Chapter 202: Chapter 202

In a twisted turn of events, we are getting verified news from the Chief Prosecutor’s office that the tenured Prosecutor Presque had been let go from his position after all these years. One would have thought that as a man of his calibre, he would retire in the good graces of his chosen profession, but that was not true at all....

Presque, whom every aspiring counsel wants to be like, has turned out to be the worst of the worst. Anonymous reports that were sent secretly to the prosecutor’s main office yesterday were so grave that an emergency overnight meeting was held. The result was the instant dismissal of Presque, but that is not all....

Presque will also be sued by his own office; talk off plunging down from the mountain into the depths of the sea!"

This report was similar to all the reports being run simultaneously by the news outlets on the island. Even though these media houses were small, they made a big splash with this news. However, the netizens were already well aware, even though surprised.

After all, they had spent most of their time berating Clara Wendover for her sex tape, only for them to find out she was just a naïve woman who had been taken advantage of. Even though they felt sorry for her, they still felt that Clara deserved what had come her way. Only a handful pitied her.

Presque was a different story, though. By the time the Prosecutor’s office released their press statement on his dismissal, his name, Presque, was already in the gutters.

"It serves him right! I can’t believe that I followed him on social media! I even wanted my brother to follow in his footsteps! I get goosebumps just thinking of that!"

"What a nut case! He has disgraced the whole Prosecutors’ office!"

"Ikr, we were just praising the prosecutors’ office yesterday for a good job done with this major drug dealer, only to find out this! What does it mean for such a man to hold such a public office? I am glad that he is going to be trialled as well. He is just trash of the trash..."

"I am sad for his wife... what is she going to do with such a man and reputation?"

"The commenter above, you must not have read the whole news to be sorry for such a nutcase like she is. Read this link here..."

The story about Presque was unusual, and the commenters never said much about his wife because she was in on it. The main reason why Presque was also arrested was that he was running an illegal porn ring! He was the main character most of the time, and his wife played the role of the pimp.

Their modus Operandi was quite simple and was similar to Clara’s case. It turned out that most of the cases Presque had won were through such despicable means. When the cases landed on his desk, he would ’invite’ the victims or their relatives, whichever one was more impacted and female, to his office or another chosen location.

The victims would be made to believe that the cases would turn in their favour in so far as they do what Presque asks. Like Clara, most of these people were desperate. Some sought out Presque themselves, like Clara had done, while others were directly contacted by him or his wife.

After the agreement, explicit sexual intercourse would take place between Presque and the women, and the whole session would be recorded by his wife. There were a few unwilling participants who were drugged to take part in it. Presque knew the law and how to bend it in his own favour.

As they film, the footage would usually go to the highest bidder or streamed live for their paying clients. It was a very tight circle, so they would never know about it unless one was part. In Clara’s case, Presque’s wife had sold the video to the underground porn network as well with the aim to tarnish Clara’s reputation further. This was the ring that Nicholas, Rocky’s school friend, worked at.

Presque’s wife did that for one simple reason: Presque liked Clara. He had fantasized about Clara for months from the first time he had laid eyes on her. Presque’s wife was jealous and, therefore, took a second step to do things that she usually did not do. It was also because of this that Clara’s video circulated really fast within the mainstream media.

"My bad! Thank you for sending me that link. Why would she do that? And a porn ring? I don’t feel sorry for any of them but the victims!"

Yes, Presque’s victims were the ones who had relief. Some did not know that their videos were commercialized, but all of them knew of them. This was what Presque used to threaten them after he did not hold his part of the deal.

In the space of a few weeks, T-Vino Island, which was known to be calm and serene, was plunged into disturbing and shocking news after another.

Obviously, Presque did not know who he was going after. This was Ian! With just one word, all Presque’s dirty secrets were out there. However, for the sake of the women involved, all such videos were sent directly to the head Prosecutor’s office.

People had thought that James’ trail was fast, but Presque’s was the fastest. Within the span of a day, an emergency trial was heard, and he was sentenced. His wife suffered the same fate.

In the newsrooms, as they discussed Presque, one person asked,

"Would the recent occurrences invalidate the drug criminal’s trail from yesterday?"

"That is a good question, but I don’t think that -"

The person talking kept silent immediately as he pressed on his headset as if listening to something. Taking a deep breath, he turned to face the cameras fully,

"We have another breaking news coming in now. It is now confirmed that James Wendover, who was trialled just yesterday by Presque and his team, had been found dead in his cell."

"What? Dead? How did that happen?"

"It’s quite sad. He took his own life. They found him hanged in the cell. He was suspended using his own bedsheets..."

The room became dead silent. They struggled to grasp it, but what was done was done.

"Our condolences to the family...."

"I hate to say this on air, but society would be better off without such a man!"

This was the news that Rocky had heard and called Ava on. He opened his eyes wide in surprise at Ava’s invitation, but then, after some thought, Rocky replied.

"Thanks Ava. I appreciate it, but I want to go to the place to find out what happened. James may have been bad, but he was my father."

He regretted turning down the chance to visit his future wife, but given the circumstances, he could not do anything.

"Are you going to be okay?"

"Yes, don’t worry. I’ll be fine."

Ava nodded on the phone. She could not go back to bed, so she got ready and returned to the Thronstons and her job.

In Ian’s room, he continued looking fondly at his wife as she talked enthusiastically about Ava. Ian knew how much Ava meant to Shelby, so he made a mental note that she would be taken extra care of. Besides, Ava had earned a place in his thoughts just for slapping that rich brat.

Ian took Shelby’s hand in his, "Elfin?"

"I have to tell you something."

Ian thought it best to tell Shelby than let her hear the info from the news.

"Sure, what is it? Did something happen?"

"I dealt off with James Wendover."

For a moment, Shelby thought that she had misheard.

Ian’s heart constricted, and he waited for Shelby to say anything. She looked surprised and in deep thought as if considering many things. Ian did not try to pry into her thoughts to understand what she was doing. He felt that Shelby deserved the privacy of her thoughts at that moment.

"I’m sure he deserved it!"

"What?" Ian could not believe his ears.

Shelby did not say anything anymore and snuggled into his embrace.

She did think heavily about that, but in the end, she felt that

’Ian is more precious to me, and if he killed James, it may have probably been for me too. Ian has no grudges against James anyway.’

Ian held her close, breathing in her pleasant honey-permanganate scent. He was happy and, for a brief second, could not help but think,

’I don’t think that anyone has put that much faith in me before in my entire life .... including Aliya.’

His eyes widened in surprise at his own thought, but Ian quickly dismissed them and cherished the brief morning moments with his wife.

It did not take long before their phones started ringing on the same issue.

Clara also woke up to the news, but in her case, it was not from the online outlets or the news. She got a call from the prison, as she was James’ wife. Clara fainted as soon as she received the call. It was at that moment that she knew that everything was truly lost.

A few days later, a small funeral and the last rites were held for James Wendover at his residence.

Clara was not able to attend it because she was too hysterical. She was sedated throughout the days that followed James’ death for her own self-protection and for the people around her.

It had been the hope of the law upholders that James would serve as a lesson for all but the public; he did not even have the guts to go through his sentence and had taken his life.

There was never a report of a third party in his cell that night, and all evidence was concluded that James Wendover had committed suicide.

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