My mother-in-law, Maryam Smith, had a heart attack and was in a critical condition. However, my wife, Lily Smith, took the only available heart for her intern’s mother.

Jared Anderson’s mother did not have a serious heart condition. She did not need a heart transplant at all.

In the end, Maryam died on the operating table because she did not receive a heart transplant in time.

“I already tried my best to find another donated heart for your mother. It’s too bad that she was unlucky. She couldn’t even manage to make it through that short while.

“Even though she’s dead, Jared was still kind enough to offer to retrieve all her organs to be donated. That way, she can still contribute something good to the world.”

I was shocked by her shameless speech.

However, she was not aware that my mother was not the person she harmed with her abuse of power. The person she hurt was her mother!

Lily Smith threw a red plastic bag containing a pig heart at me.

“Jared and I carefully chose this pig heart. Since a heart transplant is useless now, you can cook it and bring it as an extra dish to her funeral. Treat it as a gift from us.”

Jared Anderson dragged the body bag containing the corpse from the hospital bed onto the floor, like it was a bag of trash.

“I recall that the cardiology department is short on hospital beds. She’s dead now, so she shouldn’t be occupying a bed. This will hinder other patients from receiving their treatments. Let’s bring it over for organ removal. If we wait for too long, the harvested organs may cease to be usable.”

At Jared’s words, fury rose within me. I grabbed his collar.

Lily grabbed a cup of water and threw it against my arm.

“Jared’s right. Some people are wasting oxygen when they’re alive. Why should they waste our medical resources when they’re dead? Donating her organs is probably the only useful thing she did in her whole life. What are you protesting about?”

I clutched my throbbing arm and stared at Lily like I was looking at a stranger.

My mother-in-law, Maryam Smith, was worried that Lily would be overly concerned if she found out that Maryam was seriously ill. So, Maryam hid her illness from Lily.

That’s why Lily thought my mother was the one who needed a heart transplant. Her true colors were as plain as day, thanks to this incident.

I did not know if I should feel happy for myself or feel sad for Maryam.

She had died because of her love for Lily.

It was absolutely ridiculous.

Jared let out an evil laugh. Then, he brought the janitor’s cleaning cart into the ward.

“Time is of the essence. Let’s use this cart to bring your mother over for organ removal.

“This box is a little too small. If we were to stuff your mother’s dead body in, we’d have to bend her limbs a little.”

I was disgusted by Jared’s viciousness. I yelled, “Lily! How can you let him disrespect the body like that? That’s heartless!”

To me, regardless of whose dead body it was, it should never be disrespected in such a way!

“Besides…”

Before I could finish speaking, Lily interrupted me without any hesitation.

“I’m already helping her contribute to the world by harvesting her organs. How is that heartless? I don’t want to waste another breath on you. Jared, stuff the dead body in and bring it over!”

Jared stepped on the legs of the dead body and snapped those bones in half.

Lily knew that I would try to stop them, so she shielded Jared.

When I pushed Lily aside, Jared had already broken both arms too.

He forcefully stuffed the mangled body into the cart.

He even said smugly, “Hunter, don’t worry. To ensure that the organs are not damaged, I did not break anything in the torso.”

Lily urged me impatiently, “Shouldn’t you be thanking Jared for treating your mother’s dead body this carefully? If it were up to me, she wouldn’t be getting such good treatment. She doesn’t deserve it, since she’s such an evil person!”

My heart ached when I saw Maryam’s mangled body.

“Lily! Aren’t you going to verify whose dead body it is?”

She would regret it when she saw that it was her own mother!

Lily snorted.

“Why would I look at it? I had more than enough of your mother’s stupid face when she was alive!”

She took out an organ removal agreement and said matter-of-factly, “Sign this. Your mother’s organs can give other people another chance at life. In a way, this is her legacy. If you truly love your mother, you should be more generous.”

It was hilarious coming from her, as she snatched away an available heart by misusing her power. “I won’t sign it!”

My mother’s name was written on the agreement. Why would I sign that?

Lily looked extremely impatient.

“Hunter, I’m only asking you to sign because you’re my husband! Otherwise, I have my ways of getting this procedure approved!”

I clenched my fist and glared intently at Lily.

“Why are you forcing me to sign this agreement? Is Jared desperate to sell those organs for money?”

After Lily took the available heart away, I asked my friend to look into Jared’s mother’s medical records.

It was confirmed that his mother did not need a heart transplant.

Claiming that his mother needed a heart was a complete lie!

However, Lily believed everything Jared said. If not, Maryam would not have ended up dead!

Then, where was the heart that Lily took?

I really suspected that Jared had taken the heart to the black market.

Lily slapped me.

“Hunter, stop accusing him! Why would Jared do such a thing? There was only one available heart. We’re saving a life, regardless of whose life it was! How can you accuse him of this? You’re vicious! Apologize to him!”

Jared suddenly exclaimed, “Ah, sorry, I slipped.”

He poured a huge cup of boiling water onto the deceased’s head.

When I looked over, Jared laughed viciously.

“I might get another case of butterfingers if Hunter’s unwilling to sign the organ donation agreement. Dr. Smith, it’s better to get the family member to sign the agreement. We can’t have anything tainting your career.”

I was burning with rage. Jared did that on purpose!

He claimed that he would not want Lily’s career to be tainted. However, she had already broken many rules for him.

As I had reminded Lily of that several times, Jared likely hated me.

Lily actually looked touched.

“Jared, you care too much about me. You’re the opposite of Hunter. He only knows how to throw tantrums!”

She poured a cup of boiling water and held it above the corpse. Then, she asked viciously, “So are you going to sign the agreement?

“Don’t you realize that if you drag this out, your mother wouldn’t be able to rest in peace?”

