Chapter 12. The Celebrity Bride

Croft Incorporation’s head office is located at the very heart of the corporate world. Standing at about one thousand feet, it is the tallest building in all of Grosthe City. The large silver dove sign standing on the topmost parapet can be seen by all and sundry. When Richard first described his vision, he sounded insane to the architects — why would he build something of such magnitude in a wasteland like Grosthe? They kept wondering.

On that day, he looked at the investors sitting in the conference room with such a eye-piercing gaze, ensuring a somewhat eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation as he spoke to them, saying:

“I want every citizen of Grosthe to see it every waking moment. And each time they do, it is my desire that they see hope, and believe that they can achieve anything they ever set their mind to in this world. Then, also remember how this journey started with one man who had this dream of a land that people called a wasteland, and believed it could be a fores