They Barred Me at the Door, So I Took Everything They Own

According to tradition on my fiancé's side, the groom was supposed to head to the banquet venue first while the bride went to his family's home alone, knocked on the door, and waited for her new mother-in-law to answer.

Since my fiancé knew my background was... complicated, he'd specifically told me it would just be a formality. Nothing to worry about.

But I'd been standing outside calling for a long time, and not a single sound came from inside.

It rubbed me the wrong way, but for my fiancé's sake and my father's, I swallowed my irritation.