All Chapters of My Departure Drove Them Mad: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

After confirming my final decision with the system, it implanted a brain tumor in my head. I had only one month left to live.Now that I knew for sure, the weight that had been pressing down on me for so long finally lifted. I didn't have to keep secretly helping my husband, Jonah Perry, with his clients anymore, and I didn't have to stress every day over cooking for our picky son, Liam Perry.Since the doctors insisted I stay in the hospital for observation, I had no choice but to lie in bed and kill time with games on my phone.Not long after, Jonah walked into the room. Suzanne Wright followed behind him, carrying a bouquet of flowers."Suz insisted on visiting when she heard you were in the hospital," Jonah said with a smile.Suzanne looked guilt-ridden. "Jen, Jonah told me everything. This is all my fault. If I hadn't told Liam that I love snakes, he wouldn't have secretly switched out the gift that was meant for you. I'm so sorry."She moved to kneel, but Jonah reached

When the doctor said I was well enough to leave, I gathered my things and walked out of the hospital by myself.As soon as I got home, a message from Suzanne popped up on my phone. She had attached a photo of the three of them together, looking like a perfect little family.She wrote, "You're really not very bright, are you? Isn't this basically you handing your husband and son over to me on a silver platter?"She was clearly trying to bait me into losing my temper.I simply replied, "Do whatever makes you happy."Just then, I noticed that I still had that lucky charm as my profile picture, so I changed it without a second thought.A few minutes later, Jonah called. "You changed your profile picture?"After Mom passed, I didn't sleep properly for an entire year. Jonah climbed a steep hill on his knees to a small wayside chapel to get that charm blessed for me, and somehow, it worked.I had never changed that picture, no matter how bad things got between us.He sounded genuin

Jonah spotted me at a glance, lying motionless at the bottom of the pool. He grabbed my hand and hauled me up.When he dragged me onto the pool deck, he saw the blood. It was pouring out fast, dripping off my face like I'd been hit. Before long, the red was all over my face.Jonah cupped my face with shaking hands. He said my name over and over, like he was trying to wake me from a sleep I might never come out of.Liam, who had been standing nearby, was frozen in shock as well. He rushed over, grabbed my hand, and cried out, "Mommy! Mommy, what's wrong with you?"Just as Jonah reached for his phone to dial an ambulance, I grabbed his hand.I slowly opened my eyes, covered my nose, and shook my head. "I'm fine.""How can you possibly be fine after losing that much blood?"I explained that I'd hit my nose on the way in, and that was what caused the bleeding.If I went to the hospital, Jonah would discover the tumor in my brain. I just wanted to slip away quietly, without dragging

Suzanne immediately gave him an address, and Jonah turned the wheel to drive there without a second thought."The plane's about to take off," I said softly.A vein throbbed at Jonah's temple as he barked, "At a time like this, you're still thinking about your vacation? Didn't you hear Suz? She's in danger! Jenna, can you stop being so selfish for once?"Liam glanced hesitantly between us before ultimately siding with his father. "Mommy, we can go to Costa Perila any time. Suz needs us right now. We can't just turn our backs on her."I nodded and gestured for Jonah to pull over.Then, I opened the door and got out.He sighed in exasperation. "Do you really have to do this?"I slammed the car door shut without even bothering to answer.Seconds later, the car disappeared down the road.I headed to the airport alone. After settling into my seat on the plane, I checked my phone one last time before switching it off. Suzanne had posted another update.The post included a photo ta

After wallowing in despair for several days, I suddenly turned to Jonah."You were right. As long as I don't give up, there's still hope. I should keep fighting."Jonah, who had been working beside my bed, jerked his head up. His eyes lit up with joy."Jenna, you've finally come around."Liam immediately set his book aside and hurried to my bedside. He reached up and gently patted my head. "Don't worry, Mommy. I'll stay right here with you. I'll help you get better, I promise."I smiled and nodded.Jonah and Liam both let out sighs of relief, believing that I had finally turned a corner.In the days that followed, I threw myself into treatment with a cheerful face and a cooperative spirit, as though I had somehow transformed back into the woman I once was.Jonah smiled more often too.He painted a picture of our future without end, describing how the three of us would traverse the globe once I had recovered.Our wealth, he insisted, was more than we could ever exhaust. The co