Chapter 98: Irrational Doug

"My name is Peter and this is my friend, Chris. I know exactly who you are and I know exactly why you're here, but you have to stop and let it go," Peter said to Douglas.

"Who are you exactly?" Douglas asked, still suspicious.

"I'm the fiance of your sister's best friend, Sharon. You know her, don't you?" Peter said.

"Yes, I know her. You're the man she's getting married to?"

"Yes, I am. Look, this man you're after, you can't get to him and I know that you want to honour your sister, but if you do this, it will cause more harm than good,"

Douglas was now breaking down emotionally. He put his hands on his face, trying to prevent the tears in his eyes from spilling.

"She's dead! He killed her and he's living his life like nothing ever happened. He has to pay!"

"And he will! He will, Douglas, but not by your hand. We'll have to leave it to karma or Divine Justice, but we can't go after this man. I've done it before and I'm telling you, it only leads to more pain and suffering because he's ruthless."

Douglas was now crying!

"What am I supposed to do now? Just go home and forget about this?" Douglas asked, sniffing his nose.

"You're going to have to, for your mother's sake," Chris said and placed his hand on Douglas's shoulder.

"Come on, let's go back to Jacksonville. This man isn't worth ruining our entire lives over. Okay?" Peter said and held the back of Douglas's head.

"Okay, let's go back," Douglas said.

As they were about to leave, a long car drove by and parked at the entrance of the building. The reporters, journalists and cameramen all ran over and started taking pictures. The car doors opened up and Mr Andrew came out of them. He was swarmed by the media, but his security kept them at bay. They bombarded him with questions and continuously took pictures of him.

"Mr Andrew! Mr Andrew! Why has Modex decided to sign a new partnership deal with Worthington Enterprise when we heard that Modex was planning to become a corporation on its own?" A random reporter asked.

Addicus and Mr Andrew had decided to keep the news of Modex's predicament to themselves and didn't give any reports about their lost merchandise that rest at the bottom of the ocean.

"Modex decided on a different course of action and has decided that a partnership with Worthington Enterprise is the best thing for the company's future," Mr Andrew answered.

"Sir, Sir? Modex has refused so many sole partnerships deals with various companies for the past two years, but has accepted to partner with Worthington Enterprise. How did they manage to convince you?" Another random reporter asked.

"Why don't you ask him yourself?" Mr Andrew said as the car carrying Addicus pulled up by the building as well.

Douglas, Peter and Chris were still watching and hadn't left yet. The commotion caused by the media left them stagnant and they watched everything that was happening.

Addicus came out of his car and was also swarmed by the media and their questions. Will, his chief of security, pushed the media back to give his boss some space.

"Alright, Alright, calm down!" Addicus said to the media with a voice that commanded respect and obedience.

"I'll be answering just three questions and I'll choose which reporter I want to ask. So let's start with you," Addicus said and pointed to a young blonde man.

"Thank you, Mr Addicus. Jimmy Johns, I'm with **NewsHead Papers** and I would like to know what the immediate plan is after the deal is signed today."

Addicus responded by saying they'll immediately start production and shipment overseas.

The second reporter to ask a question was a woman from **The Daily Metro Newspaper.** She asked if the companies would merge into one or if would they remain separate firms. Addicus answered by saying only time would tell.

"One last question!" Will announced and all the reporters wanted to ask something.

Douglas stared at Addicus with so much hate and anger. He was appalled by his ugly face and his sheepish disguise as a reputable businessman and was so eager to put him in his place. He took a step towards Addicus, and Peter tried to hold him back, but he pushed him away and ran into the crowd of reporters and raised his hand.

"Mr Addicus! I have a question for you, you murderous bastard!" Douglas said loudly.

"Young man, what paper do you represent?" Addicus asked, a bit nervous by how the man had addressed him.

"I don't represent any newspaper. I represent my sister, Lilly Powell. Do you remember her? Do you remember what you did to her, you pig?" Douglas screamed angrily and approached Addicus.

Will and the other security guards stepped in front of him and held him back.

"I think you have me confused with someone else. Please, get him out of here." Addicus said with a fake smile.

"You killed my sister, you killed her and you lied about it. You're a murderer, Addicus, and I won't stop trying to prove it until you rot in jail," Douglas shouted as he was being dragged away.

The journalists on the ground were fascinated by these alleged murder accusations and some of them went to Addicus for more information and others went to Douglas.

"Mr Addicus, is what this man is saying true? Did you really murder his sister?" A reporter asked him.

"Of course I didn't! I don't even know who this man is," Addicus denied angrily.

"That's a lie. He killed her!" Douglas shouted as the reporters surrounded him.

The guards had no choice but to release him from their hold and go back to protecting their boss.

"Tell us your story, Sir!" A reporter said to Douglas and put a recorder near his mouth.

**Author's Note: It's about to go down. The tail of the lion has just been stepped on. How will the Apex predator react?**