Chapter 12 - The Man Who Once Controlled Half of Connecticut Began Selling His Dangerous Businesses Because His Sons Taught Him What Power Was Actually ForNathan dismantled the criminal side of his empire.
He kept the legitimate hotels.
Real estate.
Shipping.
The rest was sold.
The profits went into a pediatric research foundation.
Named after his wife.
The foundation focused on rare illnesses.
Environmental poisoning.
Unexplained childhood diseases.
And families who had been ignored because they didn't have money.
Nathan told me:
"I want no child to wait for someone wealthy enough to care."
The boys became ambassadors.
They visited hospitals.
They spoke with children.
They laughed.
Their old symptoms became scars of the past.
I became director of environmental safety.
The mansion changed too.
The hidden laboratory became a library.
The old greenhouse became a children's garden.
The cameras were reduced.
The house became a home.
One day Jacob asked me:
"Emily?"
"Yes?"
"Why did you smell the vent?"
I laughed.
"I don't know."
"Yes you do."
I thought about it.
"Because my brother was sick."
"What happened to him?"
I told him the truth.
"He died."
Jacob took my hand.
"Your brother saved us."
May you like
I smiled.
"Maybe he did."
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