Chapter 1 - THE PHANTOM BURIAL (TÓM TẮT NGẮN)
Caroline’s world shatters when her husband, Jason, brutally announces that his mother, Theresa, died overnight hating Caroline and forbids her from attending the funeral. For months, Jason had isolated Caroline from his family, drained their savings, and pressured her to sell her beloved skincare studio under the guise of paying for Theresa's exorbitant cancer treatments. Gutted and suspicious, Caroline drives to Theresa’s home after Jason leaves in a black suit, only to find Theresa alive, healthy, and stunned. Looking over the medical invoices Jason used to extract tens of thousands of dollars from Caroline, Theresa reveals she never saw those doctors and has never been sick. At the bottom of a critical billing ledger, they discover the name of a strange woman, exposing that Jason has spent months funding another woman’s medical battles—and has walked out that very morning dressed for a funeral that belongs to someone else entirely.
