I learned how to manage contractors, attorneys, and bankers, and that experience taught me that true power does not need to scream to be felt.
However, some truths are incredibly hard to swallow when they are delivered by your own flesh and blood.
After my wife, Cynthia, passed away, I began giving Austin everything I could not give him when I was busy working, including money and open doors.
He was always charismatic as a child, but as he grew into a man, he turned that charm into a dangerous habit of lying elegantly and demanding things as if the world owed him a debt.
When I purchased the Bel Air estate seven years ago through a holding company called Fletcher Pacific Holdings, the house never legally belonged to Austin.
I told him and Kimberly they could live there while they built their lives, but they chose to hear that the kingdom had been handed over to them permanently.
The disrespect started with small details, like Kimberly asking me to call before visiting, or Austin stopping the use of the word Dad in front of his prestigious colleagues.