Chapter 24 - EVANDER WITHOUT THE EMPIRE
I eventually stepped down as CEO.
Not because scandal forced me.
At fifty-six.
Eighteen years after the kitchen.
The board hired a professional executive.
No Sutton surname.
The company improved in ways that irritated me.
Excellent.
I retained an economic interest.
One advisory seat for three years.
Then none.
I learned to have days without being needed by six thousand employees.
Harder than expected.
Tirzah said:
“You have hobbies now?”
“Apparently.”
“You’re bad at them.”
Correct.
I dated occasionally.
Never remarried.
Not because Celeste was my only possible love.
Life simply went another direction.
Tirzah never became responsible for my loneliness.
Important.
May you like
Parents should not turn children into emotional spouses.
Gloriana had taught me enough about blurred roles.
