While the Morgan family head had sent the Rockefellers' heir out of the building, the act only serving to deepen the divide between the two families. Tension crackled like a live wire, not just between the Morgans and the Rockefellers but also among the other elite families who had thrown their support behind Nathaniel Rockerfeller. It was a move that would be felt across their circles, an open declaration that the Morgans would not be swayed or strong-armed. Yet, while this political storm brewed, the family that had unwittingly set all of this in motion was dealing with a crisis of its own.