It let them keep their family story intact, with me at the bottom of it.

The reality was different in every particular.

And I had let them believe the fiction for a reason that I would understand only on the night of my sister’s wedding.

Chapter 3 — What They Never Knew

At twenty-seven, I joined Kestrel and Moreno Capital, a private global investment group specializing in infrastructure, technology, and corporate acquisitions.

At thirty, I became a junior partner.

By thirty-one, I was named Director of Global Strategy.