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After my death, my in-laws couldn't stand that the house was now considered unlucky. My husband used my insurance payout to marry his longtime sweetheart. My son and daughter happily embraced their new mother. They all said I only liked to dramatize my own hardships and that this family would run just fine without me. Then I wake up on the day I collapsed from exhaustion. I drop the mop and walk away, letting everything fall apart if it must. No more guilt, no more pressure, no more playing the dutiful wife and mother. Without me, the whole family celebrates as if they've finally been set free. But it only takes a few days before the cracks show, and soon they are crying, pleading for me to come back.