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been working for over the past ten years.
Derek heard commotion outside his office and turned around to find the man in question had
barged in through his doorway. Derek s secretary came chasing after him. Sir, you can t go in there,
she was trying to say, her voice and eyes panicked.
It s okay, Lana. I can handle this, he told her. She apologized and stood there, not knowing what
to do. You can call security. I have a feeling Mr. Freeman will need to be escorted from the building
once we are done talking, he finished. The smile never left his face. This confrontation was coming
far quicker than he d expected.
You piece of crap! David yelled at him.
It s good to see you again, David, Derek said, never losing his cool.
I was getting things straightened out, and then you swoop in and steal my company out from under
me, the man continued to yell. He was so angry, his head was completely red, and he could barely
speak. The angrier David got, the calmer Derek felt.
I guess you should ve run your business a bit more aboveground and not left it vulnerable to a
takeover, Derek said. David looked like he wanted to jump across the room and strangle him. Derek
looked over the man, who had seemed so much larger than life when he was still a teenager. David
now looked shrunken and old. It was satisfying.
I ran my business successfully for over forty years, you pompous piece of trash. You may have
the rest of the world fooled, but I know where you come from, and I know who you really are, David
spat at him.
Derek was losing some of his calm. He narrowed his eyes on the man who had changed his life.
He knew David was trying to get a reaction from him, but he refused to bite.
Unlike you, David, I kept a protective, watchful eye on my business. I may have started out on
the wrong side of town, as you like to point out, but I made choices to change my life, and now you re
the one who will have nothing, he said with a mocking smile.
David actually lunged at him as the security guards stepped into the room. Derek held his hand up
to stop them from grabbing the man. He wanted him to try and throw a punch. Derek was normally not
a violent man, but it would be his total joy to knock David across his pathetic jaw.
David saw the look in Derek s eyes and quickly backed down. This isn t the last you ll hear
from me, he said, still not leaving.
Security, please escort Mr. Freeman from my building. Let the front desk know he s no longer
welcome to step foot on the premises, he finished. He then turned his back on him, as if he didn t
matter in the least to him.
I ll get you back for this, just you wait, David yelled, as the men dragged him away.
Derek continued to smile as he sat back down and once again looked over the papers that gave
him ownership of the Freeman Corporation. He pressed his buzzer, Lana, can you please pull up the
full employee list for The Freeman Corporation, and the financial documents.
Yes, sir. I ll have the information to you within a few minutes, she replied, as efficient as
always. He didn t know how he d been so lucky to find her, but if she ever retired, he d have a hell of
a time replacing her.
She brought the information to him, and he got to work. He hadn t done his normal homework
when acquiring the corporation. He normally knew the business inside and out before he took it over.
He simply hadn t cared with this one. He was buying it up no matter what. He didn t even care if the
buy ended up costing him millions. He had the money to spare. This was about his pride, and nothing
more.
As he studied the papers over the afternoon, he was surprised to find there were some legitimate
reasons to keep the company as it was, instead of splitting it up like he normally would do. If David
had run things how he was supposed to, the corporation would ve never gone into jeopardy of being
taken over. The man was more of an idiot than Derek had originally thought.
He d have to think about what he was going to do with this one. If he decided to leave it intact, the
first thing to go would be the name. Derek wouldn t leave that man s name attached to any aspect of
the business.
The Corporation was a major producer of medical equipment. They actually made a quality
product but had a horrible marketing department. If the right people were brought in, he may decide to
keep the company together.
As he studied through the papers over the next several days, he discovered David had embezzled
millions of dollars. That was one of the reasons the company was in such a weak state. He d leave
the legal department to look further into it. He wouldn t mind if the man ended up in prison. It would
just be icing on the cake.
The minute David had placed the corporation on the stock market, he had investors to be
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