Do you understand how rare that is, in a life like mine?

I have been surrounded by people who saw me as a sum to be collected for so long that I had forgotten what it looked like to be treated as a man.” He paused, and then he said the thing that made my head spin so badly I had to grip the arms of the chair.

“I have signed over the guardianship of the foundation to you.

The instant I die, you will become the trustee of a charitable trust worth three hundred million dollars, dedicated to children exactly like your son.”