Chapter 41

"Freedom for the wolves has often meant death to the sheep."
Isaiah Berlin.
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"No, no, this can't be real."Daniel's hands shook as he stared at Jeremy's letter in his hands. "how could he have survived?" He questioned himself. Daniel remembered clearly that he had visited the funeral ceremony and no one had told him that there was a survivor among the Akinsola's. If he had known then he would have gotten rid of Jeremy Akinsola a long time ago.
"Since your existence was my mistake, then I'm going to make you regret the day you began to exist, " Daniel said and tear the letter into pieces. "Andre, " he called.
Andre who has been watching Daniel for a while move closer to him and bows his head.
"I want you on that attorney. He is a mistake we must delete entirely."
"Yes sir, " Andre replied and walked out of the living room. Meanwhile, Daniel paced around the room and thought about how to get rid of his mistake.
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"You sent a letter to him?" Yomi shouted as soon as Jeremy informed them about the letter he sent to Daniel Hamilton.
"Yes, I did because I wanted him to know who I am. Keeping my identity from him is a sign that I am weak." Jeremy explained.
"And you tell him who you truly show how dumb you are, " Yomi retorted.
"I did what I thought was best yomi. You have no right to question me, " Jeremy said.
"That's where you are always wrong Jeremy. You always think you know it best but you don't. Why didn't you tell any of us or tell me or Lisa who is closer to you!"
Jeremy stood up and paced around the meeting room of the justice.
"Look I'm sorry I didn't tell any of you but it needed to be done, " Jeremy apologized and looked at the faces of all the justice. "You guys are the only family I have and what I did was wrong but I thought it was a good idea."
"It isn't a bad idea tho, " Kendra commented and earned a glare from Yomi who was fuming angrily where he sat. "It's the truth yomi. You do not have to glare at me."
"Glare at you? Why would I glare at a fool like you?" Yomi retorted.
Kendra shrugged and scoffed. "Your? words are offensive and it sounds very dumb."
"Everyone in here knows everything about you is dumb Kendra," Yomi replied.
Soon the argument shifted from Jeremy's topic to Kendra and Yomi. The rest of the justice watched as they argued with one another but none did nothing until Mary stood up and shouted aloud.
"Geez, my ears Mary. Why do you have to shout so loud?" Kendra questioned as she removed her hands from her ears.
"What you and yomi are doing is worst than my shout?" Mary replied and stood up from her chair then she pointed to Yomi and Kendra. "You both fight like an old married couple."
"And only two people who are in love fight like them, " Lara added jokingly and they all laughed.
"Kendra and I will never be together, " Yomi stated bluntly.
"As if, " Kendra replied but there was a hint of sadness in her tone that was noticed by both Mary and Lara.
For a while, the room was silent until Kemisola spoke up.
"So now that you have revealed your identity to that cunning old man, what is your plan?" Kemisola questioned Jeremy.
"I plan to ruin him and bring down the feathers along with him. " Jeremy replied with a smile. He dips his hand into his shirt pocket and bought out a blue flash drive. "This was given to me by Dr. John."
"The doctor who performed the autopsy on sola?" Kemisola asked and Jeremy nodded.
"When I watched this I was so angry that I had to send that letter?" Jeremy informed the justice.
"What was on the flash drive?" James asked.
"It's unexplainable but it talks about the dirty past of the feathers and the secrets they keep." Jeremy tries to explain.
"What kind of secrets? I need to know so that I can post it on anonymous, " Mary requested.
"No, no. " Jeremy shook his head. Now is not the time for that many because I found something more shocking," he told them.
"What is it you found?" Lara questioned.
Jeremy dip his hand into his shirt pocket again and bought out a love-shaped locket.
Yomi's eyes grew as soon as he saw it. He recognized the locket as the one his father had given to Jeremy when they were kids but he hasn't seen it for years because Jeremy never wore it.
"My dad gave you this right?" Yomi asked to be sure of his assumptions.
"Yes yomi." Jeremy agreed. He opened the locket and bought put a small micro SD card. "When your father gave this to me, I didn't wear it because it has a picture of my family inside of it. The day he gave it to me was the last day I touched until I came across it yesterday."
"How do you come across something you lose interest in?"James quickly asked.
" I saw it in one of my boxes while I was searching for an old file," Jeremy explained.
"What more did you find about the feathers?" Lisa who had been silently for a while asked.
"This micro SD has a strong security code protecting and I couldn't get through it but I figured it has something to do with the feathers," Jeremy told them.
"Security code?" Kendra scoffed and stretches her hand. "I can deal with any security code, " she said boastfully. "Hand over the Card and I'll remove any security code on it." She said to Jeremy.
