people I was “in retail” as though it were some kind of charity work.
What he never mentioned was that the store’s annual profit had tripled under my management.
He also never told his mother that my signature appeared on far more than staff schedules.
Elaine had disliked me from the day Grant brought me home.
I was too practical, too direct, too “working class” for a family that treated wealth like a personality trait.
When Grant’s father died and left him a minority stake in Belle & Vale, Elaine
