His late wife, Eugenia Randolph Lord, was unable to produce a male heir to his estate and thereby went about grooming his eldest child, Viki, to assume the role of running the estate by hiring her as an editor for his newspaper.
His late wife, Eugenia Randolph Lord, died while giving birth to Meredith and was, ultimately, unable to produce him his desired male heir to his estate. Victor thereby went about grooming his eldest child, Viki, to assume the role of running the estate by hiring her as an editor for his newspaper.