My Daughter Didn’t Invite Me To Her Wedding, But She Sent Me A Large Invoice To Pay For Her Dream Party And The Honeymoon. She Even Wrote:

“But Cathy said… she told me you were eager to contribute, that you felt terrible about missing the ceremony and wanted to make it up to her by covering the major expenses.”

I almost laughed. Almost. Instead, I leaned forward slightly, my voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper.

“Did she really? How interesting. Tell me, Christine, when someone commissions your services, they sign a contract, don’t they?”

“Well, yes, of course.”

“And who signed the contract for this wedding?”

Christine’s face went pale beneath her carefully applied makeup.

“Kathy and Gary. But she assured me that you would be handling the payments for certain items. Items totaling $70,000.”

I opened my purse and pulled out the invoice, now neatly folded.

“This arrived yesterday. No phone call, no discussion—just a bill with a charming note about how lucky I should feel to be allowed to contribute.”

The silence stretched between us like a taut wire. Christine stared at the invoice, then at me, then back at the paper.

I could practically see the calculations running behind her eyes. Deposits made. Vendors paid.

Her own commission hanging in the balance. “Mrs. Mack, I… I had no idea.

Cathy presented this as an arrangement you’d already agreed to. She seemed so confident that you would cover these expenses.”

“Did she pay you anything upfront?”

“A small deposit. 5,000.

The rest was supposed to come from you this week, with the balance due on the wedding day.”

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