Chapter Three

He went outside and gave instructions to his bodyguards, he left with his car along with several bodyguards and his driver towards the court. On the way, his thoughts took him too far.

"Do you know why I don't like politics?"

"You have never given me a reason"

"Politics has a very scary dirty game in it, that's why I'm afraid of it. I've heard of several cases and I found myself scared of these politicians, my friend. I can see that you're too busy there. Take care of your life, my brother. We only live once."

"Mark, your problem is that you are cowardly. You know that this country needs young leaders with visions like us. Well, stop being so afraid my friend. If everyone was so cowardly like that, then our country would never make any progress and the people would suffer."

"I always like a quote from a proverb that says PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. It has a great meaning if you understand it properly. The country indeed needs young leaders with vision but those you see doing politics already have powerful people behind them, they have systems, when there is a problem where will you run and who will protect you? I am advising you as a friend, we have come a long way together, I don't need to lose you completely in my life"

Those were the memories of Markvelous Japhary while in his car.

he remembered one day he was persuading his friend who loved and envied politics more than anything else in his life but his friend did not agree with him, he decided to live his dreams which really took him to the White House as the president and he was the one who appointed Markvelous Japhary as the chief judge due to his great ability but also as a friend with whom he has come a long way with.

This is the one who was able to change the life of the Chief Justice.

"For whoever was involved in this, I will definitely not leave them alive. it doesn't matter what problems I get myself into, but I must make sure he is dead in front of the court as payment for what they did to my friend. I know they will have prepared a lot of people to defend their man so that he is released, but I will not let that happen. I have a lot of questions though, I wonder how the killer was found so easily. The Chief of Staff has not given me the details of the matter. let me first finish this and then sit with him properly so that he can tell me in detail" he was shocked by his thoughts after his bodyguard opened the door for him.

"Let him die, let him die"

"Make sure you kill him, he can't get rid of our leader"

"Let him die. if possible he should be brought to us so we can deal with him, let him die" were the noises he heard from the people

They were very angry, they were very disgusted by what happened to their president whom they loved so much, and they needed the suspect to pay by death. This gave the judge a lot of strength after he saw that all the citizens were on his side. As he was moving towards the main gate he took off his glasses after seeing the prison car coming in with very strict security. Two minutes later, a bald man with a beard was dropped off, he was in heavy chains, he raised his face directly and looked at the chief judge. the man winked at the chief judge while spitting on the ground, it was one of the biggest insults he did. Markvelous took off his glasses and looked at the man with anger.

He started from there and went to his office at the courthouse. at that time while the soldiers were leading the suspect and taking him to the dock. as the chief judge was getting into the main gate of the court he received two messages on his phone that overlapped each other for a minute and a half, one was from the CDF Jaiwelo Mkupi and the other came from a number that he undoubtedly remembered that called him last night at midnight.

"DO NOT MAKE ANGRY DECISIONS MARK, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THIS IS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFETY BUT ALSO FOR THE WHOLE NATION, IT DEPENDS ON YOUR CORRECT DECISIONS TODAY" he read the CDF message but he didn't even bother to answer it and opened the second one.

"YOU HAVE VERY FEW MINUTES TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS AND SAVE YOUR FAMILY, THEN AFTER YOU WILL HAVE TEN BILLION IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WHEN YOU MAKE WISE AND MANLY DECISIONS BUT BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU GO AGAINST ME, YOUR FAMILY WILL BE DELETED FROM THIS WORLD"

this is a message that made him take out a cloth from his pocket and wipe the sweat that had started to flow from his face. he felt very hot, he sighed and turned off the phone, he didn't need to bother with it anymore.

The case of the accused for the assassination of the honourable president was shown live on TV.

",…….WITH THE CLEAR EVIDENCE FOUND I SENTENCE YOU TO PUBLIC DEATH BEFORE THE COURT MR ABIR MUSHKANI ………”

the sentence passed after about four hours, the case was conducted with many senior lawyers and experts defending the accused but the video evidence shown live at the hearing was clear, there was no way to deny it anymore.

The suspect known as Abir Mushkani was publicly hanged with his chains on his body because he seemed to be a very dangerous person if he was released. that event was shown live so that if there were others with similar behaviour they would stop immediately. it is an event that gave Markvelous Japhary a lot of respect who felt that he had taken off a heavy burden by avenging the death of his friend even though he was doing justice.

He left the court and went to his office, he took his phone from his bag and turned it on. he tried calling his wife because in the morning they argued, and he needed to apologize to her for offending her and saying harsh words to her. the phone rang a little and hung up, he felt that his wife might still be angry with him, he tried to call a second time but it was not answered he tried again and again but it was unavailable.

Desperate, he received a message on his phone. There were two messages.

"YOU MADE VERY BIG MISTAKES, MARK, THE VIDEO SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOWN PUBLICLY, DO YOU KNOW ITS EFFECT?" It came from the CDF, it didn't shock him too much.

the second one came from the same number that since yesterday that had given him a lot of warnings.

"YOU ONLY HAVE FIFTEEN MINUTES TO BE HOME IF YOU ARRIVE WITHIN THAT TIME YOU MAY BE LUCKY TO FIND YOUR FAMILY SAFE BUT MORE THAN THAT YOU WILL REGRET THIS WORLD AS I WARNED YOU EARLIER"

the message ended there, he did not even remember to take off his robe when he went out running.