After graduation, I found out my parents had handed our family business to my sister. Mom smiled and said, “You’re good with your hands, not your brain.”

every employee a chance to work with me as independent contractors,” I said. “Luis, Denise, and Marco accepted. Hawthorne signed with my new company this morning.”

Dad came back on the line. “Your company?”

“Yes,” I said. “Brooke Miller Design & Build.”

Paige suddenly yelled from somewhere behind him, “She stole it!”

“No,” I said. “I built what you continue reading …