Chapter 25 - Nora stays

I offered Nora a promotion.
She declined the first version.
“Why?”
“Because it sounds like payment for testifying.”
Fair.
Six months later, after an independent compensation review, she accepted a broader operations role.
With:
Clear reporting protections.
Whistleblower procedures.
Direct access to outside counsel for safety issues.
Not just for her.
For all household and family-office staff.
No employee should need heroic courage to say:
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Something is wrong.
Systems should make truth ordinary.