Chapter 8 - The Empire Changes Hands
Friday morning, Mercer Tower looked different.
No photographers.
No red carpet.
No family limousines.
Just employees entering a building where, for decades, decisions had been made far above their heads.
The shareholder meeting lasted four hours.
When it ended, the Mercer family trust surrendered its controlling position.
A substantial employee ownership structure was approved.
Independent directors replaced family loyalists.
Restitution funds were protected.
I signed the final authorization with my mother's old fountain pen.
Jonathan sat beside me.
“You realize Daniel would lose his mind if he saw this.”
“He probably already has.”
We laughed.
Then I went home.
That should have been the ending.
It wasn't.
Because Daniel still had one move left.
May you like
And he intended to make it from behind locked doors.
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