I’m Anna. I’m 23, and I married my childhood sweetheart. My husband and I have been together since kindergarten. I still remember how incredibly kind my mother-in-law was to me when I was just a little girl. So when I heard she was sick and might not have much time left… I knew I wanted to marry him right away, all for the sake of the mother-in-law I adored. We’re still young, so we couldn’t afford a lavish wedding on our own. But she told us she’d pitch in 1,000,000 yen, so we decided on a venue at a high-end hotel.
At first, we were planning a casual wedding that fit our budget. But we chose that prestigious hotel because we wanted to honor her wish when she said, “I’ll give you a million yen, so I want you to get married at the same place we did.” Now she’s saying it was all a joke, and that money talk completely vanished. I have absolutely no idea what is going through her head.
I kept telling myself I shouldn’t have counted on someone else’s money anyway as we went through with the ceremony, but… once we got married and I went from being “someone else’s sweet daughter” to “her son’s wife,” my once-kind mother-in-law completely changed.