Chapter 262

• Most members of the Sinclair family were entrenched in corporate ventures real estate holdings, private equity, legacy investments. They weren’t naive. They understood the weight behind Theodore’s words.
• The success or failure of the Sinclair name didn’t just affect one individual it rippled across every shareholder, stakeholder, and board seat tied to the family. Even if the Northwatch legacy didn’t directly fund their businesses, having a titan like my father’s firm in their corner offered strategic protection. It deterred rivals. It kept opportunists in check.
• Because of this, they listened intently. The Sinclair family had always leaned toward cohesion, but the near-collapse of the Northwatch fortune after the tragedy years ago had made loyalty not just a virtue, but a necessity.