Chapter 53

• “Because I can see the fear in you, Travis. I know that it’s driven you to become successful, to build Carson Industries from the ground up again. But you don’t have to be afraid. You’re not like me. You’re far stronger than I ever was. And you won’t do to Daniel what I did to you. He will never see you weak and humiliated.”
• Travis felt dizzy now, because he knew that he did have the capacity to repeat exactly what his father had done. He’d almost done it the other evening, albeit not in front of his son. Thank God.
• Thomas wasn’t finished, though. “Don’t let fear ruin your chance of happiness, Travis. I lived with bitterness for a long time and it makes a cold bedfellow. You have proved yourself. You will never be destitute... Don’t be afraid to want more.”