Harlan was already at the door when William called his name. He didn't stop. Instead, he stormed out angrily, slamming the door so hard the frame rattled. Mark leaned toward his wife. "It's better to do the right thing now, while it can still be done easily, than to live in fear of the trouble it might bring later, isn't it?" "Exactly the point. Robert made the right call," his wife said quietly. "He had to. What did anyone expect?" Margaret, Elena's grandmother, finally broke her long silence. "Let him go. Harlan has always been too much of everything that a company like Carter Group cannot afford." Elena sat motionless, reflecting on the conversation her father had forced upon her three days earlier—the second time he had raised the issue. The words had been difficult for him to say to her, just as they were agonizing for her to hear. "Listen, Elena, Harlan is not my biological son Her eyes were wide open. Dad, excuse me, I don't understand what you mean ". " Before I ever m
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