“Ready, Dad?” Ethan asked.
“Ready.”
He glanced at the crowd, at proud employees and satisfied investors. Then at Isabella. Finally at his sons.
For years, he had chased the wrong definition of success. He thought it was skyscrapers and bank accounts. Now he understood it was this: an ordinary day, tie loosened, knowing he’d be home for dinner.
He cut the ribbon. But his greatest achievement wasn’t the campus.
It was that when Lucas looked at him and smiled, he no longer saw “Mr. Cruz.”
He saw his dad.
And that was worth more than all the money in the world.
