Chapter 11 - Colin Finds the Missing Emails
Colin Mercer flew to Aspen.
He looked devastated.
“I should’ve noticed.”
Nathan understood the feeling.
Colin recovered backups of Rosa’s deleted messages.
One read:
Mr. Caldwell, Emma fainted this morning. Mrs. Caldwell refuses to let me
take her to the pediatrician.
Another:
Please call me directly. Something is wrong in this house.
A third:
I am being terminated today. Please check on your daughters yourself.
Nathan read that message three times.
Dated August 19.
That afternoon, he had been negotiating an acquisition in Tokyo.
He remembered celebrating the deal.
The company gained $1.2 billion in projected value.
His daughter had fainted from hunger.
Nathan walked outside into the snow and vomited.
Colin followed.
“This isn’t all on you.”
Nathan wiped his mouth.
“No. But some of it is.”
He had hired people to substitute for presence.
Then he had mistaken reports for knowledge.
May you like
He could not prosecute himself forever.
But he would not absolve himself either.
