The wedding dress my fiancée bought with her late mother was thrown into the pool—when my sister mocked her, what I did next shattered my family forever.

because my family was large, loud, intense—the kind that hugs too tightly, gives opinions without being asked, and calls disrespect a “joke.”

That’s why, before Natalia arrived, I asked for only one thing:

—Please don’t take the jokes too far. Natalia isn’t used to it. I want her to feel welcomed, not attacked.

They all agreed.

Camila included.

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