He didn’t disclose the children’s medical details.

He told employees that any concerns about safety, records, or retaliation could be brought through an independent process, and that no one would lose their job for speaking honestly.

Afterward, Thomas asked him whether he really meant it.

Kenneth answered, “If I don’t, I have no business asking anyone to trust me again.”

For the first time since meeting him, I heard the billionaire describe himself not as the owner of the estate, but as a father who had failed to notice what the people closest to his children feared to say.

PART 13