Lana Parker knew that her father was forcing her to give up, thinking that his daughter, even though capricious, would never do something outrageous, that she couldn't achieve it.
Moreover, Daniel Cooper's impeccable reputation was well-known to everyone in Mallowbank. Countless women had tried to approach him, but he remained untainted by any of them, showing just how much that woman weighed on his mind.
Even if she, Lana Parker, with her status as the daughter of the Director, pursued him, her chances of success were slim.
However, her father, who had been an official for half his life and had seen all sorts of people, didn't understand the saying, "love makes people mad."