“I crawled my way up to this throne. I took it away from your family,” Lucius bragged.
“That was because you bribed your way through. For generations, the Pearl family has been in charge. Whatever happened to make you sit on that throne was a mistake,” Adam shot back.
“In your face,” Lucius laughed again. “You can’t win me because you are about to die. Two days ago, I sent carts of green cooked cake over. The poison should be expired right about now.”
At that moment, Deji Fountain gripped his chest and began to struggle with his breathing. After many attempts to breathe properly, he fell on the floor and closed his eyes.
“Let me explain what just happened,” Jean said. “We discovered your plot and we sent the green cooked cake to Minister Deji Fountain’s house. We did it in such a way t
