It’s insulting when relatives say “she’s not from our kind,” but actively demand help, money, time, and strength. It’s unpleasant when they say “an old maid who’s obsessed with animals,” completely forgetting that Marina just barely survived the death of her fiancé a few years ago. It’s hard when all your efforts and care for the people you love are taken for granted—yet the moment a respectable companion appears near her, it causes outrage: how could it be? Can such a decent man possibly belong with a small woman like Marina?! Her lot is work and helping relatives, while real family happiness and other joys should go to her younger sister. Only Asya deserves all of it—because she is the true heir of her grandmother and grandfather—“their kind.”
Grandmother and grandfather don’t know that Marina’s companion, who came to the family gathering, is not a fiancé at all—despite what he says. He’s just a friend who came to help Marina. But, it seems, he’s gotten a bit too carried away with the process…