Chapter 17 - The Life Daniel Wanted for ThemThe company stabilized slowly.
Corbin rebuilt its leadership.
Independent oversight replaced family control.
Lianna enrolled in accounting courses.
Daniel had once encouraged her to finish college.
Now she finally did.
Corbin helped only when she asked.
Their relationship grew slowly.
Coffee became dinner.
Dinner became evenings walking with Austin along the Rhode Island coastline.
One night, Lianna asked:
“Do you ever wish you hadn't heard me asking my mother for twenty-eight dollars?”
Corbin looked at her.
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because I spent thirty-eight years believing money was the most important number in a room.”
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He looked toward Austin.
“That morning taught me some numbers matter because of the people behind them.”
