“You don’t deserve to carry our last name.”
The room went silent.
I did not cry.
Then Grandpa stood.
“You think she is not worthy of the family name?” he asked.
Damon gave a nervous laugh. “Someone had to say it.”
Grandpa nodded once.
“Then she’ll carry mine, and everything that comes with it.”
PART 3
Damon went pale.
“No. Grandpa, you can’t do this to me.”
Grandpa’s voice stayed calm.
“I did not do this to you. You brought me the truth and called it leadership.”
He turned to the attorney, who opened the gray envelope.
Grandpa announced that Damon had been meeting with Mercer Lane Development while implying he had authority from the Callaway Trust.
He did not.
Damon had proposed selling the original workshop, closing the apprenticeship floor, and using the Callaway name to market luxury housing. The plan included a personal consulting fee for Damon.
