Chapter 26 - THE COMPANY WITHOUT THE FAMILIES
Sterling Heritage and Vance Hospitality both survived.
That mattered.
People expect scandals to end with empires collapsing.
Employees deserve better than symbolism.
Vance Hospitality reorganized.
Independent ownership expanded.
Family voting control fell below twenty percent.
Employee equity increased.
Trust assets separated.
Sterling Heritage did similar.
The Orchid Covenant remained but no longer held concentrated control.
My branch funded:
education.
ordinary distributions.
museum grants.
family needs under policy.
No private army.
No family dictatorship.
One of the disputed hotels became jointly owned through a pension fund and employee trust.
Julian loved the irony.
I did too.
The property where Richard shoved my face into Lily’s cake left Vance control eventually.
The estate was sold to a university hospitality program.
The south lawn remained.
I was invited to dedicate a scholarship there.
I declined.
Not everything needs to be reclaimed physically.
Lily visited once without me.
She sent a photograph.
Students eating birthday cake on the lawn.
Caption:
May you like
NO INCIDENTS.
I laughed for ten minutes.