It was her mother who would not rest in peace!

I was so angry that I immediately called the hospital’s hotline. I wanted to report Lily and Jared for intending to harvest the organs illegally.

Lily realized what I wanted to do, so she splashed the hot water at me.

Jared also snatched my phone and threw it on the floor.

Lily shrieked, “Initially, I still wanted to show some respect toward your mother! Now, forget about it!”

She called over the security guards and claimed that I was being violent toward hospital workers, so they escorted me out of the hospital.

Then, she brought the corpse away with Jared.

I spent some time freeing myself from the security guards’ custody. Then, I ran over to the operating room where they were removing the organs.

In just a short time, they had already cut Maryam’s body open.

She also had a wound on her head because of the hot water Jared had poured over her.

They had cut Maryam’s limbs and tossed them away.

They were treating Maryam’s dead body like it was a farm animal.

Jared was kissing Lily as he pressed her against a wall.

“Dr. Smith, isn’t it bad for us to do this before a dead body?”

Lily moaned and answered, “If she didn’t die this quickly, I would do this in front of her! She humiliated me. It’s only fair for me to cheat on her son before her.”

I was enraged. I rushed forward and separated them.

“Lily, how dare you?”

I did not expect to find out that she hated my mother that much.

Lily did not look guilty at all, even though I had caught her cheating on me. She only looked unhappy that I interrupted her.

She pushed Jared away and straightened her clothes.

“Seeing you makes me annoyed. So, I can only satisfy my desires in the company of someone else.”

Jared kissed Lily’s cheek tauntingly.

“Hunter, you didn’t cherish such a good wife. I’m not in the wrong for comforting her.”

Then, he pointed at the dismembered body.

“By the way, Hunter, in order to make the organ removal process easier, I have dismembered the body. I’m sure you understand, don’t you?”

I gazed at their smug faces, then landed a punch on Jared.

Then, I looked at Lily and said without any hesitation, “Let’s get a divorce!”

Lily held Jared sympathetically and roared, “You want to divorce me over such a small matter? You’re being unreasonable!”

Jared glared at me viciously as he pretended to be understanding.

“Dr. Smith, Hunter’s angry because I dismembered the body. That’s probably why he wanted to divorce you. I’m willing to beg for Hunter’s forgiveness if he’s willing to treat you well and rein in his anger.”

At the same time, I heard dogs barking from the back alley behind the hospital.

Lily’s eyes brightened as she stared at me hatefully.

“What did you do wrong? Nothing! I’m going to divorce him. He shouldn’t even think about humiliating you this way! I’m also going to feed the leftover portions of that corpse to the dogs! I’m going to make full use of that dead body!”

After she said that, she quickly bagged the limbs and brought them out.

Jared purposely stopped me from chasing after Lily.

When I finally pushed Jared aside and reached the back alley, the stray dogs had already started to eat the limbs that Lily had dumped on the ground. It was a gory scene.

I grabbed Lily’s arm and said through clenched teeth, “Lily! You’d better reconfirm whose mother this is—mine or yours. Check the medical records!”

Lily freed her arm from my grip and smirked.

“My mother’s travelling overseas right now. How could she have died from a heart attack in this hospital? Besides, if my mother had heart issues, I wouldn’t be this powerless. I wouldn’t have let the available heart be taken away!”

The stray dogs were biting and pulling on an arm. In the commotion, a bracelet with a gold charm was flung out of the corpse’s palm.

Lily had bought this bracelet for Maryam when she received her first salary.

Even though Lily was able to buy more expensive jewelry for Maryam after that, Maryam still cherished that bracelet the most.

As she had been seriously ill, the bracelet had become a symbol of hope for her. She always held onto it.

Jared bent down and picked it up. Then, he snorted.

“Hunter, didn’t you say that your family is very rich? Why is your mother only wearing this measly gold charm? Has your family become bankrupt from doing too many bad deeds?”

Lily did a double-take at the bracelet, but after she heard what Jared said, she also spoke up in disgust.

She said, “I don’t know why your mother dared to humiliate me over and over again when she’s dressed this shabbily. Unlike my mother, she treated you like her own son despite having so many gold bangles that I bought her!”

I looked at Lily with a complicated gaze.

Aside from the fact that my mother had never once humiliated her, she had forgotten about her first gift to her own mother.

However, it was not surprising. Maryam had told me before that since Lily became rich, she forbade Maryam from wearing simple clothing.

She felt that Maryam would embarrass her.

Hence, Maryam hid the gold charm bracelet away.

I was overwhelmed by mixed emotions as I glanced at Lily meaningfully.

“Lily, do you really not remember this bracelet? This is the first gift you bought for Maryam.”

Jared interrupted me.

“The bracelet wasn’t there when I dismembered the body. Did you stuff this in so you could find an excuse to take the body away? It’s too late now. If you want to take the body parts back, you’d have to retrieve them from the dogs’ stomachs.”

Lily believed Jared. She tossed the bracelet into the trash can angrily.

“Hunter, you’re shameless! How dare you lie to me by using my mother?”

Then, she kicked the remaining body parts left from the dogs’ meal into the drain.

She looked at me smugly. “You forced me to do this!”

At the same time, the hospital director and the police arrived after hearing the commotion.

“According to our investigation, you illegally sold Maryam Smith’s organs. Please come with us.”

Lily’s expression froze as she thought she heard the wrong name.

“We didn’t sell any human organs, let alone my own mother’s! Are you kidding me?”

The hospital director, Dr. Reid, tossed some documents in her direction. It was the death certificate and the evidence that Lily had transferred the available heart.

“I didn’t realize that you’ve done so many stupid things! I didn’t expect that you’d even commit such a vicious crime against your own mother!”