My Dad Skipped My Wedding Without A Call Then Summoned Me After My Hotel Chain Hit $580 Million

photographs were so unflattering that I assumed they were accidental, until I understood that they were in fact working in my favor when it came time to negotiate.

The bank manager who oversaw the foreclosure looked at me across his desk with the expression of someone who is trying to be professionally neutral while privately skeptical. I was twenty-nine.continue reading …