Sixteen years earlier, I had invested nearly six million dollars rescuing Pacific Oak Crafting, the struggling family business. My investment gave me 43 percent ownership, but Raymond’s mother, Florence, never accepted me as an equal. She wanted a male heir.
Now Raymond was celebrating Leo as the future of the family while ignoring our four daughters. Meanwhile, Teresa had discovered a yellow envelope containing documents Walter, Raymond’s father, had hidden. That evening, she interrupted the celebration just as Florence prepared to place an antique gold family ring on Leo’s finger.
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