Daniel came home at two in the morning.<\/p>\n
By then, Noah and I were already across town.<\/p>\n
He found half-empty closets and a handwritten note on the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n
Rebecca will contact your attorney.<\/p>\n
He called seventeen times.<\/p>\n
I answered once.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere are you?\u201d he demanded.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomewhere you can\u2019t lie to my face.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t take Noah and disappear.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t disappear. I left a note.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daniel laughed coldly.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou think you can scare me?\u201d<\/p>\n
I said nothing.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe house is under my control. The company is under my control. The accounts are under my control.\u201d<\/p>\n
I looked at the shareholder agreement beside me.<\/p>\n
My name was clearly printed beneath forty-eight percent ownership of Mercer Technologies.<\/p>\n
Daniel had spent years behaving as though my stake no longer mattered because he was CEO.<\/p>\n
He was about to discover the difference between management and ownership.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, Daniel.\u201d<\/p>\n
His voice changed.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou only believed they were under your control.\u201d<\/p>\n
Silence.<\/p>\n
Then he asked carefully.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n
I smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo to work tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
I ended the call.<\/p>\n
My sister Megan walked into the room.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has no idea, does he?\u201d<\/p>\n
I shook my head.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n
She looked toward the shareholder agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen does he find out?\u201d<\/p>\n
I checked the clock.<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow morning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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