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"When will the meeting with the council be happening?" James asked. He put his feet on a footstool and looked at Edward who replied his question with a small shrug.

"The exact day hasn't been fixed yet," Edward answered. "But from the look of things, I don't think it will be happening any time soon. Well, at least in a week or so."

"That means you have just enough time, Edward," James said and his friend looked up at him.

Shaking his head slowly, he said, "you really are saying that I should kill this young man just because he has knowledge of what I did."

"I'm saying that you should get rid of him before his so called knowledge will cause you to be gotten rid of," James said as he leaned closer to his friend. He relaxed back on his chair and pulled out a cigar from his coat pocket. "I am only giving you this advice as a friend. What you do with it is on you."

Edward looked at his friend before putting his head back down and sighing loudly. He thought of different ways the scenar