The Fading Patriarch

"Hi, Celine," Alan responded, then gave Vance a nod.

"Nathan is upstairs talking with your Grandpa. Would you like to go see them?" Alan asked.

"Yes." Celine had been thinking the same thing.

She glanced at Vance. He took her hand, and they walked inside.

Just as they entered, Nathan and Edmund's assistant, Alice Hooper, was coming out of the room.

"Mr. Sterling," smiled Alice. Her eyes shifted to