After the Death of the Mother-in-law, The Husband Gave Up the Mistress

My mother-in-law Norma Moore was in critical condition due to cerebral hemorrhage. She grabbed my hand and told me to wait for her son to come back and save her.

I held on to my last glimmer of hope, praying that Adam Johnson, the authoritative doctor, could save Norma, and I called him while suppressing my sadness.

When the phone was finally connected after ringing for a long time, the voice of Elvira Davis came from the other end.

"You don't have to call again. Adam won't answer. He has to spend my birthday with me. Nothing is more important than my birthday."

Before I could say anything, Elvira quickly hung up the phone.

When I wanted to call again, bad news came from the operating room.

That was too late...

Norma was dead!

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"The bleeding has reached 15 ml. The situation is very grim. If Adam were here..."

The attending doctor had a worried look on his face. He opened the door a crack and motioned for me to go in and take a last look at Norma.

"The possibility of a second cerebral hemorrhage is very high. Once a second cerebral hemorrhage occurs, it is basically impossible to save the patient."

I took a stiff step forward and saw Norma lying on the bed with a pale face.

We were just clearly eating and laughing at the table, and she was telling me how to win Adam's heart.

But when she stood up from her seat, she suddenly fell to the ground.

I grabbed her hand with trembling hands and knelt down in front of the bed, crying.

"Where's Adam? Let my son come and save me..."

Her voice was very weak, but I still heard it clearly.

"Don't worry. Adam will be here soon. You must hold on."

After saying that, I immediately stood up and left. The moment the door closed, I broke down and cried.

I really didn't dare tell Norma the truth that I had called Adam over 30 times and sent dozens of texts, but he had not responded to me.

I knew what Adam was doing now. It was something he did every year without fail. But I still borrowed a cell phone from a passerby and called him again.

"Hello?"

The phone was unexpectedly answered, but unfortunately the person who answered was not Adam.

"Give the phone to Adam! His mother is in the hospital with a cerebral hemorrhage! Only Adam can save her!"

Elvira snorted with laughter,

"You are going too far. You make up such a diabolical excuse to get Adam to come home.

"Don't you know how much Adam cares about his mother? How dare you make such an excuse? No wonder he doesn't like you."

I gritted my teeth in anger, but I still begged Elvira.

"I beg you to give the phone to Adam, okay? Please. If you want, I can divorce him now! The situation is really urgent."

There was no point in continuing to talk to Elvira, because she just thought it was a trick I used to steal Adam's heart.

"Who is it?" Adam asked in a deep and hoarse voice.

"It's just a crank call," Elvira said casually, but it made Norma would die.

"Don't call me anymore. Adam has to spend my birthday with me. Nothing is more important than my birthday."

I wanted to say something more, but the call was quickly hung up.

I stood up helplessly, and saw tears in Norma's eyes through the glass window. My heart felt like a sharp knife was stabbing it repeatedly.

Norma treated me like her own daughter, and I really couldn't bear to see her leave with regrets.