“But not tonight.

Tomorrow.

Because first I am going to stand in that boardroom and watch him understand that he doesn’t get to sign one single page with my name on it.”

Chapter 12 — The Boardroom

The Ludlow boardroom sits on the top floor of the main building, a long room of dark wood and tall windows looking straight out over the working harbor.

The next morning, fifteen board members took their seats around a table older than any of them — men and women, several of whom had known my father before I was born.