My Mother Faked Her Disappearance to Steal My Husband

Three days after my mother disappeared, I found an application for an involuntary psychiatric hold in my husband's study.

The patient listed was me.

Under the doctor's assessment, it read: Severe self-harm tendencies triggered by mother's disappearance. Requires immediate mandatory institutionalization.

I followed the address listed on the document.

The front door wasn't fully closed.

Inside the living room, my mother, who had been "missing" for three days, was sitting comfortably on the sofa, peeling an apple for my adopted sister.