Half a minute later, Beatrice Assex ran out to have a look. Only then did she realize that something was amiss.

She immediately ran downstairs with her feet bare. “Mom? Mom… Is this really happening? Mom, wake up. Don’t scare me!”

Beatrice’s immediate reaction was to call Alex Rockefeller on the phone. “Alex, Alex, something terrible has happened. My mother fainted! Can you come over to check on her?”

Right then, Alex had just finished eating.

Throughout the entire meal, Brittany Rockefeller