The Night My Husband Let Me Die

The Story

Deborah collapses in cardiac arrest on the sofa while her husband Mitchell is out with their son and colleague Melissa. Mitchell returns to find her body, mistakes her for sleeping, and covers her with a blanket. He takes the group to eat king crab while Melissa steals Deborah's phone to send fake threatening texts that frame her. Mitchell tosses her emergency medication beside the corpse and leads everyone on a two day ski trip to Aspen. The truth surfaces only when neighbors notice decomposition fluids leaking from the apartment. Melissa faces imprisonment for willfully delaying rescue. Overwhelmed by guilt, Mitchell succumbs to kidney transplant rejection the following New Year's Eve. His soul remains unforgiven as their son grows up to become a cardiac surgeon seeking redemption.