Paul Brown, a man in his late fifties, was the epitome of success and ambition. As the team leader of Blackwell Investments, he earned a staggering $3.5 million annually. Having joined the company back in the days when Cassius Blackwell was at the helm, Paul was a veteran whose dedication to his career was unwavering. He was known as a man who would do anything for his work, a fact he had proven two years ago.
At the time, Paul had been posted from Los Angeles to Spain. His wife, unwilling to leave the city she loved and the job she cherished, refused to move. Their children, equally resistant, were not prepared to leave their school and friends behind. Faced with a choice between family and work, Paul chose the latter. His decision resulted in the end of his marriage and the loss of custody of his kids—a painful but necessary sacrifice, in his eyes, to climb to the top of his career ladder.
