{"id":11713,"date":"2026-01-22T13:37:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-61\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:37:26","slug":"married-at-first-sight-chapter-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/married-at-first-sight-chapter-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Married at First Sight Chapter 61"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chapter 61<\/div>\n
\u201cGrandmom is unwell. It\u2019s liver cancer, but the silver lining is that it\u2019s in the early stages,\u201d Mike informed over the phone.<\/div>\n
\u201cThe doctor has suggested treatment in the city. Since you and your sister have settled there and know your way around, please book an appointment for Grandmom at the hospital.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to head out shortly and take Grandmom to the hospital. This way, she can consult with a specialist as soon as she arrives. I\u2019ve heard that a deposit is required for treatment, so make sure you take care of that.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cEven though your parents are no longer with us, Grandmom is still family. You two have never contributed to Grandmom and Granddad\u2019s living expenses, so now that she\u2019s ill, it\u2019s your responsibility to help cover her medical costs to make up for the lack of support.\u201d<\/div>\n
Serenity winced as her cousin continued discussing the plan. She lost her parents when she was just ten years old. At that time, Serenity and Liberty received a life insurance payout of 1.2 million dollars.<\/div>\n
It was understandable for Grandmom and Granddad to want a portion of that money since they were their father\u2019s parents.<\/div>\n
However, since the sisters were minors at the time, the grandparents received a larger share than they rightfully deserved. Serenity was also aware that the grandparents took half of the insurance money and distributed it among her uncles and aunts.<\/div>\n
Each uncle ended up with one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, while the two aunts received twenty thousand dollars each. The remainder was allocated for the grandparents\u2019 retirement.<\/div>\n
Although Serenity was only ten at the time, she remembered every detail vividly. It was clear in her mind that the grandparents had formalized an agreement, witnessed by town officials and her maternal relatives, stating that the sisters were not obligated to provide for the grandparents\u2019 living expenses.<\/div>\n

expenses, provided that the sisters relinquished a larger share of the insurance money to the grandparents.<\/p>\n

The contract was duly signed and sealed by the grandparents, uncles, aunts, and both sisters.<\/p>\n

There were three copies of this contract, retained by the sisters, the grandparents, and the local community. Despite the numerous witnesses, Mike had the audacity to claim that the sisters had never supported their grandparents.<\/p>\n

After losing their parents, no relatives stepped forward to take care of the sisters. With their paternal grandparents taking half of the $1.2 million insurance payout, the maternal grandparents insisted on receiving $400,000 as well. In the end, the sisters were left with just $200,000.<\/p>\n

At the tender age of fifteen, Liberty took charge of their parents\u2019 funeral arrangements and handled Serenity\u2019s paperwork to enroll her in boarding school. Serenity\u2019s education was secured, along with her meals, freeing them from relying on the generosity of others. This was the reality the sisters faced after their parents\u2019 tragic passing\u2014the so-called relatives never reached out or offered any assistance.<\/p>\n

Yet, things took a turn when those same relatives appeared unannounced one day, demanding money as Liberty was about to walk down the aisle. They believed the family should share in the wealth now that Liberty had found success. It was truly shocking how shamelessly they acted. Unsurprisingly, the family was now expecting the sisters to cover the medical expenses for their sick grandmother. \u201cMr. Hunt, if I recall correctly, you are twelve years older than me. Fifteen years ago, at twenty-two, you were present when we divided the insurance payout after my parents died in that accident. Surely, you haven\u2019t forgotten that we are not obligated to pay for\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Grandmom and Granddad\u2019s maintenance was tied to the insurance money. \u201cYou used the one hundred and fifty thousand dollars from Grandmom and Granddad to build a house. The additional hundred thousand dollars was meant for their retirement,\u201d she explained. <\/p>\n

After benefiting from my parents\u2019 life insurance, you have the audacity to accuse me of not contributing to family support and expect me to make amends?!\u201d Fifteen years ago, a hundred and fifty thousand dollars was a significant amount, enough to construct a home from scratch. \u201cOh, I forgot. Of course, you\u2019d know that, given your lack of shame! I\u2019m telling you right now, Mike, I couldn\u2019t care less!\u201d With that, Serenity hung up the phone. Mike\u2019s attempt to reach out again resulted in him being added to Serenity\u2019s blacklist. <\/p>\n

Zachary had overheard the entire exchange. He hadn\u2019t previously looked into Serenity\u2019s background, only hearing from Nana that Serenity lost her parents in a car accident when she was ten. The sisters managed to get by and complete their education with the help of the insurance money, which clarified Serenity\u2019s strong bond with her sister. <\/p>\n

After all, they had relied on each other for over a decade. For Serenity, Liberty was her only family in the world. It seemed Zachary needed to do more research into Serenity\u2019s history. She had never discussed her extended family with him, nor had he felt the urge to ask.<\/p>\n

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Chapter 61 \u201cGrandmom is unwell. It\u2019s liver cancer, but the silver lining is that it\u2019s in the early stages,\u201d Mike […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-married-at-first-sight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}