Chapter 1

My husband suddenly had an asthma attack, and I couldn't find his medication anywhere. Frantically, I called our son, begging him to buy the medicine and rush home.

But from the other end of the line, I heard my son's impatient complaint:

“Mom, stop interfering! I just took time off work to check on my mother-in-law, and now you’re trying to stop me? Do you seriously have some kind of son complex?”

“It's honestly disgusting!”

With that, he ruthlessly hung up the phone.

I didn't understand what a "son complex" was. All I knew was that without his medicine, my husband’s life was in danger.

So, I called my daughter-in-law. But before I could even speak, I heard her icy accusation:

“Mom, your possessiveness over Dan is way too much!”

“My mom has a cold. Dan, as her son-in-law, is taking her to the clinic. Can't you even tolerate this small thing?”

The phone was hung up again, and my heart went completely cold.

Watching my husband’s face turn an alarming shade of purple, I pushed my anger aside and quickly dialed 91