Chapter 97

• Dominique was sitting in his armchair, as usual, smoking his favorite cigar. His face still bore the bruises from the day everything happened, and after that fateful moment, he felt like a fool. His bruised ego had made his personality ten times worse, taking out his frustration on all the employees for being betrayed and abandoned by his children, who luckily did not want retaliation.
• Despite being the successor, Damiano did not want this position by his own choice. His desire to take over was solely to keep away from his father's demands, which had the terrible power of making him feel like the worst person in the world.
• Now, he longed for the moment when he could be free.