After 32 Years of Sacrifice, I Sold My Business for $18 Million and Went Home Early

his head slowly and said, “Eighteen million dollars, and he threw away nearly four decades for an office affair. What an absolute idiot.”

I laughed. A real laugh, deep and uninhibited, the kind that feels foreign when you first rediscover it.

About a year into knowing Thomas, we were at a small Italian restaurant in the Pearl District. He was telling continue reading …