Chapter 15 - The Quote on the Video
“He won’t control enough to stop us.”
For days I could not understand the sentence.
I controlled Whitmore Meridian.
Largest voting stake.
Chairman.
Why would Vanessa say I did not control enough?
Then Claire found the context.
Thirty seconds before the clip she gave Noah began, Marcus said:
“Once the holiday approvals run, Richard can freeze the project.”
Vanessa answered:
“By then he won’t control enough to stop us.”
Not board control.
Not ownership.
Operational control.
Timing.
The wedding was Saturday.
Our honeymoon flight was Sunday morning.
I had told senior staff:
Do not contact me for seventy-two hours unless the building is on fire.
Samuel mocked me for that because I was usually impossible to disconnect.
Vanessa had insisted.
“You deserve three days where nobody can reach you.”
May you like
I thought it was romantic.
It was logistical.
