All Chapters of My Mom Tried to Cash in My Death: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I pressed the record button with trembling fingers."Mom, Elle's due date is next week! I took the car in for maintenance today so I'd be ready to drive her to the hospital at any moment," I said in exasperation.Then, I gritted my teeth and hissed, "You cut my brake line. Were you trying to kill all three of us?"On the other end of the phone, Mom let out a dismissive snort. "Women give birth to babies every day. What makes it so special for her? If she really goes into labor, she can just call a cab. Why does she have to ride in your car? It's not like she's some kind of princess."She paused, and a calculating tone crept into her voice. "Besides, even if something happens, the accident insurance payout, including the one for the baby in your wife's belly, might be two million dollars. By then, Emmett would have more than enough for the wedding gift. "He'd even have enough for the down payment for one of those big apartments downtown… There! I win!"Laughter erupted from the p

After receiving my report, the police took the attempted murder case very seriously.That afternoon, two police cars and a tow truck arrived at Tom's repair shop. They cordoned off the area with police tape. Then, they towed my car away as evidence.A relative from my hometown, who happened to be in the city on business, filmed the entire scene. He loved to gossip, so he immediately sent the video to Mom, who was playing poker yet again.He exaggerated what he had seen. "Oh my, look at this! Police cars and a tow truck are there with police tape everywhere. Henry's car is leaking. I bet he crashed so badly that both he and the car are totaled!"Mom was just holding a poker card when she heard the voice message. Her eyes lit up."I won! Pure Flush!" she exclaimed. She excitedly threw her poker cards on the table, grinning from ear to ear. "What a lucky day! This is double the good news! I'm about to get rich!"She was so excited that she didn't even bother collecting her winning

The hallway fell into complete silence.Mom's expression froze, and the muscles in her face twitched slightly.Emmett's eyes widened in shock. He instinctively took a step backward and bumped into Jemima."Y-You're not dead?" he blurted, his voice cracking with disbelief.His mind still hadn't caught up with what was happening. Furiously, he shouted, "If you're not dead, what about my house? What about my wedding gift? Why didn't you just die?"The moment those words left his mouth, Jemima's family stared at him as if he were a monster. No matter how greedy they might be, they couldn't comprehend how Emmett could say that he wanted me, his brother, dead without batting an eye.I looked at Emmett's contorted features and smiled instead of getting angry.I took out my phone, opened the recording I had made at the repair shop, and pressed play."I only told Emmett to cut the brake line a little. You won't die. That million-dollar insurance payout would be just enough to cover th

After spending an entire night crying, screaming, and making a scene outside the police station to no avail, Mom was at her wit's end. She knew that as long as I, the victim, refused to back down, Emmett would almost certainly receive a heavy sentence. To force me to withdraw the case, she posted a long message in our family group chat. Every word painted her as a pitiful old mother who had been deeply hurt by her eldest son and driven into a corner.In the video, her hair was a mess as she cried hysterically."Everyone, tell me if this is fair! Henry got rich in the city. He lives in a luxury home and drives a nice car, yet he just stood by while Emmett couldn't even afford to get married. Out of spite, Emmett damaged one little brake line on his car."But Henry called the police and accused Emmett of trying to murder him. He sent him straight to jail! He's trying to drive the two of us to our deaths! I carried this ungrateful son for ten months in my belly only to have him turn

Mom was suspected of stirring trouble and disrupting order. On top of that, the police uncovered evidence that she had allegedly incited a crime while investigating Emmett's case. As a result, she was placed under detention.On the eve of the trial, I received a notice from the police asking me to go to the precinct to provide an additional statement as the victim. After I finished giving my statement, they arranged for me to meet Mom one last time in the visitation room, where a glass wall would separate us.After spending less than half a month in jail, Mom looked as though she had aged ten years. Her once-plump cheeks had completely sunken in. Her cheekbones now jutted out very obviously. The carefully permed and dyed curls she had always taken pride in were now brittle and tangled.Wearing an oversized orange jumpsuit and handcuffs, she shuffled slowly to the glass.The moment she picked up the phone receiver and looked at me, tears poured down her face."Henry... My son… I've