The Temple by Brian Smith

Author:Brian Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: religion, fraud, religious fanaticism, temple, fanaticism, fanatic

A lawyer friend helped Cato challenge the Temple’s claim to his family estate, but after a both costly and bitter legal battle the court found in favour of the Temple. One thing Cato did gain from the court case was a certain amount of publicity and as luck would have it one of the nurses sitting with the old Mr. Drummond during his interminable hours of agony had for some time been having doubts about what was going on in the Dryvellist hospital. She decided to contact Cato and talk with him and so she went to the small flat in town that he rented. Her heart pounding she rang the doorbell. The door opened after a few moments. She recognized Cato immediately from the photo in the newspaper. Coming face to face with him she suddenly felt very shy and didn’t know what to say so she just stood there looking at him somewhat sheepishly. She felt her face reddening.

“Well then, what can I do for you?” Cato said. “Your visit does have a purpose, I presume?”

“Yes, I’m sorry, I just don’t quite know what to say, I mean I don’t know where to start.”

“How about the beginning?”

“Yes, of course, it’s just, well I’m afraid you’ll be angry with me and…”

“Look, just tell me what it is, all right? I won’t bite you I promise. So please, the beginning.”

She took a deep breath. “You see, I’m a nurse at the hospital where your father died and I was with him as well.”

“I see,” he said carefully. “I think you’d better come in then.”

He led the way to the living room where they sat down. She told him the truth about the horrible way his father had died.

Bitter tears ran down his face. “You know what that Director Lee told me? She said he died in dignity and peace. That lying bitch! If I ever get to lay my hands on her then let god have mercy on her for I will not!” He clenched his fists and banged the reading table in fury. “God damn it,” he cursed. “And a curse on that sodding Jeremiah too.” He jumped up agitated. “So they defraud my father, they murder him with pain, they cheat me and lie to me and to the police and there they’re sitting smug and gloating how they made a fortune out of a poor old man. There may be no justice in this world, but by God, I will have my vengeance!” he shouted.

All the while the nurse was looking at him terrified. “Don’t hurt me please,” she whispered.

“Hmm, what? Hurt you? Of course not. I’m not angry with you. In fact I’m very grateful that you came to me. It took courage to do so. But what to do, oh what to do?”

He let himself fall into an armchair and thought about everything. “That temple,” he said after a minute. “With what they’re doing there must be other people who had trouble with them. I think I recall a case a while ago where someone had a public fight with them.

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