Today was the first time in the three years since she'd married Julian that Eleanor had ridden on his private jet. It was an Airbus ACJ319, matte black with gold trim, composed and luxurious at once. The trip overseas, ostensibly to attend Caleb and Isabelle's wedding, had many other purposes. Business, for one. Julian was accompanied not only by David, but also by several senior executives and staff from Project Halcyon, as well as two agile bodyguards. Project Halcyon was the AI-assisted diagnosis and treatment system Derek had mentioned earlier, jointly funded by the Vane family and the Cross family and developed mainly by CelestiMed. AI was now widely used, applied to every part of people's daily work and life. There were precedents for AI diagnostic systems. But because the te

