Chapter 14: Restoring the Foundation
Chapter 14: Restoring the Foundation
The winter brought a fresh start to Bennett Marine. The shipyard was bustling, the air thick with the smell of saltwater and welding metal. The company had weathered the storm.
Owen stood on the docks, watching a massive new freighter being christened. He had overhauled the executive team, installing strict new oversight boards to ensure no single person could ever hold the keys to the kingdom again. The workers' trust was fully restored, secure and growing.
He had learned a brutal lesson in trust, but it hadn't made him cynical; it had made him fiercely protective. He knew the value of loyalty now, recognizing it in the steelworkers who had stood by the company during the scandal, and in the private investigators and lawyers who had fought for them.
