“You’ve been humiliating me for forty-five years. Today I just stopped letting you do it.”
Suddenly he fell to his knees.
In front of all the guests.
— Margaret, please! Don’t do this! I’ll lose everything!
I looked at the man to whom I had dedicated my entire youth.
“You lost me a long time ago, Robert. It’s just that today is the first time I’ve realized it.”
He began to sob uncontrollably.
But I didn’t shed a single tear.
Three months later I moved into a beautiful small apartment by the sea.
I started drawing, traveling, and finally spending time with friends Robert had always disliked.
The company’s shareholders appointed a new director. Robert stepped down from his management position but retained his legal stake in the business.
I didn’t want to destroy it.
