Everybody in town knew who the Lodges were. They were a one of the wealthiest families in the country. Veronica's fa Hiram had taken a real-estate development company and turned into one of the biggest corporations in the world, Lodge Corp. The family's fortunes had actually taken a turn n after the meteor shower that hit Riverdale. Lodge Corp had been pretty much the sole company responsible for the clean-up and rebuild of Riverdale. But Veronica herself had recognition outside of being from such a wealthy family. She had graduated high school at just 14 years old and had finished University before she was She'd then caused quite a stir when she formed her own fashion company in an effort to prove she was capable of working for her father while at the same time getting her mas degree. Now she was 20 and working for her father and at the same time working on getting her doctorate in xenobiology.