“Of course not,” Augustus waved off his concern. “What’s a few playful jabs between old friends? Right Alice?”
“Naturally. What of the rest of the old guard? I can’t remember the last time I had the displeasure of Emerson’s company to say nothing of Richard,” Alice agreed.
“They’ll be along,” Silas smiled already anticipating the moment his father and father-in-law met the Stanton matriarch. “It’s quite a drive from the estate so they’ll be here later.”
“How is it with them?” Sarah said. “They used to be bitter rivals but from what I hear Emerson has practically moved in with your parents.”
Silas shrugged. Mergers made for strange bedfellows. Carlisle Enterprises was no more giving Emerson plenty of free time and he had to share his grandchildren with his one-time rival Richard. The p
