Capes by Drabble Matt

Author:Drabble, Matt [Drabble, Matt]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superhero Fantasy
Published: 2020-08-01T04:00:00+00:00

chapter 24

WHITE FLAGS ALL ROUND

Simon Clermont sat in his private office wondering what the hell was going on and just what his own part in it was.

The sun would be up soon, and he didn’t know just what the new day was bringing him. Would it bring a sense of balancing the scales or would he only feel a sense of shame?

When Cynthia Arrow had stood in front of him making her case, it all seemed so rational. He could take revenge on the man that had killed his father, and at the same time, secure his own position as leader of the country. But now, sitting alone in the dark, that sense of righteousness was starting to fade.

The revelations about his predecessor’s underhand dealings would undoubtedly sink his own government by association. It didn’t matter how many years had passed since Rosemary Williams had helped to create a conflict to unite the nation behind her own government and secure power; they were the same party, and her actions would surely sink him now.

He wasn’t ashamed to admit that he had ambition, that he had worked all of his life to ascend to the very highest office in the land. Far too often, in his opinion, the British mentality hid away from success. He didn’t hide; he had never hidden. He had sought the position and he desperately wanted to cling onto it.

“You seem troubled, sir.”

The voice from behind both surprised him and didn’t at the same time. Dennison had been at his side for years now, a man who served without question and with absolute loyalty.

“These are troubling times, Dennison,” Clermont replied.

“How so, sir?”

“How so?” he asked incredulously. “Are you serious? My entire legacy is on the line here, Dennison. This is a rabbit hole we’re staring down, and with my actions, I have just stepped off the edge and started falling.”

“You are doing the right thing, sir, for the country as a whole. They need your leadership, now more than ever.”

“Am I?”

“Of course, sir. Have I ever steered you wrong?”

“No,” he had to admit.

“Then trust me now, sir. You are on the right path, the righteous path. This is your destiny and you should not have to pay for the sins of the past, sins that could plunge our country back into the darkness again.”

“And my father?” he asked without looking up.

“I think that he would be very proud of you. After all, sir, ‘the father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.’”

Clermont looked up at that. He had never known his aide to quote the Bible before; in fact, they had never discussed religion at all in the many years that they had worked side by side.

“You know, you sound a little like her,” he offered warily.

“Her, sir?”

“Cynthia Arrow,” he clarified.

“Well…, I believe that she makes some good points, sir. I have taken the liberty of reviewing the information that she has supplied us with. It would

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