MY STEPMOM EMBARRASSED ME AT DAD'S RETIREMENT PARTY. SHE SAID, "TIME TO SELL THE COMPANY, RIGHT?" DAD LOOKED AWAY, ASHAMED.I SAID, "ACTUALLY..!The delicate chime of crystal champagne glasses filled the air as my stepmother, Diana, raised her third toast of the evening.“To my darling husband’s retirement,” she announced, her designer gown shimmering beneath the ballroom lights. “And to selling this tired old company for something far more exciting.”I caught the subtle dip in my father’s smile, the way his fingers tightened around his glass. Chen Manufacturing wasn’t just a company—it was his life’s work, built from nothing over thirty years. Yet here he was, at his own retirement party, listening to his trophy wife of five years plot its dismantling.And Diana wasn’t done. Her gaze locked onto me across the room, her lips curling into a smirk.
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