Rowan and Celia: My Wife Asked Me to Indulge Her Protégé. Cute. You Think I'm Immature?
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At the opening presentation for Bellwether House, my wife put Noah Bell's name above mine on the project I had spent three years designing. Then she leaned close and told me he was young, inexperienced, and needed me to be patient. The room was full of investors, contractors, and people who knew exactly whose work they were looking at. I could have swallowed the insult and let the presentation continue. Instead, I asked one question about the plans—and watched my wife choose her protégé over me in front of everyone. The project was worth millions, the studio was built on my designs, and my marriage was already coming apart. I had to decide which part I was willing to lose first.
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I signed the direct design agreement with the Bellwether Foundation on Tuesday.
The studio kept the construction coordination work, but the foundation required an independent project manager to review every change order. The delay cost enough to wipe out our expansion plans. We froze the two junior hires and gave up the second floor of ……
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