Chapter 8 - The $118 Million DealNorthstar's national distribution deal officially launched.
The announcement made headlines.
A company founded by a woman who had once been dismissed as “the daughter with a computer project” was now valued at more than a billion dollars.
Reporters asked me about the journey.
I never mentioned my parents.
I talked about the engineers.
The doctors.
The patients.
The employees who believed in the technology.
At the launch event, David handed me a glass of champagne.
“You realize you're officially more successful than your father ever dreamed of being.”
I smiled.
“That wasn't the goal.”
“What was?”
“To build something useful.”
He nodded.
Then my phone buzzed.
A message from my mother.
Your father watched the announcement.
He cried.
I stared at it.
I didn't know how to feel.
Then another message appeared.
He said he's proud of you.
I put my phone away.
Some wounds didn't disappear because someone apologized.
May you like
But they could stop bleeding.
That was enough.
