Chapter 25 Expanding Empire

• *Next Day*
• "Mom, why is your name on that building?" Austin's small finger pressed against the car window, leaving a smudge on the glass as we drove past the newly erected Collins Design headquarters.
• My stomach twisted. Five years had passed since I fled New Jersey with nothing but a broken heart and a secret growing inside me. Now, my company logo gleamed in the afternoon sun, impossible to miss from the highway.