My Mother Told Me To Stay Behind While She Took My…

I see potential in you. You’ve got a good head on your shoulders, and I know you’ll do right by the business.”

“But Mom and Paul,” I said, still in disbelief. “They’re running it now.”

Grandma’s face tightened a little.

“They’re running a branch. The main company, the heart of it all, belongs to you now.”

I sat there stunned. I was barely twenty years old, and suddenly I owned a multimillion-dollar company.

It felt like a dream, or maybe a nightmare. I could not tell which. “I don’t know what to say,” I finally managed.

Grandma reached across the desk and squeezed my hand. “You don’t have to say anything. Just promise me you’ll give it your all.”

I nodded, still in shock.

“I will. I promise.”