#Chapter 164: The morning after

Kayden drove back to the palace while I sat in back and made some calls. I called Brandon first. Told him he was going to work full-time for me going forward. That I needed him heading a cabinet for me, and to get started tomorrow hiring a team. He was all “yes,” as I expected. I had been preparing all my life for the big job I had just inherited. But the way it was unfolding tonight was definitely a surprise. And the timing certainly could not be worse. I had to do anything I could to stay by Fiona’s side right now. Until the baby came. And then when the baby was here, too; I needed to be present in my child’s life from the start. The best thing I could do was get a machine working behind me immediately. Assign orders. Delegate. And that would be true whether or not I had a baby coming in a matter of days. A leader’s job is to lead, not to do everything oneself, alone. Kayden, I was entrusting with the most important task of all. My Beta was going to take all the maps a