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“No, Your Grace,” the servant responded.
“All right. Tell them I will be with them shortly.” The Duke responded.
The servant excused himself to go deliver the Duke’s message.
“Stay in here, son. I will handle this,” the Duke said, standing up and walking out of the study.
It took all of five minutes before Kenneth disobeyed his father’s directive and followed after him. He paused at the stairs and listened to the conversation between his father and the constables.
“Why is it that my son, who was attacked by his peers, is the one you are questioning?” his father said. “Why aren’t you asking his peers who threatened his life?” the Duke railed.
For fear of the Duke’s status and reputation, the constables stayed silent.
He paused for a few minutes until he could listen no longer.
“I’m here,” he announced as he walked down the stairs and into the room, when one of the constables iterated that they didn’t want to cause any trouble but were only interested in questioning the Marquess.
“I told you to stay away,” his father railed in anger.
“I am sorry, Father. But this is my mess. Please let me handle this. I can’t let further embarrassment be dropped at your feet on account of this.”
Even though he could see the sparks flying from the Duke’s eyes, his father stayed silent and stepped to the side.
“Morning, Constables. How may I help you?” he asked.
The officers began a series of questions centering on his whereabouts before the session at parliament yesterday. As Kenneth answered, he became increasingly aware that this wasn’t just about the events yesterday.
Someone had obviously been watching him for a long time and was trying to pin some ridiculous charges on him.
“And your valet? Do you have any ideas on his whereabouts?”
“His valet has been missing for four days, a fact that your office is aware of, seeing as we made a report.” This time, it was the Duke who had answered.
The constables paused before continuing their questions to Kenneth.
Finally, they settled on the events of yesterday where they asked him what had happened. His explanation couldn’t have been clearer and yet when the one who was the leader spoke, it was obvious that they hadn’t listened to a thing he had said.
They were pushing their own agenda and it had dawned on him a little too late.
“All right, constables. What really is the matter here?” Kenneth asked.
The constables exchanged looks with one another while avoiding the eyes of the Duke.
“I’m afraid you are going to have to follow us to the office for your own safety,” they blurted out.
“Are you arresting me?” Kenneth shouted.
