Versions of Justice
“Edward? Why? Is everything ok?” I fired my questions in shock.
“Natalia, is that you?” I heard Lucien’s voice through the phone that was close to my ear.
“Yes…it’s me,” I replied softly.
Lucien’s tone of voice confirmed that something very serious had happened.
“Is Edward there with you?” Lucien asked, his tone dead serious.
“Yes…he’s right here,” I replied.
“Give me that, Natalia,” Edward said as he impatiently took his phone from my hand.
I watched in confusion as Edward pressed the phone to his ear and ran a hand through his hair in
frustration. His brows were knitted together as he frowned and paced around the room. I couldn’t hear
what Lucien said on the other end of the line, but I could hear Edward’s side of the conversation loud
and clear.
“Yeah…of course I’ve seen it,”
“No…Natalia hasn’t,”
“I don’t know…”
“And you thought me marrying Natalia was a big deal…”
“Why don’t you just worry about the business side…and I’ll deal with the rest,”
The conversation between the brothers were over much faster than I had anticipated. However, it was
clear that whatever issue at hand was far from over.
“Umm…Edward, what is going on?” I asked, clearly confused and worried.
“Come here and sit down,” Edward said as he sat down on the sofa and patted the spot right next to
him.
I walked over and sat down next to him as he had instructed as I waited to hear his exnation. Was
something wrong with the business?
“Don’t faint, ok?” Edward said and I could tell that he was half yful but also half serious.
“Ok…” I replied as I nodded my head up and down.
“Zak has his mother on trial as a suspect for instigating the murder of Rosia Rosenhall, your mother,”
Edward stated slowly and clearly.
Zak got his mother on trial? Zak seeded in bringing Madame Francesca to court because she
instigated my mother’s murder…
She was arrested for instigating my mother’s murder?! Madame Francesca ordered my mother to be
killed?
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“What? Madame Francesca ordered for my mother to be killed?!” I shouted as I stood up rapidly from
the sofa.
“Well, to be exact she ordered for Lucien to be killed…” Edward corrected in a grave voice.
“Oh…but my mother…died instead…” I said slowly in understanding as the pieces of the puzzle all
came together.
So, this was what Zak wanted to show me. This was just as Zak had written on that piece of paper…
this was ‘The Truth’.
My mother died because of his mother…
“Damn that Zak…he really did know everything. Even thest piece of the puzzle that I couldn’t figure
out…” Edward said in amazement.
How long has Zak known I wondered.
“How long do you think Zak has known about this?” I asked in a strained whisper. I had lost the
strength in my legs and plopped back down on the sofa.
I felt a migraineing on and I also felt like I wanted to cry myself to sleep to escape it. I rubbed my
temple with my hand.
“Long enough for him to collect enough proof to take his own mother to court. That’s for sure,” Edward
said with conviction.
“Why would she do it? Why would Madame Francesca want to get rid of Lucien?” I asked.
I didn’t understand it. Those two appeared to be on reasonably good terms. While Edward and
Madame Francesca were openly hostile towards each other, Lucien showed great respect for her.
Madame Francesca had always supported Lucien to take over as the next Elder. All of this just didn’t
make sense at all.
“You’re probably thinking that it’s weird for her to want to get rid of Lucien because those two seem to
be friendly with each other. The truth is, the extreme opposite was true around ten years ago,” Edward
started exining.
“What do you mean?” I asked suspiciously.
“I mean exactly as it sounds. They hated each other and perhaps they still do. However, what’s for sure
is that they’ve gotten better at acting like they love each other and have been working towards simr
business goals,” Edward said with a sigh. It was clear that he didn’t want to talk about this.
“So, they’ve been faking it all this time?” I pressed further.
“Exactly. It was Francesca’s idea and decision to start illegal human experimentation for business
gains. Back then Lucien and your father were against it and wanted to expose the truth to the world.
Some way or another, Francesca found out and decided to silence them both. She seeded in your
father’s case but failed in Lucien’s…” Edward began to exin.
“Francesca killed my father as well…” I gasped in shock as I realized this.
Edward just nodded; his eyes fixed to an invisible spot on the carpet.
“If Zak is right then that must have been how it all yed out. Lucien and I have been trying to right the
wrongs from the past but in different ways,” Edward stated matter-of-factly.
“How so?” I questioned.
“Lucien’s been trying to change the business from the inside by working his ass off and trying his best
to downy Francesca’s influence. As Lucien seeds in leading thepany, he can lead it ethically
and how it’s supposed to be led,” Edward exined.
I couldn’t believe how I never realized this. I also didn’t know why Lucien didn’t juste out and tell
me in simple terms.
“What about you?” I asked, prompting for Edward to continue.
“Most of my phnthropic projects are helping poor towns abroad that were exploited by thepany
for human experimentation,” Edward said tly.
“What?! They used poor people abroad?” I eximed in shock.
“Correct. Although some trials were done in thatb that I took you to, mass scale experiments were
conducted in poor towns abroad where thepany could easily pay people to participate. Of course,
the ethicality of the procedure is very questionable,” Edward continued to exin.
I didn’t want to believe what I was hearing. This story was just too sad and unfortunate for everyone
that was involved. These brothers spending their lives cleaning up and atoning for the wrongs
mother to justice.
--To be continued…