I sensed something wrong, so I pushed open the door and questioned my parents, "Didn't you say this house was allocated to you by the government after the demolition of our old house in our hometown? Where did you get the money to buy it?"
"You sent some money home every month after you graduated from college, didn't you? It added up to more than 500,000 dollars, enough for a down payment on the house."
My legs went weak, almost causing me to fall to the ground.
My parents had always told me that they had saved this money for me so that I would have enough money for my future marriage.
Unexpectedly, they had secretly bought a 140-square-meter house without telling me.
"The warranty deed! Show me the warranty deed!"
"What? Are you intending to snatch the house from your brother Will?" My mother questioned as she stood in front of Will protectively.
My father said with a stern look, "You'll get married sooner or later. There is no room for you in this house anyway. How about you just follow Dan to your future in-laws' place today so that you can accustom yourself to life there as soon as possible?"
"I paid for this house, yet there is no room for me?"
"Does a daughter need a room?" Dad replied as if it was a matter of course.
I looked coldly at the family before me, seeing their true colors for the first time.
"From now on, I'm no longer your daughter! As for the 500,000 dollars you spent on the house, I'll contact a lawyer to retrieve it.
"By the way," I continued, staring coldly at Amy and her family, "don't think about marrying your stupid son to me!"
"You've already accepted the engagement gift. What's wrong with you?" Amy's mother immediately got unhappy and questioned my parents.
Amy covered her big belly and said threateningly, "This is your Charter family's grandson. If you don't get the marriage license with my brother tomorrow, I'll go abort the baby at the hospital!"
My parents panicked the instant they heard this.
"Mom, now that you've accepted the money, why don't you marry him? If you are reluctant, you can let Will marry him instead!
"Anyway, from now on, I'll have nothing to do with this family!"
I returned to my hometown in the countryside and contacted the cemetery bureau to move my grandmother's grave to the mountain in the back of the village.
My grandmother supported me for ten years, so I wanted to do something for her now.