“What’s wrong?” Lorenzo furrowed his brows and his lips curved into a frown.

Maxine promptly replied with as much self-assurance as she could muster, “As long as the family is willing to cooperate with me, I have complete confidence we’ll be able to weather whatever storms the world throws at us.”

“That would be best.”

Lorenzo looked at the Cadens present and said calmly, “Come to me if there are people unwilling to cooperate with you.”

After speaking, he made a gesture to signal his departu