The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King novel Chapter 132

Chapter 132

Xandar picked up from where he left off:

Q: So, after the severance, would you say that there was never an occasion where you and your sister both went against the Crown?

A: I would never work with anyone to hurt the Queen, not even if it’s with my sister.

Q: That wasn’t the question, Cummings. Did you or did you not try to come between the King and Queen in the past two weeks?

A: No.

Q: Not even with what could seem to be an innocent act?

A: Officer, if you already have an occasion in mind, just lay it on the table so I can explain myself.

Q: It is rumored that you attempted to gift a book to the Queen early last week.

A: That was just a friendly gesture. I remember she loved to read. She didn’t accept it, by the way.

Q: And did that make you upset?

A: Upset enough to regret I didn’t do well by her? Yes. Upset enough to join forces with my sister to break the mate-bond she now shares with the King? No.

Q: Very well… there was also something else you and your sister both said when you visited her. You asked Sasha Cummings if she knew something you didn’t know about your father. What did you mean by that?

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A: Well, when Sasha asked me whether I would continue supporting my father even if he is later found guilty, there was this…glint in her eye, like she was challenging me. I just asked her that question on a hunch. She looked like she knew more than she was letting on.

Q: Do you think she knew more than she let on?

A: I don’t know. It’s hard to say. Sometimes, she would have threats up her sleeve but most of the time, she just wants to look like she has the upper hand to make you lose faith in yourself.

Q: Would you regard your relationship with your sister as being strained?

A: Yes.

Q: Would you say that your relationship is strained enough to perhaps….get rid of her?

A: What are you suggesting? That I break her out of prison, transport her somewhere and then kill her myself? Seriously? She was already removed from society when she was in police custody. I didn’t abduct her, neither did I help her escape.

Q: Where were you between 11:30 pm to 1a.m. the night before last?

A: At home. In my bed. Sleeping.

Q: Is there anyone to confirm your whereabouts?

A: No.

Q: Not even your neighbors?

A: I moved out of the family home a day before my father was arrested. I’m now living in the penthouse apartment on the twenty-sixth floor of my office building. I’ll gladly have my people send over the security footage of the office floors to verify what I just said.

1. Yes, that would be helpful. As for leaving the family home, why?

A Let’s just say it was getting suffocating there.

Q.Please elaborate, Cummings.

A Well since last year, I haven’t been able to tolerate my sister the way I always could.

Q:And why is that? Is it because she has a tendency to gravitate towards the darker parts of society?

A: What? No! Sasha’s just crazy. She’s not evil. Just…crazy.

Q: Crazy enough to make the suitable connections to escape prison?

A: No, her craziness isn’t the type that attracts that form of resources. It’s just the type that drives everyone around her crazy. If I were to be honest, escaping prison seems to exceed her own skill set and expertise. I mean, she can’t even sneak out of our family home in the middle of the night without waking my dad or me, or even us both sometimes. Escaping prison, with guards on all entrances and exits… it’s just not possible for her.

1. When you think of a possible person who may help her escape, who comes to mind?

A: (pause) No one I can think of.

Q: Not even an uncle?

A: What uncle?

1. On our record, a certain Mr Richard Morland visited your sister a few hours before your visit. Morland is your late mother’s family name, isn’t it?

A: Yes, but my mother had no brothers. Only a sister who remains a spinster, living in Iceland. We haven’t been in touch in decades. I doubt she ever married this person who came yesterday.

Q: Is your aunt not the type to wed?

A: No, it’s not that. Aunt Carol is a homosexual, and she eloped with her bonded mate after my grandparents objected to their union.

1. I see. Could it be one of Sasha Cummings’s friends, perhaps?

A It couldn’t have been. They were more or less like her. You know, they’d just spend their time squandering their parents’ money on material items and drinking.

Q It would seem like you’ve met her friends. Are you familiar with a close associate of your sister’s, a Ms Livia Aphael?

A: Y-Yes.

Q: Care to explain your familiarity with this woman?

A: Sh-She was my sister’s closest friend. They’re still very close, if I’m not mistaken.