Chapter 21 - Michael Changes the House
Michael hired an external household-management company temporarily.
Independent HR contact.
Clear grievance procedures.
No disciplinary action controlled by one family member.
Employees received copies of incident reports.
Camera footage relevant to disciplinary claims required preservation.
No payroll deductions for alleged damage without lawful basis and documented review.
Placement agencies required competitive approval.
No referral relationship involving a resident family member.
Boring.
Good.
I stayed through the transition.
Not because I trusted Michael completely.
Because for the first time, I had leverage.
A contract.
Reporting rights.
A real supervisor outside Rose.
Eventually Michael asked:
“Will you remain permanently?”
I answered:
“I don’t know.”
He nodded.
That was progress too.
No emotional debt.
No:
May you like
After everything I did for you.
My employment remained mine.