"Very well then, " Jeremy accepted and put the micro SD card back into the locket then he handed it over to Kendra. "The code won't be easy to crack so I'll like it if you and Lisa could work on it."
"Alright, that's better." Kendra agreed and put the locket inside her jean pocket. "Okay, what's next?"
"Mary, I need you to post something on your blog right now. Tomorrow is the departing date of the circle community right?" Jeremy asked and Mary replied with a nod. "I need you to post something like this, if you are really against the feather's injustice, Come to... Then you'll write the address there."
"Woah!" Kemisola exclaimed at Jeremy's plan. "You are so cool. " she gave him a thumb up and Jeremy smiled at her.
"That's a great idea but don't you think that's risky?"Lara asked.
" what risky in his plans?" Kendra questioned.
"It's risky because I feel he could be the feathers next victim," Lara said.
Jeremy smiled and soon it turns to laughter. "Let's them come at me at once and I'll feed their bodies to the birds of the air," Jeremy said.
James cleared his throat and they all turned to face him. "Are we done here?" He asked and they all stared at him as if he had lost his senses. "What? I'm hungry!" He said and stood up.
Kemisola shook her head while Mary's face palmed herself.
The next day
After Mary posted the address of the circle community on her blog, the justice didn't expect a large number of people to show up at the place. Different people showed up with a banner that shows different writing.
Some wrote "It time for the feathers to end" on the banner while some wrote, "The president is weak that's why he hasn't spoken up about the injustice of the feathers."
Everyone all wrote how they felt on their banner but the one who stood out of the multitude was. "Feathers, please bring back my daughter. " it was held by an old woman who stood alone and separated herself from the crowd.
The woman was noticed by Jeremy who stood in a corner of the building watching her. He felt sorry for the woman and the words on her banner show how she was suffering from the pains by the feathers. As he headed towards the woman to console her, some press media cars arrived and stopped at the front of the woman. Soon they all began to question her but the woman didn't reply to any of them.
"Who invited the stupid media here?" Mary cursed at them as soon as she saw their vehicles.
"You did," Kendra replied to her. Mary glared at her and shook her head denying the fact that's she didn't. " you did girl."Kendra clicked her tongue. "You posted it on your blog."
"Oh right. " Mary laughed as she realized her foolishness.
Soon, the media began to interview the crowd, and when it got to Jeremy's turn. He walked away from them and stood at the front of the building where everyone could see him. He beckoned the justice to join him and when they did, he began his speech.
"I am glad that you all have come out here to support the circle community and I'm also happy that you are in support of justice. The feathers have wronged everyone here including me. Everyone here has been a victim of justice and the time to stand up and say no is now. We can't continue to keep quiet and suffer in pain."
"Yes, " the crowd all chorused.
"We have suffered enough in the hands of the feathers and now is the time to stand up for justice. If you are with me, I want you to say justice!"
"Justice!" The crowd roared.
"Justice!" Jeremy said again.
"Justice, " the crowd repeated.
"The president is watching us and doing nothing because he thinks we are fools but we won't back down until we get our justice," Jeremy said with the anger that surge through him. "Look at how they had made the circle community suffered!" Jeremy pointed to the building and the circle community. "Haven't they suffered enough?"
"Yes, they have!" The crowd chorused.
"Are you ready to stand up for justice? Are you ready to be courageous and tell those in power that we are strong too? Are you ready to take back what was stolen from you?"
"Yes!" The crowd chorused and clapped for Jeremy.
"My team and I are here to see that corruption and injustice are kicked out of this country and I hope you will help us."
" yes, we will." The crowd all chorused.
A limping woman pushed herself admits the crowd to get to the front and when she did, she raised her banner. "Justice for Timothy Matthews and his family."
The people began to murmur as they read out her banner. The press all rushed to her and began questioning her.
"I am Rebecca Matthews, the wife of late Timothy Matthews, " the woman revealed and some gasps were heard.
"But you died!" A man from the crowd shouted.
"No I didn't die instead I was left to die in a coma until I was saved and here I am. I am here to stand up for justice, just like you, " she pointed to the crowd. " just like you, " Rebecca pointed to Jeremy.
The woman who was holding. "Feathers, bring back my daughter." also went to the front and raised her banner. " I am McKenna Larsson and I stand for justice."
Soon everyone in the crowd raised their banners and chorused the word " I stand for justice!"
When it was time for the circle community to leave, the crowd bade them all goodbye as they entered into a bus provided by Jeremy. The bus was to take them to mandoe.
"Thank you so much Jeremy Akinsola, " Elijah, the dwarf hugged Jeremy's leg as he entered the bus. The rest of the circle community also thank Jeremy as they all entered the bus.
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Thanks for reading. ......
Let's go catch some bad guys?????
Melody