Chapter 6

Margaret stormed in.

"What Stone family? Stop bluffing!" she snapped.

Michael spoke up. "Mrs. Grant, surely you've heard of Robert Stone."

Margaret opened her mouth, but was speechless.

Jonathan looked at me, too.

"Your father is Robert Stone?"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you ever mention it?"

"You never asked. All you ever said was that my background in jewelry was useless to you."

Someone in the conference room whispered, "Robert Stone put money into Blue Ridge when it first started."

I slid another document across the table.

"He didn't just invest. He saved the company," I corrected.

"That first 10 million…