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Of course he doesn’t need your approval, because, according to my brother’s will, I could be Sh’Irene’s guardian until he was of full age. But we both know that even if he has every legal right to be on the Board, he won’t be anything unless I back up his rights with my word and my vote.

But lately Shea has been especially insistent.

I guess that girlfriend of his that he won’t talk about is making him think about his future – fat, secure, and independent of the opinion of one grumpy old man.

Me.

– You haven’t needed my approval for anything for a long time, – I try to keep my tone even, but there are still notes of omniscient me in it. And, of course, Shea hears it, because she frowns even more. – When your father and I got this business, it wasn’t in the best shape. We literally had to pull it out of a hole, and you have no idea the lengths we went to. Some things I’d like to forget, but they’ll stay in my head until the gravestone.

– Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard that before, – he sneered. He gets up, purposely rattling the bottom of his glass on the table, and throws his bag over his shoulder.