by Neil Hetzner
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When he discovered that Prissi had been attacked and ended up in the Columbia-Unitarian Hospital, Adaman realized that he and his dying father were not the only persons who had an interest in the girl. Adaman’s first assumption, which made sense given the cards he held, was that Illiya was behind the attack. What he couldn’t understand was why the girl was neither abducted nor killed. It was when he tumbled to the possibility that the attack was about getting something from the girl rather than the girl herself that he decided to alter his plans.
After the FDR attack, Adaman told Jack to lure Prissi to go with him. Adaman’s plan was to get Prissi away from her father and then for Jack to use his charms on her to find out what might have been stolen and what she was doing that would be of interest to others. Adaman ordered Schecty to have his men find out who else was following Prissi. Obviously, that message either had been relayed poorly or had been seriously misunderstood because Beryl Langue was dead.
Now, not only had the girl disappeared, but Jack hated him and held him responsible for Beryl Langue’s death.
Adaman Fflowers was in a panic.
When Joshua Fflowers began to recover, Adaman’s panic turned to pure terror. If Joshua Fflowers found out what Adaman had tried to do, and Adanan suspected that Jack might be the one to relay that newz to the old man, Joshua would ban him from Cygnetics before he disinherited him and make Prissi Langue an heir. Just like so many of the Unbonny Prince’s, Adaman’s plan was unraveling and with it a grand future.
Adaman Fflowers was a Bissell alumnus. He had been taught the classics and had read his Shakespeare. Even though all seemed gray and he knew not which way to turn, he also knew that the worst thing he could be was indecisive. Unsure though he was as to what might be the proper course, he knew had to act. And, so he did.
