Tang Xiaonan didn't know how Adrian Hawthorne had managed to persuade the three patriarchs of the Thorne family. In any case, by evening, an excited Phoebe Huxley was directing the father-son duo of Felix and Jim Thorne as they carried a sewing machine over to the Hawthorne residence. The families of Preston Thorne and Shane Thorne had already arrived. Three sewing machines were now set up in the Hawthornes' living room.
The house was packed. Preston Thorne and Shane Thorne were there, as were Byron Thorne and Raina. Also present were Preston Thorne's youngest daughter-in-law, Fiona Rhodes, and Shane Thorne's second daughter-in-law, Sylvia Swann. They had been sent as their families' representatives because they were the most skilled at sewing.
"Kenneth, can you explain the details again?" Preston Thorne said. "I'm still not quite clear on it."
Byron Thorne nodded. "I don't get it either. Where are we going to get all that fabric to make clothes?"
