The Sons Who Followed the Script
My older brothers never struggled to fit into the life my father had planned.
James Richards, the eldest, was nearly a replica of my father. He studied business at Northwestern, dressed exactly like him, and spoke with the same calm authority.
Tyler Richards showed a small spark of rebellion once. During college, he nearly turned a semester studying abroad in Spain into a full gap year.
My father flew to Spain himself to fix that “problem.”
Not long after graduating from the University of Chicago’s business school, Tyler joined my father’s firm.
They followed the family blueprint.
I didn’t.
