“‘Mom… Don’t Open Your Eyes’—I Woke From a Coma and Discovered My Husband Was Waiting for Me to Die”

“That’s not possible,” she said too quickly. “She would never—”

She stopped.

Too late.

“Never what, Claire?” Ms. Parker pressed.

Ethan tightened his grip on my hand.

“He heard everything, didn’t he?” Claire muttered.

“That document means nothing,” Ryan interrupted. “Emily wasn’t in a stable state. Claire can confirm that.”

“Emily was perfectly clear-minded,” Ms. Parker replied. “She placed everything into a trust for Ethan. And she specified that if anything happened to her, neither of you was to go near him.”

That’s when it became clear.

They didn’t just want the money.