“Your upbringing didn’t prepare you for a family business of this size.”

I fixed the heavy brass barrette in my hair and twisted my silver wedding band around my finger.

“I kept the books for my father’s veterinary practice for five years before I married Cole.”

“A little veterinary clinic in town is hardly training for running corporate estate governance.”

She lifted her leather handbag off the back of the chair and smoothed the front of her jacket.

“See to it that the caterers use the cloth napkins with the embroidered crest, not the plain linen ones.”