Chapter 10 - REBUILDING THE EMPIRE
Six months later, the dust had settled. Hale Construction was thriving under a newly restructured executive team, and the toxic rot Vivian had brought into our lives was entirely eradicated. I spent my days in the corner office, turning the company back into the honest, hardworking entity my parents had envisioned.
The house felt different now. The coldness was gone. The fake gold had been stripped away, replaced by the warm memories of my mother and the steady, healing presence of my father.
