Divorce and Rise to My Pinnacle novel · Chapter 18 of 24
Chapter 18: The Company
On Monday the receptionist stood up when I came through the doors and knew exactly why.
"Ms. Hale," she said. "Mr. Fenn is waiting for you on twelve."
The fig tree in the lobby had been watered.
I touched one leaf as I passed, the way I had every morning for six years, and rode up alone.
Walter was at the window of the boardroom with his hands behind his back.
He looked smaller in the daylight.
"Interim chief executive for five weeks," he said. "I have been very bad at it."
"The map came back."
"It came back the minute I signed your terms, the Monday after the gala. Four hundred and twelve green dots at nine-oh-four."
He turned around.
"The dispatchers cheered. Grown men, Odessa. One of them cried."
He took a thick envelope from the table and held it out.
"The court's order, certified. Your half of Bryce's shares, twenty-seven and a half percent, recorded this morning."
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