He led me into the conference room and spread thirteen blue folders out in a fan.

Each one had my father’s handwriting on the tab, faded to the color of old denim.

“Licensed,” Marcus said, “not sold.

Aaron pays the trust a licensing fee every quarter.

It’s small.

It was never updated.”

“So he’s been using my family’s technology for seven years.”

“He’s been using it under a license you have the right to revoke.”