Man in the dungeon

Alex was about to ask Jackson a few more questions,when someone knocked on the door. Alex pulled his feet down off his desk,and Jackson walked to door opening it . Seeing it was Rich with Chef Rosa ,he stands to the side and invites them in.

"Chef Rosa please take one of those seats in front the Desk." She stopped in front of Jackson and curtsy greeting him "good morning your Royal highness Jackson, Jackson politely greeted her back "good morning Chef Rosa, nice to see you again." She stepped forward in front of Alex , bowing her head curtsied and greeted Alex

" Good morning Your Majesty "Alex greeted her and cut right to the chase, " Good morning Chef Rosa , please take a seat,did Rich tell you why he brought you here."

She wasn't nervous and had nothing to hide from Alex she calmly answered his question ."no , your Majesty, commander Richard just told me you would like to talk with me."

He leaned back in the chair twirling an ink pen in between his fingers, while speaking to her "Chef Rosa I had a prisoner in the dungeon and someone poisoned him last night. I was wondering if you might have heard or seen any thing.

She scooted to the edge of the chair, and turned her head to the side, asking him "your Majesty, I'm not sure I heard you right, did you say someone poisoned a man in the dungeon?"

"Yes, Chef Rosa you heard correctly."

This news gave her heart quite a jolt, things like that just don't happen everyday here at the castle . She put her hand on her chest and took a deep breath. Alex set up in his chair, leaning forward asking her " Chef Rosa , are you going to be ok? We can do this some other time."

"No, your Majesty, please continue its just everything here at the castle is always so peaceful, that was just a little unexpected."

Jackson came forward and patted her shoulder asking. "Chef Rosa , would you like me to get you something to drink?"

She patted his hand on her shoulder saying

" no , Prince Jackson, I will be ok." Alex gave her a few minutes to compose her self and continued his questions.

"Ok, Chef Rosa if you're doing better now ,I just have a couple more questions for you .Do you know who the person was that gave the blood to the men Commander Richard had posted in front of the dungeon?"

"No your Majesty, as you are aware, we don't keep the blood under lock and key every one in the castle has access to it."

He tapped the ink pen in his hand on the top of the desk. Thinking about what she just said, he comments " you know chef Rosa, I had forgotten about that. All the butlers and all the maids can walk into the cooler and get blood for the guest."

" That's right your majesty, your father

wanted it to be that way. He always wanted the guest here in the castle to be well taken care of ,even if the kitchen staff had already left for the night."

"Chef Rosa ,have you heard anyone talking about the man in the dungeon?"

" No your Majesty, I haven't heard a word."

He could tell Chef Rosa wasn't lying to him,

Her heart beat was steady as she looked him in the eyes, answering all his questions.

"Chef Rosa, thank you for coming, I will have Commander Richard escort you back to the kitchen."

"That want be necessary your Majesty, I know the way. I use to bring your grandfather his lunch to this office when I was a child. My father was the chef here at the castle at that time."

"He chuckled, commenting " Chef Rosa you probably know your way around the castle better then me."

Rising to her feet, patting Jackson on the shoulder , she teasingly said .

"It's possible your Majesty, I crawled all through those old tunnels and passage ways with your father when we were children. There may have been one you and Prince Jackson might have missed."

Jackson walked her to the door, holding it open for her and with a warm kind voice told her." You have a nice day Chef Rosa."

"You too , Prince Jackson."

Jackson closed the door, looking back at Alex saying " You didn't tell me, your guest in the dungeon was dead, so we just don't have a trader in the Castle now we have a murderer."

"That's right, and it's possible they may be helping prepare our lunch right now. "

He spins his chair around looking in Rich's direction telling him "go get Kathy she makes most of the drinks, let's see what she knows."

"Ok. Alex,"

Rich softly closed the door behind him as Alex set with his feet propped up on the desk again, and Jackson made himself comfortable on the sofa,silently flipping through his phone. Laughter filled the office, looking his way puzzled, Alex ask

"What the fucks so funny?"

Raising his head up. he calmly states "I'm engaged."

"What the hell , did you text Karmen and ask her to marry you ."

He smugly ask him "Would that be any worse then you asking Lexi on a video call?"

Alex shot back , in surrender

"Touché brother"

"But no, I didn't, That's the only thing the damm tabloids could come up with. "

" What does it say?"

