Revenge By Law's
ARTICLE 48

The national media for the two days was horrendous by a hot news story. The public eye is on one of the biggest companies in the country. The company allegedly carried out malicious practices that deceived its investors by engineering capital gains that led to stock dilution. Not only with changes in development budget that occur in the New World mall, they also do various ways for the dilution effect to occur. According to some experts, this is intentionally done by the owner of the company to erode the voices of large shareholders so that the owner remains in full control of the company.

Various demands were filed with PT. Laras Jaya Karya, the company in question. The shareholders who had always thought it was a common phenomenon in business, ventured to report after knowing that it was a company engineering. The image of the company is getting worse considering that two leaders from two subsidiaries were arrested for suspected bribery.

The case turned out not to be the last, even just a trigger from the dismantling of the company's ulcers that had been successfully hidden very well. Starting from cases of labor rights violations, money laundering, tax evasion, and many more. Currently, PT. Laras Jaya Karya is at the tip of the horn.

Meanwhile, Louis Jithro Kurniawan as the owner of the company has not been able to provide information because of his condition is seriously ill. Some electronic media managed to record his arrival to a large hospital. Just as his car had stopped in front of the hospital grounds, several bodyguards had been guarding him from the journalist's assault.

He got out of his luxury car in a wheelchair to the emergency department door. His face was covered in a mask and sunglasses and a hat on his head. Not forgetting the thick blanket covering his lap. In order to show how severe the disease was, he did not give a wave of hands to the media, as he had always done.

However, unlike Abi's plan, this time Leroy Jerold Kurniawan aka prosecutor Jerold aka Roy, his former high school friend, was dragged along. As discovered by Abi, several journalists found several cases related to PT. Laras Jaya Karya which is imposed by Roy which always ends with a situation that benefits the company.

He is being investigated by the prosecutor's commission and suspended for an undetermined time. The case he is currently handling will soon be handed over to other prosecutors, including the case of Abhimanyu Alexander.

To be sure, news seekers are partying at this time because of the abundance of news material that they can process to be presented to the public. Except one journalist. He was thinking hard so that the news about PT. Laras Jaya Karya is coming to an end.

“I was thinking about what could defeat him! The news was too warm and too big. The number of victims will also make the news difficult to transfer.”

Jack Off the Record is at odds with a man who is opposite his phone call. As always, if there is a viral news and corner a party, while the party has a good relationship with him, then he will get an order to make counter-news to distract the public.

[Aren't there a lot of other materials you can fry? The drug cycle is getting crazy, serial killings, unfair election competition or the case of Abhimanyu Alexander. Is your legendary reputation over?]

Jack sighed to hold back his emotions. He is most upset if anyone questions his abilities. But, he did not want to go berserk on the person who would give him a big payment. He simply closed the conversation by saying, “Okay, I've got the idea. Just wait for tomorrow.”

He closed the call and immediately threw his back on the back of the chair. His head looked up so he could see the office lights washing his face with light. Actually, he hasn't got a good idea. The material conveyed by the man was not at all strong to stem the news of PT. The Laras Jaya Karya.

Amidst the contemplation, his phone rang and he stared at his screen. Then his lips smiled. He pressed the shut down button on his computer and left his office whistling leisurely.

                  *

“You all right?” ask Regina.

Although they had always quarreled before, this time Regina chose to be nice to Roy, her fiance. Not because his feelings are starting to change. He is just sympathetic to what has happened to Roy and his family lately. Therefore, since they first dated a dozen years ago, for the first time Regina invited Roy to go somewhere with the purpose of dating. The choice is a beach.

“Let's go down,” invite Regina. He opened the door and prepared to go out. Roy held his hand.

“Can't we just relax in this car?”

Regina looked at Roy with a sad feeling. He thinks that Roy is not looking to meet a lot of people at the moment. Then he closed the door and held the man's hand.

“Good, we're in the car only. Then, I'll just take us down the road on this beach. Very beautiful.”

Regina drove her car at a fairly low speed. Sometimes he looks at Roy. The man was always smiling and trying to cover up his sadness. Regina opens up their conversation with all the stories about her, especially about her sometimes boring, sometimes exciting and stressful work.

He did not want to discuss the problems that Roy and his family were facing first. Instead of not caring, even he was very curious about what really happened because he only heard his story through the news portal on the internet and for him such a news portal should not be trusted just like that. He did not want to start a discussion about it because he waited for Roy himself to tell the story. If he hasn't told you, it means he's not ready to talk about it.

“I'm sorry to you for all the mistakes I've made,” murmured Roy in a soft voice. “Maybe everything that happened to me the last few days is karma for all the evil I've done.”

Regina did not answer. He looked at Roy's face with pity. All this time he hated that face. He hated that man. The man was his first girlfriend. The man was the first to hit him. The man who had his best friend vilified, tortured, imprisoned and expelled from school. It was the man who instigated her mother to force her to accept the engagement request. The man is now fighting in court to give his best friend and the only man he loves.

But now the hatred is gone. All the mistakes he made seemed to disappear from Regina's memory. The man is like a patient who deserves pity.

“For me, you realize your mistake and apologizing to me is more than enough. I hope we can reset our relationship and start over as friends. Yes, I know what it's like to have a best friend and it's much more fun than having a girlfriend or fiancee.”

Regina smiled widely so that her beauty was more clearly radiated. Not only beautiful, but looks cute and adorable to Roy. The man was finally able to give a sincere smile to Regina.

Suddenly he pulled the ring on his finger. He handed the ring to Regina and said, “Yes, let's just be friends. You deserve a lot better than me.”

Regina's hand hesitated, but she grabbed the ring. Unlike Roy, he keeps his engagement ring in his bag and returns it to Roy, saying, “If things have improved and we are living a better life now, maybe we can get back engaged.”

They hugged, like a pair of friends whose relationship had just been restored. Roy is grateful to be able to end his engagement well. While Regina prays inwardly for Roy's change. He hopes that the man can go through every ordeal he is facing and live a better person.

Unfortunately, Regina had no idea that night was the last meeting for them.