Chapter 14 - Twelve-Year-Old Emily Speaks Before the Executive Board Panel
Emily placed her mother’s open notebook on the wooden podium, resting her small hands on either side of the pages.
“My mother, Elizabeth Whitworth, designed this company so that no human being would ever be humiliated for what they wore,” Emily began, her voice clear and steady.
“Mr. Vance and his allies want to turn back the clock to a time when cruelty was considered good business.”
She held up the page containing her mother’s handwritten creed: “Never let the clothes they wear make you forget the soul inside.”
“You can audit our accounts, you can threaten our stock price, and you can try to fire my father,” Emily declared, looking directly at Arthur.
“But you can never destroy what this brand was built to stand for.”
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A murmur rippled through the audience, followed slowly by a lone sales assistant starting to clap near the back.
Within seconds, the entire auditorium erupted into thunderous, standing applause.
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