became president of the country!"

"Zack was strongly against it at that time, but his opposition was useless!"

"They told Zack that the nuclear leakage and radiation are minor, and it wouldn't harm the people. But Zack found out that even a minor leakage or radiation could harm the human body!"

"And the impact takes a long time to manifest. It takes up to 10 or 20 years, but even so, it will still destroy life at the border. Zack went to Nashaland's Presidential Office, but all the officials ignored him."

As Zack's official rank was not high enough, he was not qualified to meet Tremaine at all. He could only meet the officials working the President's Office.

"At that time, the officials told Zack that even if it would really harm the citizens, the citizens have to bear the consequences as they did not want to leave the border town!"

"Those high-ranking officials don't understand that to the people living in the border, that place is their home. Why should they need to leave their home? They live by the sea, and the ocean was their life and hope. How could they leave the sea that gave them life? It was clearly your country's fault for destroying their life. Why would they have to bear the consequences just because they weren't willing to leave their home?"

"Zack had no choice but to make such a decision. He decided to use his death so that the officials would know that they were wrong. But who knew that none of you learned from it? Your hearts are so cold that when he jumped down from the highest floor of the office building, all the government did was cover up his death and assign a new official to take his place!"

"When Zack died, it happened that the President's Office was on holiday. Only a small number of people were on duty at that time. Such a major happening was eventually brushed off, and given Zack's minor position within the government, the whole thing was forgotten."

Lessie grew angrier as she spoke. And in the end, she was so mad that she stopped saying anything. Her eyes were bloodshot as well.