Chapter 179
"It is always a pleasure when we can host dinner for you, mother. I already have tea prepared for you. The girls are excited to show you their talents with their instruments in the morning," Karen said as she placed a tray with tea before her mother.
"It is not me they must impress with instruments. They are yet to find husbands and I have heard the number of suitors coming here has been low. Are you failing to prepare your daughters?" Valerie asked.
Karen smiled, wishing her mother wouldn’t scold her. It wasn’t her daughter’s fault that few young bachelors were interested in marriage. They could not force the men to see marriage as important.
"Mother, it is not like our days when a man knew he had to wed-"
"Nonsense," Valerie refused to hear the claim. "It reached my ears quickly that Anna had a long line of suitors. Men are looking to marry, but no men are looking to marry your daughters."
Karen’s daughters, Kayla and Dahlia, keep their heads down. They were used to their grandmother’s blunt words and the comparison to Anna who was expected to do well.
Karen feared her daughters losing motivation or confidence just as she did when her mother was hard on her in the past. It wasn’t a good feeling to be compared to someone you could never measure up to.
"Mother, they might not have a lot of suitors like Anna but men have come to them. Just today Kayla went for a walk with an exceptional young man. He already has his own home and a reasonable amount of wealth to provide for her. A wedding will come soon," Karen promised.
No matter what Karen had to do her daughters will be taken care of in the future.