Julia
Sitting in the library with the fire roaring in the fireplace and surrounded by Donovan's life as reported by others, I was lost down a rabbit hole of his business endeavors dating back to about fifteen years earlier. In what I was reading, the acquisition of Sherman Brothers Department stores was still fresh and raw. From what I read, it appeared as though Donovan was drowning in lawsuits that claimed everything from improper business practice to the theft of the employees' retirement savings.
I'd heard this story directly from Van but reading through it in chronological order was nerve-racking. If it were a book, I might skip to the last page to make sure Van succeeded. I didn't need to flip to the end. I was sitting in his opulent home on his large estate and knew that he hadn'
