Vanguard’s lending vehicle did not receive unlimited power over everything Patrick had ever touched.

A supervised restructuring and negotiated transfers eventually placed the relevant operating business under new control.

Through an approved acquisition vehicle and subsequent ownership arrangements, I obtained a controlling interest in the firm.

The people with the expertise to run it were responsible for its day-to-day work.

That was the point at which I could truthfully say the company was mine in the way that mattered to its control.

It was not the morning I read a clause through a camera.