Chapter 11 - Nathaniel Refuses to Rescue Evelyn
One night, I asked Nathaniel a question I had avoided.
“If Hartwell collapses, would Cross Meridian buy the portfolio to save
it?”
He looked at me carefully.
“Do you want me to?”
“I don’t know.”
He sat beside me.
“If the assets make sense, an independent team may bid. If they don’t, I
won’t force them.”
“You could.”
“Yes.”
That answer surprised me.
He could exert influence.
He simply chose not to misuse it.
“I can help you personally,” he said. “I can pay lawyers. I can make
sure you’re safe. But I’m not going to use a public company to repair
your father’s choices.”
I nodded.
That was exactly why I trusted him.
Nathaniel was powerful.
But the thing my family never understood was that power was not most
impressive when used.
Sometimes it was most impressive when restrained.
I rested my head against his shoulder.
“Dad thinks you’re going to destroy him.”
“I barely know him.”
That made me laugh.
For Charles, Nathaniel had become the giant figure in the story.
For Nathaniel, Charles was simply a man who had hurt his wife and
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created a diligence problem.
Perspective could be brutal.
