Chapter 20 - GRANT’S LAST ATTEMPT
Grant resurfaced through business.
Hollis Capital proposed buying one of Mercer’s non-core hotel portfolios.
Independent process.
Competitive bid.
His offer was best.
Everyone looked at me.
I no longer held unilateral consent for ordinary portfolio sales.
Still a trust committee member.
Could I vote objectively?
I disclosed conflict.
Recused.
That was the correct answer.
The board accepted Hollis’s bid after independent review.
Grant profited.
Some relatives were furious.
“How can you let him make money after what he did?”
Because business law is not a revenge machine.
His firm offered the best terms.
He had served regulatory penalties.
He was not barred from commerce forever.
The deal included strict governance protections.
No family leverage.
No hidden proxy assumptions.
No weddings.
Grant and I spoke once during closing.
“Claire.”
“Grant.”
“I was wrong.”
“About?”
“Thinking your consent was something to route around.”
Good.
“Did you know Mom was falsifying medical facts?”
“No.”
Evidence supported that.
He knew incapacity strategy existed.
He believed lawyers would handle lawfully.
His ethical judgment was still poor.
Criminal proof stopped short.
I could live with that.
He asked about Madison.
“Ask her.”
May you like
He nodded.
That was all.
