Chapter 1 My mother - in - law was killed when my husband's assistant blew through a red light and slammed into her . Yet somehow , the judge ruled she'd been pulling an insurance scam . Determined to fight for her , I filed three separate lawsuits , but all got shut down . Just as I was gearing up to appeal for the fourth time , I learned that her body had vanished . I was reaching for my phone to call 911 when my husband , Declan Ashford , a lawyer , strolled in and slapped two thousand dollars onto the table . You already know this , " he said icily , " I've never dropped a case . Doesn't matter what evidence you hink you're sitting on , your mother's lawsuit is dead in the water . If I declared your mom was unning a scam , then that's exactly what she was doing . All these appeals ? Just your desperate scheme to milk more cash out of this . But save your breath , I already offloaded her body on the black market and pocketed two grand for it . That's the total worth of her life . And leave Sloane alone . " That's when it struck me . He thought it was my mother who'd died . shoved the money back across the table . " I've got no business taking this . " His face twisted into a scowl , his tone razor - sharp . " What , two grand's not cutting it for you ? Thea , wrap your head around this . Your mother was a nobody with no job . For trash like her , pulling in wo grand off her dead body is basically hitting the lottery . Don't get greedy on me . " I shook my head firmly . " You're missing the point . What I'm saying is , this money belongs to you . " Declan's expression darkened , pure disgust spreading across his face . " Are you completely insane ? This is blood money from hawking your own mother's corpse . What in God's name does that have to do with me ? You actually think I'd lay a finger on that tainted cash ? " Declan was raised by his mother . His old man kicked the bucket early on , and it was his mom who broke her back working three jobs to put food on the table and get him through law school , absolutely destroying her health along the way . Seeing all that up close , he always worshipped the ground she walked on . 13:01 Congratulations Darling You Just Won The Case Against Your Dead Mom 0.0 % Chapter 1 I used to rack my brain wondering why , after his mother's death , he never set foot in the house again , why he threw every ounce of himself into defending Sloane Sutton , the assistant who killed his mother . Now it all made sense . He was dead certain it was MY mother who'd been killed , not his own . I locked eyes with him and said calmly , " Declan , you need to track down that money and get Mom's body back . If you don't , you're going to wish you had . " But he clearly wasn't getting it , because he snorted . " You got any clue what the black market actually is ? Once you dump something there , it's gone for good . Your mother's corpse has probably already been butchered into chunks by now . There's no bringing her back . So just pocket the cash and stop being a pain in my ass . " she wasn't my flesh and blood , but she was a living , breathing person . She'd been murdered for no lamn reason , smeared as a con artist , and now her body had been peddled off by her own son . ust thinking about what she was going through made something twist painfully in my chest . ' Declan , " I said quietly , " you know perfectly well what happens to bodies on the black market . So now the hell could you do that to Mom? Does that not eat at you even a little bit ? " He shot me a sneering grin . " Why the hell would it ? She's your mom , not mine . Plus , dead people lon't feel jack . Flipping her body for some cash at least made her useful for something . She hould've watched where the hell she was walking . Getting herself flattened was screwed up nough , but on top of that she went and messed Sloane up mentally for days . " just stared at him , completely speechless . For a second , I couldn't even wrap my head around how he was going to lose it when he figured out that the woman he'd sold on the black market was actually his own mother . When I didn't say anything back , he tossed out casually , " Real talk , I always pegged your mom as omeone who wasn't gonna last . Even if that car hadn't nailed her , she would've dropped dead pretty soon anyway . So just take the money and call it your lucky . " 13:01 Congratulations Darling You Just Won The Case Against Your Dead Mom 4.2 % Dreame - Read Romance Stories Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!