River went on, "I can't sacrifice Yantail. I just can't. Does that mean the only option

is for Yantail to be absorbed by Lafond Group? Become one of their subsidiaries?"

If he didn't change industries, the only way to avoid rivalry would be to merge.

But River didn't want that. Lafond wanted to acquire Yantail-but that wasn't what he wanted.

Zachary answered, "Weren't you already working on transforming Yantail? The

company isn't stuck in just one industry anymore. As long as you move away from

competing directly with Lafond, it'll be fine."

"There are hundreds of industries out there. And in every field, there are

opportunities for top talent. You could pivot and still thrive."

He paused. "But River, this is your life. I can't make that decision for you. If you're

not ready to make sacrifices, then stick with the status quo and see how things

go. Maybe in a few years, things will change."

he added, "by then, you'll be in your thirties.

day by day now. Who knows how long she'll be around?

grandsons get married. We

you-could settle down soon. Give

nudging Alex and Rowan

year younger than River, and he was

could marry if

Zachary said, "This is a lifelong commitment. You've got

"But I truly believe Grandma will live to see us all married-with kids. She'll make

bond with their grandmother. Watching her grow

health issues

to

the glue of the family. As long as

gone-even though their parents would still be around-it would never feel

it had been when

with Grandma, it would

longer now. Their connection with her

through. Just

a transformation. I think that's the best route-move Yantail

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