"Yes, tomorrow you must have your parents give Eden a 50,000 dollars fee to change her form of address. Our precious daughter will be part of your family, so you must show enough respect!"
"And add Eden's name to the title deed of your house as soon as possible. Make sure it's notarized to give her half. Our daughter can't afford to gamble. Marrying you and bearing children is a matter of life and death!"
I sneered and agreed.
After hanging up, John burst out cursing.
"Are they out of their minds? How dare they increase demands at the last minute? Didn't you already pay a dowry of 200,000 dollars?!"
Yes, my parents had exhausted their life savings to buy a new house, and the dowry and banquet money equaled my annual salary.
I could afford the additional demands from her mother since my small internet company was doing well, having saved over 600,000 dollars in two years.
Half of this money was meant for the wedding, and I planned to let my parents keep the rest for emergencies.
After all, they were getting old and didn't earn much.
Eden's mother agreed to our marriage because she saw me as a potential success.