“I became an owner when my inheritance kept the company alive.”

His expression tightened. Years earlier, after my grandmother died, I’d invested a hundred and twenty thousand dollars into Bennett Residential Group.

Our attorney had structured it as a fifty-percent ownership stake, because the bank required documented equity. Daniel had signed every page. He rarely remembered the paperwork once a crisis had passed.

“You know that arrangement was technical,” he said.

“No. It was legal.”

“You’re overreacting.”