Chapter 96: Who Let The Doug Out?

Douglas drove angrily until he got to the train station. He bought a ticket for Denver and was off to get justice for his murdered sister.

He didn't even have a plan. He didn't have any arrangements for where he would stay, or how he would go about everything. You can't just walk into a police station and accuse someone of a crime that happened five years ago without any kind of proof, but Douglas didn't care. He trusted the words of his mother and for him, that was all the proof he needed.

He was so angry that he wasn't thinking clearly. He was marching straight into the lion's den without any means of protection.

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Mrs Karen was now at Sharon's house and when she got there, she found Sharon talking with her friends.

"Girls, I would like a moment to speak with the bride, if you don't mind?" She said calmly.

"Of course not, Mrs Karen! We'll be in the living room while you two talk," Lauren, one of the friends, said.

The three of them went out to the room and left Mrs Karen alone with Sharon.

"Aunty, what is it?" Sharon asked, already sensing that something was amiss.

"It's Douglas, he's here!"

"That's wonderful news! Did he come with you?" Sharon asked and was looking over her shoulders, wondering if Douglas was right outside.

"He isn't here with me because he's on his way to Denver to report his sister's murder to the police and have that man, Addicus, arrested," Mrs Karen said in distress.

***Sharon couldn't believe her ears!***

"How did he find out about him?"

"I spoke to him about it. I thought that he deserved to know the truth about what really happened to his sister, but I didn't think that he would take it this way and would be willing to do something so rash," Mrs Karen said.

"Where is he right now?"

"He took his father's car and drove off, probably to the train station. He must be almost there by now. We need to go after him, we need to stop him from causing another conflict with this man. Please, Sharon! You have to stop him," Mrs Karen pleaded.

"Don't worry, Aunty, I'll go get him," Sharon said and she ran out of her house.

She went outside but the car was gone. She remembered that Peter and Chris had gone out with it.

"How do I get to the train station on time now?"

Suddenly, she remembered that Addicus had left a car in the garage of the house after he rebuilt it. He left it there as a gift and she never even touched the car, much less drove it. But, *desperate times call for desperate measures.*

She ran to the garage and entered the car. She drove out and went straight to the train station to look for Douglas. By the time she got there, the last train leaving for Colorado was already on its way. She had just missed it.

"No!" She yelled as the train sped away.

This wasn't good, it wasn't good at all. If Douglas went to the police in Denver and reported Addicus, it would cause a lot of problems and would probably invoke Addicus' anger. *He would surely feel that the terms of their agreement had been breached and God only knows what he would do.*

Sharon knew she had to get to Douglas before he got to Addicus. She drove back to the house and when she got there, Peter and Chris were already back from the bank. Peter noticed her car and came outside. She got to the house and got out of the car.

"Peter, we have a problem!"

"Yeah, we do. Your friends were pretty upset that you ran out on them and they all left. Looks like you're going to have to do something nice for them as an apology," Peter teased.

"No, that's not it! Douglas is on his way to Denver, to report Addicus for killing Lily."

"Wait! Douglas, as in Lily's younger brother? I thought he was in the University?" Peter asked.

"He was, but he arrived today and his mother told him the truth about Lily's death. He got very angry and decided to go to Denver to have Addicus arrested,"

"The last thing we need is more controversy, especially now that we're getting married. We have to stop him and convince him to let it go. Addicus is way too connected and getting him arrested for a closed case will be next to impossible but, it will cause a stir and he won't like that. He'll blame you for it and most likely, he'll..." Peter said.

"He'll come after us again," Sharon completely the sentence.

"We can't let that happen," Peter said, "so, I'll get Chris and we'll go to Denver and try to talk some sense into Douglas."

"But you don't know what he looks like and neither do I. I haven't seen him in years," Sharon pointed out.

"Then, you get back to Mrs Karen and ask her for a photo of Douglas, while Chris and I will be getting ready to leave," Peter said and Sharon nodded in agreement.

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Peter and Chris went to the train station and got their tickets to Denver. They were at least three hours behind Douglas and could only hope that they found him before he found Addicus. They had the photo of him now and would be able to recognize him.

"Oh, Chris! Why can't I just have a normal life? The one time when I thought everything was finally going to be perfect, this happens and threatens to destroy everything."

"Don't worry about it, Pete. We'll find him and everything will be alright. You'll get married to Sharon and the both of you will lead a happy and quiet life, just like you want," Chris said, trying to will him on.

"I really hope you're right, Chris, because if this gets out of hand and Addicus gets webbed up with the law, he'll most likely come after us again and this time, he'll come with everything he has," Peter said, dreading the possibility of it.

"If that happens, then we'll take him out, and we won't hold back either. If we must kill him, then that's what we'll do." Chris said and Peter nodded.

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Meanwhile, Sharon was so worried back at home. She was pacing back and forth, so anxious about what would happen next. She went into her bedroom and saw her wedding dress that was worn on a mannequin. It was a long and beautiful white dress with lace and flowery prints.

She smiled at the dress and walked over to it and felt the fabric.

"Hopefully, you'll be used sooner rather than later," she said to the dress.

She took it off the mannequin and wrapped it up, locking it up in a drawer, already preparing for a scenario where she wouldn't be needing a wedding dress.

She walked up to her bed and pushed it away, revealing a hidden compartment underneath the floorboards. Peter had installed it a few days after they got to the house. He had put all of their weapons there. Sharon took out a key and opened the compartment. She looked inside it and stared at the guns and knives.

*She sighed softly and closed it back up, hoping that Peter would prevent Douglas from making Addicus angry, so she wouldn't have to hold a gun ever again.*