Then my grandfather called.
Somehow he already knew.
Perhaps old men who build empires develop instincts the rest of us never learn.
“What are you going to do?” he asked.
I stared out the window.
“I don’t know.”
“Yes, you do.”
The certainty in his voice startled me.
“No.”
“You are deciding whether to expose them.”
Silence.
Then he said something I never forgot.
“Mercy is noble. Self-destruction is not.”
The following week we began planning.
Not revenge.
Protection.
At least that was how Grandfather described it.
Every attorney on our corporate team reviewed the ownership structure of the company.
Every shared asset.
Every investment.
Every trust.
Everything.
The result was surprisingly simple.
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