THE LITTLE GIRL WOULDN’T LET GO OF THE MAN IN THE CASKET—THEN HIS WEDDING RING EXPOSED THE SECRET HIS FAMILY WANTED BURIED
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Chapter 24 - Two Years Later
Mercer Development stabilized.
External CEO.
Independent controls.
Recovered funds.
No family member held unchecked executive power.
The company survived Daniel.
That would have pleased him.
Clara returned to work part-time in nonprofit communications.
Not Mercer.
Her own life.
Lily turned nine.
She stopped wearing black whenever someone mentioned Daniel.
She laughed without looking guilty afterward.
That was a milestone nobody could schedule.
Evelyn came every Sunday for dinner.
Sometimes she spoke about Grant.
Sometimes not.
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Family remained incomplete.
Still family.
