After entering, he first greeted grandmother and his mother. When he saw Grace, he glanced at her briefly before looking away and sat down in a single sofa far from her. Sophia, seeing her father, immediately climbed down from her mother's lap and ran over to him, "Daddy!" she cried.

"Hey sweetie," Alexander said, giving her a quick hug. He looked around, and just as he was about to speak, his brother Christopher also entered the room.

Christopher Sterling was quite ...