Cassandra held up the screen. The Forbes headline featured my photograph beside a story about the company I had spent three years building quietly—a logistics software firm whose platform was now being used by major manufacturers and transportation companies. I was not unemployed, “exploring options,” or waiting for Marcus to find me an entry-level job. I was the founder and majority owner. The article discussed our newest funding round, several patents, and an expansion that had pushed the company’s valuation far beyond anything my family had ever imagined. Marcus stared at the screen, then immediately accused me of hiding my success from everyone. “I stopped explaining,” I told him. “That’s different.”
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