Chapter 26 - My Own Mistake

It would have been easy to tell myself I had done everything right.
I hadn’t.
I traveled too much.
I trusted appearances.
I accepted Vanessa’s explanations when Maya became quieter.
I allowed convenience to replace attention.
Those failures did not make Vanessa’s actions my fault.
But they were still failures I needed to fix.
So I changed my life.
I appointed a new operating president at Hale Meridian.
Reduced international travel.
Moved several board responsibilities to a committee.
Nolan stepped down temporarily while the board reviewed his conduct.
For the first time since founding the company, I stopped treating every crisis as something only I could solve.
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Maya deserved more than a father who loved her from airport lounges.
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