Chapter Thirteen“We have another lesson for you, Joseph,” the Chief Madam whispered. Myriad pastel colors flashed on the holograph screen and Big Daddy knew the ancient world was once again opened to him.
“I'm grateful this wasn't shown to me before,” he said.
“No, you weren't ready for it, Joseph.”
“I wasn't. Is this not retribution?”
“You'll find out who you are, Joseph.”
“I don't want to watch Blair control my companies when I'm not there, and do it his way, perhaps siphoning the profits? I don't want to see my father again. I don't want to see my mother and where she gambled and drank her life away, out of reach of those who loved her. I don't want to see Lily put embalming fluid in my drinks and my wife who hates me enough to arrange that. I don't want to see my life as it is.” T
