Ariana and Lana sat down with puzzled expressions on their faces.
Little Lily sat in her mother's lap; it was clear that she was afraid and shy of strangers, yet from the corner of her eyes, she was staring intensely at the beggar.
Ariana: "What is going on, Rosa?"
Lana looked at her mother, as she also wanted to know the reason for her father's anger.
Rosaline looked at the beggar while answering the question Ariana asked.
Rosaline: "An uninvited guest came barging in from the front door demanding a debt, so my husband received him to hear what he had to say, only for us to be surprised by his brazen request."
Lana: "What did he request?"
Rosaline: "Your hand in marriage, claiming it was promised by your father and me, when I don't even remember meeting him my whole life."
The soft look in Ariana's eyes changed as she gave the man a clear look from top to bottom as if she was measuring him.
