Jamie Jones.
Founder and Chairman of the Jones Group, multinational conglomerate involved in;
Universities, Research institutes, Hospitals, Pharmaceutical companies, Construction firms and Government infrastructure projects.
The first award hung directly opposite his desk.
Best Graduating Student.
Twenty-eight years ago. Beside it sat another.
Youngest Research Fellow.
Then another.
National Academic Excellence Award.
Innovation Prize.
Business Leadership Award.
Humanitarian Recognition.
Lifetime Achievement Award.
The collection stretched across the wall like a timeline of victories.
Every stage of Jamie Jones' life preserved in polished glass and gold frames.
Most people displayed family photographs. Jamie displayed proof of his existence. Of his achievement, of what only mattered.
And somehow, standing in the middle of the penthouse that morning, staring at the collection he had spent a lifetime building, he felt nothing at all.
