Stand Aside, the Billionaire Is Here novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: The Press Conference
My uncle held his press conference at the foot of the number-two crane, and he chose the spot on purpose.
A podium stood on the quay with a black cloth over a big easel beside it.
Eleven cameras were set up on tripods, and a hundred and fifty dock workers stood in their hard hats behind a rope.
The refinery flare burned in the pale morning.
I stood behind a container stack with my grandmother's arm through mine and watched him step to the microphone.
He wore his three-piece suit and his tired, honest face.
"Thank you all for coming," Lionel said. "This is difficult."
"Heyward Freight has been my family's life for three generations."
"Two weeks ago a man walked into my niece's life with a false name and a secret fortune."
He lifted a hand, and a young man pulled the cloth off the easel.
It was the photograph, blown up to four feet, in black and white.
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