Chapter 7

Unexpectedly, this karma came back quickly.

Three months after my dad was discharged, my mother-in-law fell.

Lucas called me urgently.

"Amelia, my mom is in the hospital. Go there quickly."

"Why should I go to the hospital? I'm at work."

"I'm busy, about to board a high-speed train. Go to the hospital to pay the bills. My mom fell."

"We split expenses, remember? Handle it yourself."

I hung up the phone. Lucas kept calling back, but I kept hanging up.

Lucas sent me voice messages on WhatsApp.

"Amelia, that's my mom. You can't be like this. You're her daughter-in-law. Can't you go take care of her?"

"Three months ago, how did you treat my dad? That's how I'll treat your mom."

I quickly replied and then muted my phone.

After a while, my father-in-law called.

"Amelia, your mother-in-law is in the hospital. We need to pay the bills."

"Why don't you ask your son? Why are you calling me?"

"He's on a business trip."

"I'm busy too. We split expenses, remember? We agreed I don't take care of your family, and he doesn't take care of my parents."

"What split expenses? Nonsense. I don't understand that. Come pay the bills quickly, or if something happens to your mother-in-law, it's on you."

I hung up the phone directly.

I took time off work, feeling that if I stayed at the company, I might get cornered.

Sure enough, after work, my colleague called me.