Rose was devastated by the news. The world around her started to spin. She couldn't believe her father was going to sell her to a stranger.
"B-but father...Y-you can't do this to me. Please, dad, I'm not prepared for this" she said. She was fighting back the tears that were itching to flow.
"You can't keep running away from your responsibility Rose! Besides, you're past the age of marriage"
"DAD! You will not get me married to some...some...fool"
"Watch your tongue, Rose! Like I said before, I'm going to do a proper and thorough background check before I send him your way"
"Do you like the way your life has turned out dad?"
"..."
"We are two different people dad and that means two different lives, two different destinies. I get to choose how I want my life to be and that includes choosing when and who I want to get married to. You have lived your life. I will live mine. I am the driver of my life, not you. So, I'd appreciate it if you'd stop meddling in my life"
"You brought this upon yourself! If you had just attended the ball like you were supposed to, you would have had the opportunity of choosing someone -"
"Among the crowd to marry and the good part is you would have accepted any one of them with wide arms. I get that dad. But have you ever thought that what if the man I'd like to get married to isn't among the crowd?"
"Rose, enough with these petty arguments, and leave me now. I have important matters to get to"
"Oh, and what am I? Less important to you?"
"You know that is not what I meant Rose"
"Then, explain to me what you mean"
"I just want the best for you"
"The best for me...the best for me? Or, the best for you? You just want to get me married because of your stupid bucket list! I wonder if you just want my life to turn out like yours. In an unhappy, arranged marriage. I know everything dad. I know everything about Lincoln and mom and grandpa and you. And I have only one thing to say to you. You are not humane"
"As I said before, you brought this upon yourself Rose."
And without saying another word, she left angrily slamming the door behind her.