“My mom doesn’t mean it. Why are you hung up on this? Jessica, if I can be honest about the bride price, I think your family is demanding a lot. I’m fine with giving your family over seven hundred thousand dollars if they pay for the wedding and offer other gifts of the same value.
“Heck, I’ll be happy if they offer half the value, but your parents said they’ll only be gifting a few sets of bedding and an e-bike. The gifts are only less than ten thousand dollars put together.
“I overheard your parents the day they came to meet mine that the bride price would be split between your two brothers for their home renovations and new cars. Your parents are keeping sixty thousand dollars while only six thousand dollars is left for you and the wedding.”
Hank admitted that he went through the roof when he eavesdropped on how Jessica’s parents planned to spend the money.
He owned a fortune of around two million dollars. Since more than a million dollars went to Liberty, Hank had less than a million dollars left. However, he went back to becoming a millionaire after collecting the recent kickback and cash reward he hinted at the material supplier.
Nevertheless, the money would not last with the Yateses’ exorbitant demand.
Jessica believed that her parents went too far too.
The monetary gift should be given to her instead.
She could not believe that her parents intended to give the money to her brothers to renovate the house and purchase autos when Jessica only got a few beddings and an e-bike. It was hurtful.
Jessica’s parents, brothers, and sisters-in-law usually doted on her.
Now that she was about to walk down the aisle, the true colors of her parents were showing.
Her parents talked about her being the favorite in the family, but all they were trying to do was to use her to improve her brothers’ standard of living.
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