Chapter 96: Prime Minister’s Banquet
When it’s almost time to perform an important task, time seems to pass faster. Although Lucasta was a bit nervous, she still wanted to end everything quickly.
As long as Anatole agrees to confirm that he has bought blood from William for many years, the police will have reason to detain William and use professional techniques to make him tell the truth.
– It’ll be okay. I am always by your side. Samson placed his hands on her bare shoulders and reassured her.
Lucasta nodded, smiled at the reflection of him and herself in the mirror, then turned around and placed a kiss on his lips to wish them both luck.
The one who took them to the party was Bella. Today was an important day, so Bella wanted herself to take them there.
Moreover, she is also free and the day they return home will also be the day she leaves France and returns to her brother’s side.
When she achieved her ambitions, she suddenly realized that being with and taking care of her loved ones was her heart’s deepest desire.
– Hello Lucasta, hello Mr. Samson. You look very beautiful today. Bella lowered the windshield and smiled brightly.
As soon as Samson and Lucasta sat in, the car immediately drove away, straight to the luxurious villa of Prime Minister Anatole.
Both he and Lucasta were no longer in the mood to look at the street, only thinking about the words they would say to Anatole.
After passing through the bustling streets, the car turned into a luxury villa area and stopped.
Looking at the large yard containing several dozen cars was enough for them to understand that those who came here must be guests that Anatole treasured very much.
– Good luck! When you come back, call me. Bella said as soon as the car stopped.
– Thank you.
– Thank you.
They both straightened their clothes and held hands to get out of the car.
Their luxurious appearance quickly attracted the eyes of guests who were simultaneously walking through the large gate.
Lucasta gave the invitation card to the bodyguard and he immediately made a gesture inviting her and Samson in.
Now, she is Calantha and Samson will be Calantha’s boyfriend. He kept his name the same, only she needed to change her name.
– Hello, Mr. Prime Minister. I’m Calantha and this is my boyfriend, Samson. I came to this intimate party on behalf of my father. Lucasta smiled and held out her hand.
– Oh, what a pleasure. The daughter of the president of Workday truly has a more noble aura than others. And your boyfriend is no different from a legendary noble.
Lucasta’s heart skipped a beat because she thought he would say that Samson looked like the legendary vampire gentleman.
Although she tried to reassure herself, she still couldn’t help but feel worried and scared.
In contrast to her, Samson seemed extremely comfortable. After shaking the prime minister’s hand, he held her hand and led her inside.
When all the guests had entered the banquet hall, Anatole also held a glass of wine and came to greet each person.
Lucasta picked up a grape, put it in her mouth, and chewed to relieve stress. She and Samson were forced to talk privately with Anatole in a closed space and she had to be the one to make the request, not him.
– Hello Miss Calantha, can you have some wine? Anatole approached the two of them and asked.
– Of course.
Lucasta picked up the glass of wine on the tray carried by the waitress and gently touched Anatole’s glass, then took a sip.
Compared to the precious, expensive bottle of wine in Samson’s castle, this wine is much lighter.
– Mr. Samson…
– Oh, he has a stomachache so he can’t drink wine. Lucasta quickly refused on behalf of her husband.
Samson was a person with a fairly standard lifestyle, if she didn’t want to say he was quite rigid. He did not touch alcohol. He only drinks blood.
Furthermore, he said that if alcohol makes his mind unstable, he may not be able to control himself.
She also couldn’t imagine how bustling this place would be if this guy changed into his true form because he was drunk.
– Wishing you both a delicious meal and a pleasant evening.
As soon as Anatole was about to leave, Lucasta reached out to hold him back and asked him to let her meet alone for a few minutes to send the gift her father gave him as well as convey her father’s words to him.
Of course, the prime minister happily agreed because the president of Workday was his benefactor. He thought that perhaps his benefactor needed to ask for help with something.
– Then come to my office when the party ends.
He lightly touched his wine glass to the wine glass in Lucasta’s hand and then continued to greet the guests.
At this point, Lucasta breathed a sigh of relief and asked Samson to get some food for her. Her work is finished here, next, the one to talk to the prime minister will be Samson.
Occasionally a few guests came to chat with them and Samson became Lucasta’s translator. She only knows how to speak her language, unlike him.
Previously, with different identities in the past, Samson had traveled to many countries and was fluent in their languages and cultures.
