When they were having dinner at a restaurant, Lucianne’s phone was suddenly bombarded with ‘breaking news’. Xandar was going to ask if everything was okay until his own phone started buzzing like his mate’s just did.
Xandar reached for her hand and held it tight as he read the first headline: Ministers’ Lawyers DENIES the Validity of Corruption Charges.
After tapping into it, the short article read: In a hearing of the charges against the ministers, the presiding judge concluded that, due to the very conflicting version of events given by the prosecution and the defence, the matter should proceed with trial for a detailed examination of evidence. Evidence had been exchanged between the parties as part of due process.