Chapter 888 Are You Selling Your Daughter
Peggy snubbed, "Shut up, Doris! Can''t you just eat your meal and stop talking?" Peggy red at Doris
and gestured her to keep quiet.
Doris sealed her mouth and lowered her head in resentment. Peggy smiled with a tinge
embarrassment and said, "Sorry, Please don''t pay attention to her. Doris is ignorant. If she said
something offensive, please forgive her. I really hope that she didn''t make you offended."
"Don''t worry. I''m fine," Laura replied promptly. Albeit Laura behaved as if everything was alright, but in
fact, there were several questions that came to her mind. The more she spoke with Peggy and Doris,
she could not but mark a certain crudeness in their speech, attitude and actions. It made her wonder if
it was a good idea to allow her son to marry Sue.
Peggy poured some fruit juice for Laura in a ss and continued with a smile, "Laura, the bride price
you offered is nice. It''s a luck number. I can see that you really treasure my daughter and I''m sure Sue
will be happy in your family. You will all take good care of her."
After saying this Peggy paused for a moment and then continued, "But…"
Laura creased her brows as soon as she heard Peggy utter this word. She became skeptical about
Peggy''s next move. And as soon as Peggy opened her mouth, Laura''s apprehension was proven right.
"I think Doris is right," Peggy continued. "You are so rich. It''s improper for you to give us so little."
Peggy added in the politest tone, "Just think what vigers will say when they know that the bride price
totals only 880, 000. They all know that you are wealthy, so they''ll think that you despise my daughter.
This will humiliate both you and us." Even though Peggy was trying to be excessively polite and cing
her sugar coated words in front of Laura, her greediness lurked behind each and every word uttered by
her. And that certainly did not evade the eyes of Laura. She was terrified at the very thought that she
was sitting with such a greedy family to discuss her son''s marriage with their daughter.
Laura looked at Anthony with a nk expression. As she remained quiet, Anthony spoke, "How much
do you want? Just tell us."
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Peggy''s face brightened as Anthony asked this question. In fact, in her mind there was indeed no
upper limit of the amount of money she wanted. But she hesitated for a second as she thought that
Laura and Anthony might just turn down her offer right away. However, the opportunity was just too
tempting, so she said to Anthony with a smile, "How about 2, 880, 000? It''s also a lucky number."
"2, 880, 000?" Laura blurted out of shock. She never expected Peggy toe up with such an
exorbitant amount for her daughter.
She teased and asked, "Peggy, you must be kidding me!"
"Of course not," Peggy sneered back. Her facepletely changed as she spoke. "If your son want to
marry my daughter, you must give me the exact amount of money that I quoted."
"Well. Then, I have a question," Laura said in a sarcastic voice. "If I give you so much money, how
much dowry will you give us?"
"Dowry?" Peggy was rendered speechless at Laura''s counter demand for the dowry. After a long
silence, she answered in a difited manner, "As the old saying goes, ''a married daughter is like
water that is poured''. Once she marries your son, she is no longer my daughter, rather she is your
daughter. Then where does the question of dowry arises?"
"You are ckmailing us now," Laura said. She was certain that she had underestimated this woman.
"Don''t be angry." Peggyughed, and said to Laura, "It''s a great pleasure to marry my daughter to your
son. How could you me me for ckmailing?"
Peggy looked at Laura in the eye, and continued, "You are so rich. The bride gift is just a meagre
amount for you I am sure. Isn''t it?"
"Are you here to get your daughter married or to sell your daughter? How could you demand so much
money?" Laura retorted with a frown.
"I see nothing wrong here," Doris spoke in support of her mother-inw. "If Sue marries Anthony, she
will be part of your family. She will not only be the mother of your grandchildren, but also take
care of your son. There''s nothing improper to express gratitude with the money to our family for
bringing her up."
"You…" Laura was totally speechless. Indeed, she did not have the tact or the merit to counter reply
such shameless words. She sneered and said, "If you really want so much, then my son won''t marry
your daughter. I wonder who will marry her except my son. Don''t forget that she is pregnant now!"
Then, she stood up and asked Anthony to leave the ce with her.
Peggy was anxious when she saw Laura leaving, but she tried to hide her anxiety. She stood up and
said, "Laura, don''t be angry. Let''s sit down and discuss the problem peacefully."
Sue sat there quietly, her head lowered in embarrassment and shame. Whatever self respect and
confidence she had earned in all these years of her career in modeling was shattered into pieces when
her own mother reduced her to a meremodity and tried to get a high price by selling her. Her
dignity was hurt and she felt more and more humiliated as the conversation proceeded. She wanted to
just run away.
The greedy of Peggy also made her want to hide herself in an underground hole.
But she knew she couldn''t. The only hope she had now was that Laura would cancel the wedding
because of her mother''s greed. Then she didn''t need to worry about anything anymore. Sue knew
Laura to be a vtile woman and she could see that Peggy was already pushing her to the edge of her
patience.
Indeed, Laura didn''t let her down.
She sneered at Peggy, "Discuss? I don''t think there is anything we need to discuss any further."
Then, she held Anthony''s hand and said, "Let''s go."
"Wait a minute." Anthony grabbed Laura''s hand. He could tell that Sue was embarrassed now, so he
held Sue''s hands and said, "I must take Sue with me. I can''t let her stay here."
His palm warmed Sue''s hand and her heart, but she shook his hand off immediately and said, "Why
should I leave with you?"
Peggy was frustrated by Laura''s reaction and said to her, "Sue is bearing Anthony''s child. Isn''t it what
you have been expecting for a long time? How can you turn your back on your grandchild?"
Laura hesitated for a moment because of Peggy''s words, but soon she replied in a cold voice, "I will
have a grandchild sooner orter. I don''t need this one."
Then, she dragged Anthony toward the door and said, "Let''s go. If Sue doesn''t want to go with you, just
leave her here. No need to wait for her anymore. Don''t you feel ashamed of being with such people?"
Laura urged impatiently, "There will be no dearth of nice women for a decent and sessful man like
you. You don''t need to stay here."
"Mother…" Anthony said with a frown, "That''s enough. I can handle this alone. Don''t make the situation
moreplicated."
"Anthony… How could you talk with me like this?" Laura looked at Anthony in the eye, her face turning
pale because of her anger. "Don''t you know that I did all these for you? Couldn''t you understand my
intention?"
"Of course I can. I know you did everything for me," Anthony answered with a bitter smile. "But this do-
it-for-you has be your excuse for controlling my life and emotion. I have had enough. Could you
let me make the decision alone for just one time?"
"Anthony…" Laura''s face turned pale immediately and she said, "If I let you make the decision, you will
marry her, won''t you? But look at these people. They are not here to get their daughter or sister
married. Rather they are here to sell her. I will never pay 2, 880, 000 for a woman from such a family."
"I will," Anthony said decidedly. "If that much money can help me marry Sue, I''ll pay the money."
His words astonished not just Sue, but Laura.
All this while Laura was under the impression that Anthony wanted to marry Sue out of his moral
responsibility towards the child that Sue was carrying. But she was indeed amazed to see that her son
had fallen in love with Sue and wondered when it all happened?