Forsaken in Her Final Hour

During dinner, my mother-in-law, Sophia Valdez, suddenly clutched her chest. Her face turned pale.

I quickly put down my fork and went up to her. "Mom, is it your heart problem?"

Sophia nodded.

I picked up my phone to give my husband, Caleb Wright, a call. He was a cardiologist.

Caleb did not join us for dinner since he said he would be working overtime tonight.

I tried calling him several times, but Caleb did not pick up the phone. When the line finally got through, I could hear a soft female voice speaking on the other end.

"Esther, my cat, Bailey, is feeling a bit under the weather. Caleb is preparing some food for him. Can you stop calling? The noise is going to wake Bailey up."

I stiffened for a moment.

It was Lexie Simmons, Caleb's first love.

The two of them dated back when they were still in high school. However, Lexie's parents did not like the fact that Caleb came from a poor family.

They eventually forced the couple to break up and sent Lexie away to study abroad.

After that, Caleb met me and fell in love with me at first sight. I only agreed to date him after he had spent more than half a year trying to pursue me.

Even after getting married, we had a stable relationship. Caleb was the perfect husband in almost everyone's eyes.

That was until three months ago when Lexie came back to our country. Caleb started acting like a completely different person.

He would leave home early and come back late. Caleb was also rarely home during the weekends. He claimed to be busy with work whenever I asked about it.

However, I knew he was not busy with work. Instead, he was meeting Lexie. When I got so fed up and asked him about it, Caleb said I was being paranoid and narrow-minded instead.

It seemed like he had lied to me again. Caleb was not working overtime that day!

However, now was not the time for me to bring this issue up. I said in a cold voice, "Tell Caleb to answer the phone."

"Lexie, who's on the line?" I could hear Caleb's voice on the other end of the line this time.

I quickly said, "Caleb, Mom's having a heart attack. You need to hurry and get back now."

I thought Caleb would be anxious after learning that Sophia was having a heart attack. To my bewilderment, he replied, "Esther Lloyd, are you mental? You're making up these horrible stories about my mom just to make me go home?"

Caleb hung up right after saying that.

I tried calling him again but found that he had turned off his phone.

Since Sophia's condition seemed to be worsening, I decided not to waste any more time. "Mom, I'll take you to the hospital."

I brought Sophia to the hospital.

After entering the hospital lobby, I supported the unconscious Sophia and lowered her into a chair.