"It is honest, Mother," the redhead retorted sharply and defiantly. She and her mother had not always seen eye to eye, but surely her mother wouldn't expect her to jest about such a subject—not when Caitriona had made it clear time and time again how important it was to her that her daughters "married well" and did other normal things. Maeve was harldy likely to be considered "normal" any time soon, but at least she had ticked one item off of her mother's ridiculous list!