I dialed the CEO.
When he answered, I said, “Mr. Vale, Elaine is here at the flagship. She has a surprise for you.”
Then I switched him to speaker.
The CEO’s voice filled the boutique.
“Elaine,” Richard Vale said, “please explain why you are inside my flagship pretending to have authority.”
Elaine’s face twitched. “Richard, darling, Grant and I are protecting the family business.”
Grant stopped smiling.
Richard wasn’t merely the CEO.
He was Grant’s uncle—the same man Elaine constantly called weak for refusing to hand her son a larger
