Mom Mind Control

It's nighttime, and I'm on the toilet with my phone. I fire up Battleborn Arena, ready to grind a few ranked matches. But an unknown number flashes on-screen and cuts me off. Annoyed, I decline the call, and a WhatsApp message pops up immediately. "Run! Edgar just snapped. He's going to kill us all!" My hands tremble. Edgar Maguire… Isn't he already dead?

My younger sister, Angela Schrute, got married at 20. By 21, she already had a child. I'm Elizabeth Schrute, 27 years old, and still unmarried. Over the years, I've brought home a few boyfriends. But every time the subject of marriage comes up, my father, Michael Scrute, will take them into his study. I don't know what he said to them. But whenever they come out of that room, they will turn cold and frightening. It's like their hands are itching to wrap around my throat and squeeze the life out of me. My latest boyfriend thinks Dad is being unreasonable… until he follows him into the study. When he emerges, his eyes burn with rage. He breaks up with me on the spot and slaps me. Twice. I still can't figure it out. What is it that drives each of them away? And what secret is hiding in Dad's study?

I'm the female protagonist of a spicy novel. One day, the system tosses me into an innocuous novel to be reformed. What a joke! I turn to the male protagonist. "Hi there. Want to make out?" He has me thrown behind bars and accuses me of molesting him. Much later, he does even naughtier things than the male protagonists in spicy novels do.

I was getting married—but I didn't tell my parents. It was my fifth wedding. The last four? Total disasters, thanks to them. Every time, they claimed something was "wrong" with the wedding car and somehow scared the guy off. First was my college boyfriend. We were solid—four years strong. My parents pushed for marriage... then ditched the idea on the big day because his car wasn't "fancy" enough. Second groom? My boss. He pulled up in a shiny new car they actually approved—until they didn't. Yanked me right out. Third time, they set me up with someone themselves. The guy brought ten cars to play it safe. Didn't matter. They shut it down before I even stepped outside. Fourth time? Same story. I kept wondering—what was so cursed about these cars? Why push me to get married, only to destroy it every single time? This year, I was trying again. Wedding number five. This time, I was pregnant—with the son of the country's richest man. I didn't tell my parents. Thought I'd finally outsmarted them. But just as I was about to get in the car... I saw them sprinting toward me.

On Mother's Day, I was planning to give my mother-in-law a special gift, but to my surprise, I saw her enter a room with a Black man. When she came out half an hour later, her face was flushed…

On our anniversary, Nina Reid took our daughter—and her assistant, Ray Chapman—out for another "family day." Without me. That was it. I filed for divorce. Right after signing the papers and boxing up my stuff, I heard a buzz from the corner. Old phone. Twelve years old. Buried in a drawer. The screen lit up with a number I almost recognized. Hand shaking, I picked up. A voice I hadn't heard in years. Young. Way too familiar. "Hey, Liam. I need to talk to you."

Melati harus pasrah akan keputusan kedua orang tuanya untuk menjadikan dirinya istri salah satu orang terkaya di kota. Kedua orangtuanya, memiliki hutang yang cukup besar. Dengan berat hati dia menerima semuanya, toh selama ini dirinya hanya di anggap pembantu di rumah tersebut. Sejak pernikahan kedua Ayahnya, dia tidak pernah memiliki kehidupan yang layak. Namun, siapa sangka dia malah menjadi istri kedua. Pernikahan kedua yang telah di siapkan oleh istri pertama calon suaminya. Anjasmoro, pria yang memiliki umur 20 tahun lebih tua darinya. Dia akan menjadi istri keduanya. Akan tetapi takdir begitu rumit saat Melati tinggal lebih lama di rumah Anjasmoro. Status Melati masih di sembunyikan dan inilah awal kehancuran keluarga Anjasmoro. Salah satu putranya mencintai Melati, lalu menolak keras pernikahan Ayahnya. Mungkinkah pernikahan itu akak tetap terjadi?

Bella seorang gadis miskin yang karena kepintarannya mendapat keberuntungan beasiswa di salah satu Universitas swasta Jakarta dengan program kedokteran umum. Dia dan Ibunya hidup sederhana di sebuah rumah peninggalan almarhum ayahnya. Keseharian mereka membuat pesanan kue dan juga melayani katering serta membuat warung kecil di depan rumahnya. Awalnya Bella gadis yang ceria. Namun, semenjak kematian ayahnya, dia berubah menjadi pendiam dan agak menutup diri dari dunia luar. Dia hanya membantu ibunya mencari nafkah karena Bella satu-satunya anak semata wayang Ibunya . Bella menyadari kalau bukan dirinya siapa lagi yang akan membantu ibunya yang sudah mulai renta. Dia mempunyai cita-cita menjadi seorang dokter, karena dia tidak ingin nantinya orang yang tidak mampu akan mati sia-sia akibat keterbatasan dana untuk berobat, seperti yang dialami ayahnya 2 tahun silam. Ya, Bella bermimpi ingin membuka klinik gratis bagi orang kekurangan seperti dia. Sungguh cita-cita yang mulia.

Olivia hancur saat melihat suaminya bermain api dengan orang yang dia kenal. Tidak hanya itu, bahkan mereka sudah lama menyembunyikan hubungan ini. Hartanya di kuras habis, tapi wanita itu tidak tinggal diam. Dia akan datang kembali sebagai karma bagi mereka.

On the seventh day after my daughter goes missing, I kidnap an entire kindergarten. I lock away all 27 students and two teachers in a classroom. I tell the police that if they can't find my daughter, I will kill a kid every 30 minutes. The principal falls to her knees, wailing and begging, "It's not my fault that your daughter is missing. Why should other children pay for it?" I glance at my watch. "29 minutes left. Find her." I know she's in this kindergarten.