MY HUSBAND LEFT ME AT 2:43 A.M. TO RESCUE HIS MISTRESS—SO I TOOK BACK THE EMPIRE HE THOUGHT WAS HIS
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Chapter 10 - THE NIGHT THE INVESTORS CALLED
The investors were furious.
Several threatened to withdraw.
One major client suspended negotiations.
Our expansion plans were suddenly uncertain.
For three days, I barely slept.
I met with lawyers.
Accountants.
Managers.
Employees.
And every person whose livelihood depended on Ellison House.
Then I stood before our leadership team.
I looked around the conference room.
“We're going to get through this.”
Nobody spoke.
I continued.
“Not because we pretend nothing happened.”
I paused.
“But because we face it.”
The room remained quiet.
Then our operations director, James Porter, nodded.
“We're with you, Mara.”
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Others followed.
And for the first time in months, I felt the weight of leadership without the loneliness of being ignored.