Reading loudly and comically nodding along with the article, as he chuckled a bit

"Get this Alex, this is the headline

Prince Jackson Eddington pop's the question to heiress Karmen Boyett

Now listen to this shit ,"laughing a little he began reading the article.

{Has Prince Jackson Eddington hung up his fast and loose, immoral lifestyle? It has been reported that he popped the question to heiress Karmen Boyett over lunch in the historic restaurant Gaddy's on Sunday afternoon. They had been spotted earlier that day at an Art Show in the local gallery. Sources say they were looking for a new Art piece to turn Prince Jackson's historic home into the perfect family home for the young couple. As of yet there has been no formal announcements on the next Royal Wedding.}

"I didn't come out so bad on that one Alex."

"Yeah you lucky little bastard you done a hell of a lot better then me."

As he continued flipping through his phone, his eyes shot up, as his smile faded .

Alex tilted his head and raised his brows asking " not so lucky anymore?"

"Fucking bastards, Alex, Karmen is going to be so pissed ."

Alex holds his hands in front of him pushing them in a downwards motion telling him

"Just calm down and tell me what it says."

Ok Alex, this is bullshit

{prince Jackson Eddington cheated on fiancée Heiress Karmen Boyett two days before he proposed, with cocktail waitresses Amber Simon .}

"Jackson, how can that be that bad ,you didn't even know Karmen then.She already knows what type of lifestyle you had . Right?"

"I didn't really hide that part, I told her me and Ethan hung out in the same type of places. But that's not what I'm talking about."

He slides his phone over in front of him,

"It's this damm pitcher Alex , when me and Karmen were at the sunset concert, this bitch walked by us giving me and Karmen the evil eye. But I didn't want to tell Karmen that bitch was jealous. She ask if Amber was a mixed couples hater and I told her probably."

"So you're telling me you lied to her.

That's a tough one , the way I see it ,you only have one choice, come clean ,tell her everything .If I were you I would make sure she knows that probably won't be the only woman who gives her the evil eye .Then beg for forgiveness. Maybe she want be to pissed off."

Before Alex could give him any further advice Rich knocked on the door again , he had Kathy and Chef Mark with him .Stepping inside the office he told Kathy to take a seat in front of Alex. He took the other chair that was beside it and placed it outside the office asking Chef Mark to wait in the hallway. Chef Mark is the only human in the kitchen, he wouldn't be able to hear the conversation taking place inside the office. For this reason Rich brought him along just to save time and make the investigation go a little faster.

Alex started questioning Kathy

"Kathy do you know why Rich brought you here?"

"Not really your Majesty,"

He listened to her heart beat carefully, looking into her eyes for hints of deception and lies,as he continued questioning her

"Kathy did you get the blood from the cooler last night for Commander Richard's men that were posted in front of the dungeon entrance?"

"No your Majesty, last night after you and Princess Alexis decided to have dinner in the west wing Garden, me and Brenda shampooed the area rugs in the dining room. That's the reason Allison is the only one who was serving you dinner last night .I really don't know who exactly gave the blood to the men that was posted in front of the dungeon. "

Alex heard her heart rate accelerated for a fleeting second, Jackson looked up from his phone his eyes traveled to the lady sitting in front of Alex then shifted back to meet his brothers. Alex calmly ask Kathy have you heard anything about the man in the dungeon? That man is dead now and someone in the Castle is responsible for his death." gasping and covering her mouth with her hand ,she stammered in a quicken voice."Oh lord, ! Your Majesty a lot of people here in the Castle knew Commander Richard brought that man to the dungeon last night."

Alex Cooley ask her again"Kathy have you heard people talking about him and why do you think a lot of people know, it's not common practice anymore to hold prisoners in the dungeon anymore. They are usually held in the jail down town."

Gaining her composure she tried to answer all his questions.

"Yes, your Majesty, I think that is why on Saturday the people who saw Commander Richard bringing a man in shackles through the service entrance was stunned .

I heard that young boy who works part time washing dishes named Kenny, ask a maid who that man was. The maid had brought Kenny clean dish towels. But I didn't hear what she told him. I was helping chef Mark organize and inventory his baking supplies he wanted to make sure he had enough supplies on hand for your upcoming wedding."