“I’ll be recovering every asset through the law.

If he contests it, I’ll depose him and his partners in open court.

You don’t need to advocate for him.

The window closed last night.” She turned the pages, and as the numbers registered — the proof of exactly how much of her son’s empire had been mine — the color left her face.

“Why,” she stammered, “did you never say you funded the company?” “Because I believed partners didn’t keep a ledger of their sacrifices,” I said, standing.

“I know better now.