280 The Anticipated News

With Richards gone and Amelia sharing something important, his focus shifted to her. 

"So what was the news, Amelia? Let me guess, is the House of Saud terminating their agreement with us?" 

Amelia looked down somberly and responded, "You are correct, Poul. They have given us a reason. Granting us exclusive rights to mine the oil fields in the territory of Saudi Arabia would be detrimental to the economic development of the nation. They believed that they would be under our control by giving us full control of their oil reserves. But that is not the worst part. They negotiated with the British Empire, spearheaded by King Alexander, and reached an agreement. Saudi Arabia has just allowed the British to mine their oil reserves, and we are being kicked out of the oil field that we discovered."