Chapter 12 - The Brother I Never HadMichael could have demanded millions.
He could have destroyed the sale.
He could have taken his father's old grievances into court.
Instead, he asked for one thing.
A seat on the board.
“Why?” I asked.
“Because if I'm legally an owner, I want transparency.”
I almost smiled.
“That sounds reasonable.”
He looked at me.
“I don't want employees punished for what our fathers did.”
Our fathers.
The words sounded strange.
Then he told me he was a high-school history teacher.
I laughed.
“You're telling me you could own part of a thirty-million-dollar company and you're a history teacher?”
He shrugged.
“I like teenagers.”
I stared at him.
“That might be the strangest thing I've heard all week.”
For the first time, we laughed together.
Not as brothers.
Not yet.
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But as two men who were finally choosing what our fathers never could.
Truth over pride.
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