The elderly couple accepted the food, but refused the cash.
“Grandpa and Grandma are practically relying on you now,” Grandma Brown protested. “You pay for everything. Why are you giving us so much money? Save it for your future marriage. We have pensions. It’s not much, but it’s enough. We can even put a little aside.”
Everything they saved was meant for Sonny.
He didn’t need their money, but to them, it was a symbol of love.
Sonny pressed the bills into their hands anyway, his voice full of apology.
“I haven’t had time to come home and visit you. You miss me so much you have to come all the way to my company. I’m being unfilial. If you don’t accept this, I’ll feel even more guilty. Please take it. I’ll have plenty for my future marriage.”
Only then did the elderly couple finally accept it.