LOVE AGAINST LEGACY
It also builds walls and controls my choices.
I reach the bar but stay far from where Elias talks with a woman I don't know. I order another whiskey, my third tonight. Not enough to numb the pain, but enough to make me dangerous to myself.
"Another Lancaster Enterprises success," says a voice beside me. Gregory Williams, head of a rival company, appears at my elbow. "Your grandfather must be enjoying the glory."
I look across the room where Grandfather holds court. At eighty-four, he's still powerful, straight-backed, silver-haired, cold blue eyes that miss nothing. Eyes that have narrowed with disappointment so many times in my life.
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