"Everyone! Hurry up!" Little Gideon shouted in frenzy as he tucked his clothes into the upturned traveling bag. "I don't want to miss the flight!" Happiness was evident in his voice.

"Well, I guess you have to hurry, Gideon, because we're done with packing; it's just left to you," Mrs. Lewis shouted back from the room above.

"Coming, Big Mummy," the lad replied from his room.

Alexander looked at his family - his grandmother, his mother, his aunt, and his cousin - and smiled, a mixture of happiness and sadness. His lifelong dream of controlling the family business was finally coming true, but he couldn't bring himself to be fully...