Julius was all tears. He fondled with his fingers as he wept bitterly. For he had already seen it even before Prof Duncan revealed it to Stella. He was disappointed that Prof Duncan could be such an ass worse still he was hugely disappointed that the same Stella he called his mate had plans of beheading him tonight. He wished he could save Prof Duncan tonight from being beheaded.

The revelation had occurred twice to him and he felt guilty each time he fought it off. Stella had one major purpose of coming into Professor Duncan’s life which was to behead him and present the bloodied head to Lord Mayor....