Chapter 27: Probe

Odd.

"Hello?"

"Hello, mister Stevenson"

He craned his neck at the thick voice and scoffed walking about.

"I have the answer to all your problems"

"As much as I want to bet all my money on a Deux ex Machina, I'm not in the mood right now"

"I know what you need, you've been humiliated but that's all about to change. Let me make a proposition"

"Oh yeah?"

"Only if you agree to do as I say"

"Depends on what you're making me agree to do"

The thick voice laughed "Oh mister Stevenson, I assure you, it's not a deal with the devil or a cheque for that matter. It's simple really"

"What is it?"

***

The cameras flashed as he tapped on the microphone with several questions, he swallowed, as much as he would like to hold on fast to the principal, he would just have to suck it up.

"Is this thing on?"

"Yes, mister Stevenson, it's a perfectly functioning microphone" The journalist teased and her eyes crinkled.

He glanced at the governor at the back and swallowed.