At that time, if he wanted to go, he could just jump on the ship and go, there was no process of checking identification documents or cumbersome inspection procedures like there is now.
And in the past two hundred years, he is no longer interested in going to many places, only staying in the forest, occasionally going to the city.
Until he saved Maris from William, he lived in seclusion in the forest for twenty years.
Time gradually passed and the party gradually ended. After shaking hands and seeing off the guests, Anatole immediately invited Lucasta and Samson to follow him into the study on the third floor.
His daughters all looked at Samson with admiring eyes. They felt quite regretful because he had a rich and beautiful girlfriend by his side.
– Now show me the gift your father sent me. Anatole spoke as soon as he closed the door.
Samson took out a photo from his pocket, a photo of the blood bags inside the refrigerated truck, and gave it to Anatole.
– What is this? The Prime Minister frowned and asked.
– It was taken from Mr. William’s transport truck. This blood was on the flight with you to France and if I guess correctly, there have been many shipments like this transacted. Samson replied slowly.
– Police. Are you a police officer? What do you think you can do with a politician like me?
– I didn’t come here to question or investigate you, but I have a request.
After finishing speaking, Samson remained silent and observed the expression on Anatole’s face.
It wasn’t until Anatole sat down and gestured with his hand that Samson continued to tell him about the police investigating missing cases that had lasted for decades and that William was the number one suspect.
However, because of William’s current status as well as the lack of accurate evidence, the investigation can only be conducted in secret.
He also confessed that the girl next to him was not Calantha but William’s niece, the daughter of the late director of the Institute of Medical Sciences, Walter, her name was Lucasta.
He also revealed to Anatole what William had done to her and her parents.
– We do not have any evidence of the accident and William’s plots to harm Lucasta except what she told us. You also know that the law deals with crimes based on evidence, not just words.
– You mean the blood he sold me was taken from missing people?
– I think so. I guess recently the amount of blood he sold to you has decreased because the domestic police are strictly checking and the cases of disappearances have decreased significantly.
Anatole’s face turned gloomy. The truth is as Samson said. The recent shipment was only two-thirds of the previous shipment.
However, the reason that William gave Anatole was that the people who sold his blood had a better life and they did not want to continue.
Anatole always believed that the blood supply to him came from poor, needy people who needed money to make ends meet.
He could not imagine that it was the blood of people kidnapped and brutally killed by William.
– So what do you need my help with?
– Please testify that you have purchased many shipments of blood from him. That would be a reason for the police to detain him and use professional measures to find evidence and prevent him from harming innocent people.
Anatole thought for a long time and finally, he nodded in agreement. Now, he feels like he is no different from a killer.
Because he needed blood so much, he paid an unbelievably high price to buy it, indirectly causing tragic deaths.
– I’ve been dealing with William since he wasn’t even a director yet. Before that, I bought blood from a man named Thomas, a hematologist. Not long after Thomas passed away, someone who had been his assistant contacted me and introduced William to me. Anatole bowed his head, his voice trembling.
– Thomas is not dead, he is William. Samson sighed and said.
Next, Samson told him that the fire was a perfect escape stage that Thomas created to escape police investigation when he was suspected of being involved in many disappearances of beautiful and wealthy young girls who were once his mistresses.
When the girls’ families reported the crime, they discovered that their daughter and granddaughter’s assets had evaporated, and real estate and bank deposits were gone.
And he, who had seen Thomas’s real face and now William’s face, dared to affirm that the two were the same person.
The truth is that Anatole had never seen Thomas before, he had only met William. But he was extremely surprised.
From what he saw, this young man was probably in his twenties, but he said he had met Thomas.
Could it be that this is an old man who has had plastic surgery to rejuvenate himself and used miracle drugs to be able to walk as nimbly as a young man?
Even so, he did not ask because he was afraid of hurting Samson’s pride.
– Mr. Anatole, I have a question. Lucasta spoke up after keeping silent for a long time.
– Just say it.
– Why do you buy so much blood at such a high price? Is the amount of blood donated by people not enough for patients?
Anatole’s hand clenched tightly, blue veins showing. He bought blood to use for patients, but these patients were not the ones treated publicly in hospitals.
They consume blood as an essential food source. Because of them, he tried to do other businesses to have money to buy blood from William.
– Please come back here in three days. I’ll take you two to a place and you’ll get the answer. Anatole smiled and made a suggestion.