"Dave, if I weren't the chairman's daughter, would you still be sitting here saying all this to me today? You'd probably be off partying abroad with Shane already, celebrating your win, wouldn't you?"
Dave lowered his head, not daring to meet my eyes again.
"It took Hillary Dunn ten years to become the deputy head of the tech department, but you did it in barely half that time. Do you really think you got here entirely through your own 'painstaking efforts'?" I stood up, tossing that phrase right back in his face.
He had no idea about the identity I'd hidden from him, nor did he have any clue how much quiet support I'd given him behind the scenes over those six years.
One offhand comment of praise from my father was more than enough to save him from a whole lot of hassle and help him g
