He Kept Explaining My Job Until His Phone Lit Up

lights had turned the office into an oven. I hated that photo. My jaw looked tight.

Underneath it, in plain type, was my name.

Emily Mercer, founder and CEO of Halcyon Systems, whose private investment arm closed the $2.4 billion Harrison portfolio acquisition Thursday afternoon in one of the year’s most watched deals.

My mother blinked twice.

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