Chapter 15 - Emily Signs the Northstar Contract
Northstar eventually signed with Emerson Restaurant Systems.
Not because Rebecca felt sorry for me.
Because we rebuilt the proposal.
Transparent pricing.
Independent account oversight.
New data controls.
The contract became one of the largest in company history.
At the signing, Marcus handed me the pen.
“You should enjoy this.”
I did.
Then I thought about the birthday dinner.
Daniel had told forty relatives I could not serve one meal properly.
The irony was obvious.
But I no longer needed to turn every success into a response to him.
Northstar was not revenge.
It was work.
Years of it.
Fifty-four employees had become seventy-one.
Three hundred commercial clients became more than four hundred.
The company grew because people did their jobs.
Not because my husband slapped me.
May you like
I refused to let the worst night of my marriage become the origin story
of everything good that followed.
