Dan. Dad made a dramatic pause before speaking, “The board doesn’t want you as my heir any longer Dan.” s**t! Double s**t!! Why wasn’t I surprised about this? I have been thinking about this for the past two days now and I know it would come to this but no matter how much I think about it, I don’t see any reason why, being impotent concerns any of those old board members. The company is a family company and what we do or not does not concern any of them. I took a sharp breath, dad and my stepmother were both staring at me, and although my eyes were down I could feel their eyes boring holes in my body especially that of Alina’s. I brought my head up and looked at Dad, “Why are you telling me this?” I asked. Okay, I know I shouldn’t be saying this right now but what can I say? D