King Stephen did not like Roderick's announcement of absence from the morning assembly that morning. He felt uneasy. He couldn't concentrate all throughout the meeting.
He trusted the Queen Dowager would get Shaon to the palace but he couldn't brush off the feeling.
He was about signing off the last of the petition when his fingers halted, the name caught his attention
It was the case of a Wellington, Chester, he was Roderick's Step brother and a total nuisance to the society. He made used of poor farmers for his work and always for one reason or the other forget to pay them.
The farmers had jointly formed a case against him at the magistrate.
The king always encouraged them to speak up. He had his ways of letting them know their voice was heard.
He was glad they had taken the i
