Before Max had arrived at the bidding he had predicted that the only option Karen would feel like she had left was to sell the business, he had guessed this when she had asked the Billion Bloodline group for help.
Because it went to show how desperate of a situation she felt like she was in.
When someone like Karen, a Stern, was asking for outside help, that meant she had already exhausted what she believed were her own options. Pride alone would have stopped most of them from reaching out.
There was an added pressure to the Stern family. Most people would be pleased with a fortune being handed to them, even if it was a fraction of a giant size.
To live comfortably. To never worry again. That was enough for most.
She had started her business, and selling the department store, Karen could continue to live the rest of her life maybe opening up a smaller shop and never having to worry about money again.
She could have stepped away.
