Steven’s face flushed red. He pointed at Maddie, struggling to find the words. “How am I meddling? I’m just doing this for Everly’s good. You hardly ever go out, so you don’t know many people. Everly is never going to get married if you want to pick out her husband by yourself.

“Just let her start dating. She’s so busy with work that she barely has time to think about anything else. We elders have to put some thought into it for her. For the sake of her marriage, I went around making connection