Second Chance: Marrying into Wealth Chapter 87

At the entrance of my house, there were eight men and women squatting.

Beside them, there were piles of large and small bags.

These people were dressed in expensive clothes, but their outfits were very mismatched and looked quite ugly. Their faces were dark and rough, clearly showing that they were people who had worked hard in the countryside and had suddenly come into money.

The visitors were Lawrence's four sisters and their husbands.

Although we had only met once, I was very familiar with them.

These people were truly bizarre.

Back then, because my parents had passed away, we decided to keep the wedding simple. We thought we would just get married, have a meal with both families, and have a simple ceremony.

At that time, Lawrence's four sisters and their husbands came with Missy.

When they arrived, they started shouting that since their children couldn't come, they would collect the gift money on their behalf, $20,000 per child.

Lawrence's four sisters, except for the fourth sister who had only one child, each had two children, making a total of seven children, which meant I had to come up with $140,000.

It was the first time I had heard that the bride had to give money to the groom's family children.

I was not very happy about it.

Then the sisters started to complain.

"How can you be a proper elder if you can't even give a meeting gift? How can you be an elder to the children?

You don't know how we took care of Lawrence when he was growing up, and how we gave him our wedding gift money to support him through school and help him succeed.

Otherwise, how could you have met such an excellent Lawrence, and how could he have married you? Let me be clear, if you don't give this money, we won't agree to this marriage, and you can forget about getting married."

At that time, I had no family left.

I had called Paula to support me.

Unexpectedly, Paula ended up seeing a joke.

Paula, naturally protective of me, got angry on the spot, "This is the first time I've heard that the bride has to give money to the groom's family children. If you're so capable, why don't you go rob a bank? And by the way, my Melinda is not marrying Lawrence because no one else wants her. Get it straight, Lawrence pursued our Melinda. If the marriage doesn't happen, so be it. We won't marry him!"

Lawrence's mother Missy quickly came out to smooth things over.

I was also a bit upset and directly asked Lawrence, "What do you say about this?"

Lawrence looked distressed and quickly apologized to me, "Melinda, I'm sorry, it's my fault. I should have prepared this money. I've been busy with our wedding and work, and I forgot. I'll find a way. I'll ask friends and family to see if I can borrow the money for the children.

After all, my sisters sacrificed a lot for me, even dropping out of school, and went through a lot of hardships to help me complete my education. I'm grateful to them, and I need to give this money. I just forgot to tell you, I'm sorry."

He said this and was about to make calls to borrow money.

Seeing Lawrence so stressed and even being looked down upon for borrowing money, I felt sorry for him.

As his sisters said, $140,000 was not a big deal for me, so I softened and transferred the money to Lawrence, letting him give it to his sisters, and the wedding continued.

But his sisters and their husbands, being from the countryside and uneducated, were rude and unreasonable.

Instead of being happy for Lawrence's wedding, they became even more demanding.

Even though they were Lawrence's family, they blocked the wedding car during the ceremony.

They demanded $100,000 per family to let Lawrence marry me.

Paula was so angry she laughed.

She glared at them and said coldly, "This is the biggest joke I've ever seen. How about we just don't leave today and let Lawrence move in with Melinda? Any children they have can take Melinda's last name. We can afford it."

"Who are you? What right do you have to interfere? Melinda's family is all dead, isn't it? Who are you to meddle in this?"

"Exactly, how can you say that? What do you mean by the son taking Melinda's last name? That's impossible. Do you want Lawrence, the only man in the Phillips family, to marry into the Turner family? What a joke."

Lawrence's sisters were immediately unhappy with Paula's words.

Missy started crying, "Lawrence, if you dare to do this today and not give the money, you might as well let me die. How can I face your father? I worked so hard to have you, and now you want to marry into the Turner family? How can I face the villagers?"

Maybe my parents protected me too well before, but in my life, I had never seen people as unreasonable as the Phillips family.

At that time, I was already thinking of giving up.

Paula, feeling sorry for me, didn't want me to be bullied by these people in the future.

She stood in front of me, not backing down, "Enough of this. You must be crazy for money. Don't talk about your customs. There's no such thing nationwide where the bride has to give money to the groom's sisters, let alone $100,000.

Even if the groom marries into the bride's family, there's no such thing.

Do you want me to record your actions and post them online? Let's see if people will laugh at Melinda or you. You'll be famous, and Lawrence won't be able to marry anyone, not even an average woman. You'd better stay together forever and not harm other girls."

Paula was good with words, and these people, being uneducated, were scared by her.

One of Lawrence's sisters even tried to grab Paula's phone, but Paula threatened, "I'm a lawyer. Do you know what happens if you hurt me? I'll send you to jail."

Paula was good at bluffing, and the Phillips family, being uneducated, were fooled and didn't dare to act.

Missy still wanted to say, "Move aside. Who are you? Such a vicious heart. Are you jealous of Lawrence marrying Melinda? Do you know you can't ruin someone's marriage? Melinda, what do you say? Will you let her bully your future elders?"

I usually felt sorry for Missy raising Lawrence alone, and Lawrence often told me how Missy borrowed money and even knelt down for his education. So, after being with Lawrence, I often bought many good things for Missy during holidays.

So, she probably thought she had me under control.

But Paula did everything for me, and I couldn't let her down.