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Then, on Christmas day, when everyone was
supposed to be together, his dad was quietly
drinking. His mom was frowning as she
started preparing the dumplings.
The fireworks were starting outside, and
Mark’s Dad sighed,
“Start the fireworks, Mark.”
Mark got agitated and said:
“My sister–in–law isn’t here, how can we start
when the whole family isn’t here?”
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“Are you guys waiting for me?”
A woman came in immediately after.
Mark got up, and I hadn’t even seen him
move, but he was already next to his sister in
law.
At first it seemed normal, and his sister in law
was talking to me, but I had a weird feeling.
When we were eating dinner, I found a
dumpling with a coin, I immediately told Mark.
“Husband, I think there’s a coin in my
dumpling!”
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Mark nodded, but he grabbed my dumpling
and put it in his sister–in–law’s bowl.
His sister–in–law said “This is not right“, but
she ate the dumpling anyways.
There was a coin!
Mark hugged his sister in law.
“Sister in law is the most lucky person in the
house!”
I stared at them.
That year, every good thing was given to
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Brenda, and then I got whatever was left.
When Brenda wanted to do the dishes, Mark
said: “Let Heidi do it!”
When Brenda said her skin was acting up,
Mark gave her my skincare products.
There were too many similar situations, and I
was mad the whole time.
On the car ride back, I questioned Mark:
“Do you want to tell me anything?”
Mark knew why I was mad.
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His eyes turned red, and he choked as he
said:
“Heidi, my brother passed away, but my sister
in law is still here, when my family was poor,
my sister–in–law sold off her dowry so I could
go to school, I have to repay the debt!”
I believed him, but I also told him to have
boundaries.
Mark agreed, and said that his sister–in–law
was in a different town so it would only
happen once a year.
I didn’t know that next year, Brenda would be
living in the city, and even bought a house
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Mark took care of her even more, and I was
angry.
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