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His father never forgave him for his early marriage – at only eighteen! – his choice of maid of honor and the fact that she was already deeply pregnant at the time of consummation.

– I want a seat on the board, K’Reig.

– No, – I reply, as usual, with a categorical tone. – You’re not ready.

– Not ready… or are you just afraid? – The nephew frowns unkindly.

– I have nothing to fear, Shea. I have the controlling interest anyway, which is enough to undo any stupidity on your part. Even if, by some miracle, you somehow get along with the rest of the board and the big shareholders.

– Then I don’t understand it all the more!

– You’re not ready, – I say again. – Let me finish my campaign and sit in the senator’s chair, and I’ll gladly get rid of that burden.

– When I was twenty-one, you said I wasn’t ready, because I hadn’t finished my studies. At twenty-three you said I didn’t have enough practice. At twenty-five, you said I wasn’t trying hard enough. And now you’ve come up with a new excuse. Although, you know, I don’t need your approval!