“You killed your own brother?” The influential person asked him.

“Yes I did it. I am honest enough to confess my crimes. Anyways, one was out, now I had to remove the remaining three. So I became opportunistic when Austin and Thomas were in prison. I took up a disguise and made myself appear as a jailor. You know what I did? I added poison in their foods”

Mr. Hart held his forehead as tightly as he could hearing this.

“I was successful in killing Thomas but not Austin” Frederick continued, “however that matter resolved itself. Austin committed suicide on his own. My work was done”

“Right”

“Now three of my brothers are dead, my road is clear. I just need Abraham’s secret assassination. And this is why I have called you here”

“Look Mr. Frederick, our agreement was that once I will help you in killing Abraham, you will give me a post of governor of the state. But there are two issues. First of all I need to know what the guarantee is for this. How are you so sure that you will get the throne?”

“I am the only brother of this family. The people of state would have no one besides me to choose as their new king. Uncle Hart is easy to fool, I will take his support”

“Ok, the second issue is that how can I trust you. Pardon me, but you were not even honest with your own brothers”

“I am honest enough to confess the truth” Frederick spoke firmly.

“I need more than that”

“Ok, if I would back out from our deal, you can expose me”

“You know I might do that”

“I’m sure you can”

Mr. Hart got really angry as he heard this. So he thought about exposing the two of them. He stood up and considered going back. He said to the stranger who brought him here:

“Listen kid, please do me a favor. Just stay here and keep an eye on these two”

“Ok”

“I’ll be right back”

Abraham was meanwhile giving a speech outside the castle:

“You and I will work together and make this a better state. There is a suggestion box as I stated earlier. All of you are allowed to put your suggestions there anonymously”

That instant moment, Mr. Hart came from behind and called the lead of security who was standing nearby. He instructed him:

“Listen to me carefully, Abraham might be in danger. Frederick is still alive and he is planning to kill him”

“How do you know?”

“He is seated with an assassin. They are behind the castle. Can you send a team of few so we can arrest them?”

“Sure”

“Alright tell them to follow my lead”

Meanwhile, Abraham continued his speech:

“We are now promising each other that we will make this a peaceful state. There won’t be any more violence like there has been in the past”

That moment quite unexpectedly a gunshot was heard. Mr. Hart turned behind to see what happened.

To everyone’s surprise, Abraham had been shot on his waist from the back side.

“Oh my God!” Mr. Hart uttered.

He then tried to find the assassin but he heard another gunshot, and as he paid attention, he saw that the leader of security team had just shot the assassin who was on the top of the castle.

“What the hell is going on?!” Mr. Hart yelled.

He saw that the public was scattering away as there was general terror. Abraham was about to fall but two men from his team came and held him.

On the other hand, the assassin was falling from top of the castle.

Mr. Hart had a lot going on his mind. He asked himself:

How the hell did they do this so quickly? They were just making a deal, it wasn’t even final yet. How come the criminal just went on the top and shot him?

He rushed to see the assassin’s face, he discovered that it wasn’t the same guy as the one who was seated with Frederick.

Well that makes sense. But there is one question though. Was he from Frederick? Or was he someone else?

Mr. Hart looked back at the route where he came from and spoke:

There’s only one way to find this out.

He called one of the security guys standing nearby and said:

“Please come with me immediately”

“Ok”

He rushed back with him to where Frederick was seated.

Abraham was immediately taken to the hospital.

Next day’s morning, Mr. Hart who was quite angry was seated outside the prison. Frederick was locked inside the cell and was very distressed.

“You are the worst human being alive” Mr. Hart said to him. “I have never seen a creature like you. Wild animals are better than you”

“Can we please talk this out?”

“You attempted murder of your four brothers. You were unsuccessful in Austin’s case, God knows what will happen with Abraham”

“Listen to me, I have confessed my crime before you. Isn’t that worth appreciation?”

Provoked Mr. Hart stood up and after carrying up the chair, he threw it on the bars of the cell as hard as he could. A loud and terrifying sound was created. The chair nearly broke.

He called the jailor:

“Come here! Open the cell. I have to give this man a piece of my mind”

“Wait” Frederick spoke getting terrified. “What did I say?”

The jailor opened the cell’s door.

Mr. Hart raised his voice:

“Worth appreciation? You want me to praise you after all that you have done”

Horrified Frederick didn’t speak a word.

“You know what Frederick?” Mr. Hart spoke. “You are worse than Austin. I thought he was the worst of all brothers, but I was wrong”

“Ok I accept that” Frederick spoke trying to calm him down. “You are elder than me, I will not speak against you. Now can we talk about clearing this issue?”

“You have killed your two brothers, you attempted to murder Austin and Abraham as well, right?”

“How many times are we going to repeat this?”

“Just answer me, is this true or not?”

“Ok, sure”

“Now you will see what will happen with you. Either Abraham lives or dies, I will make sure that you get the punishment I am thinking of”

Frederick didn’t ask but hoped for an answer. Mr. Frederick continued:

“I will leave you among the mob of angry men. These people will rip you and tear you apart”

“Uncle Hart, listen to me”

“Just stay here and wait for your miserable death”

Mr. Hart left as he said this.

Twenty Four Hours Later

Mr. Hart reached the hospital. As he found the doctor he asked about Abraham’s condition. The doctor replied:

“Don’t worry…Mr. Abraham is fine, he is better. He will be discharged within few days”

Mr. Hart felt relieved.

The doctor continued:

“The team of doctors is making sure that he will be as good as before. The injury was not quite fatal”

“Thank God”

Few hours later, outside the hospital around half of the state was gathered. They had received the good news and they were there to show their support for him.

Mr. Hart came outside to talk to them. He began raising his voice:

“I sincerely thank all of you on Abraham’s behalf. In the meantime, there’s something I want you guys to know. The guy who planned this assassination was none other than Abraham’s rebellious brother Frederick. He created the mischief in the city by disappearing deliberately. Now he is under my custody. Do you all want to see him get punished?”

The cheering of the crowd was quite louder than expected. They all were claiming that they did want revenge.

“Alright listen to me” Mr. Hart tried to control the noise raising his both hands, “listen to me. Please, let me finish”

As there was silence, he continued:

“Now I have an idea and I’m sure Abraham will also like it. All of you will be there outside the castle. I will bring Frederick before you all and you can tear him apart. Feed his body to eagles”

The crowd cheered even louder with excitement.

“Ok ok” Mr. Hart declared, “we will do this soon. Right now we need some silence as this is the hospital. I would like to thank you all for showing your hospitality”

Saying this Mr. Frederick went back inside. The police officers then controlled the public.