Happy Family

My daughter has been kidnapped, and the kidnapper is asking for five million dollars as ransom. I can just about scrounge the money together, but the kidnapper makes it clear that he wants a life in exchange for my daughter's. He'll take the money and kill the person who brings it to him. I smoke throughout the night, my eyes bloodshot as I try to think of something. Then, I fix my gaze on my mother, who is now senile and insane.

My mother-in-law, Eleanor, was having a heart attack, and my husband, Ben Dover—a heart surgeon—was the only one who could save her. Did I call him? Nope. I just stood there, watching her gasp like a fish out of water. In my last life, I'd begged Ben to come save her. He brushed me off, accusing me of interrupting his time with his mistress, Ima Schit. No matter how much I pleaded, he wouldn't come. Eleanor had died in the hospital. And when Johnny, my father-in-law, demanded answers, Ben flipped the script, saying I'd never even called. He made Eleanor's death my fault. Johnny, blinded by grief and fury, killed me. But plot twist—I woke up. Right back to the day this circus started.

Maya Anindita memilih menjadi ibu rumah tangga demi mendukung karier suaminya. Ia bahkan menggunakan warisan keluarganya untuk mendanai bisnis suami hingga sukses. Sayangnya, keluarga pria itu selalu meremehkan Maya dan menganggapnya tidak pantas. Puncaknya, sang suami dijodohkan dengan wanita lain dan tampak mulai terpikat! Cukup sudah! Maya akan menunjukkan siapa dirinya. Tapi, mengapa suami dan keluarganya tampak terkejut melihat perlawanannya?

Hidup bersama suami yang suka berpangku tangan, membuat Nirmala memutuskan untuk bekerja demi memenuhi kebutuhan sehari-hari nya. Tak hanya berpangku tangan, Dinata juga lemah soal urusan ranjang. mungkin itulah yang membuat Nirmala belum dikaruniai seorang anak. Suatu ketika seorang mandor tempat Nirmala bekerja tertarik pada Nirmala, ia menyatakan cinta. Namun, Nirmala tidak menerima begitu saja. Sebab Handoko, sang mandor sudah memiliki 2 istri. Meski Nirmala dan Handoko tidak menjalin cinta. Tetapi hubungan keduanya terjalin intim. Nirmala di kabarkan mengandung. Siapakah orang yang telah menghamili Nirmala? apakah Dinata telah sukses membuahi sel telur istrinya atau justru itu benih Handoko?

Jaka adalah remaja biasa, seperti halnya anak laki-laki lain seusianya. Perceraian orang tuanya membuat hari-harinya dipenuhi dengan rasa kesepian dan keheningan. Hingga suatu hari, sebuah kecelakaan tragis merenggut nyawanya. Bingung dan kehilangan arah, jiwa Jaka terperangkap di sebuah persimpangan antara dunia orang hidup dan kematian. Namun, Azrael - Sang Malaikat Kematian, menyampaikan bahwa Jaka belum bisa melewati gerbang akhirat karena masih ada satu keinginan duniawi yang belum terselesaikan dan menahan jiwanya. Dalam perjalanannya untuk menyelesaikan urusan yang tertinggal, Jaka bertemu dengan teman-teman tak terduga — Dimas, Sisil, Briga, dan Awan — masing-masing dengan cerita, luka, dan kekuatan mereka sendiri. Akankah Jaka akhirnya mampu memasuki pintu akhirat dengan bantuan teman-temannya? Atau haruskah ia terjebak selamanya di antara batas kehidupan dan kematian?

In the fifth year of my spiritual practice, my phone suddenly exploded with messages. [Aria, why aren't you replying? Are you really that petty?] Puzzled, I opened Messenger, and froze. My cousin, who never seemed to measure up to me and always went out of her way to oppose me, was getting married, and she expected me to attend. "Sorry, I've been busy lately. I won't be able to make it," I replied politely. However, my courteous response only fueled their ridicule. "Stop pretending! You haven't kept in touch with your family for years. Are you too embarrassed because your life is such a mess?" "She won't even come to her own cousin's wedding? How heartless!" "Let me guess, the real reason she can't come is she can't afford a wedding gift." One cutting remark after another appeared, until Betty Stewart stepped in, feigning concern. "Come on, don't be so harsh on Aria. We're family, after all." "If she's really struggling, I could ask my husband to help her get a cleaning job." Then she sent me the digital invitation, the gold lettering gleaming. When I saw the groom's name, my pupils constricted in shock. Joseph Clark? Wasn't he the short-lived husband who had spent three years sucking up to me just to extend his life?

I accidentally ruined the cake at the fake daughter's birthday party. As punishment, my parents and brother locked me in the basement. "You’ve let your jealousy ruin a perfectly good celebration. Stay here and think about what you’ve done!" they shouted. They left me in the basement and went off to the Maldives to throw another birthday party for the fake daughter. When a gas leak occurred at home, I was still locked in the basement. As soon as they remotely turned the lights on, the whole house exploded, taking my life with it. After my death, my spirit drifted over to where my family was celebrating. I saw them gathered around the fake daughter on a beach. When a luxury three-tiered cake was brought out, they watched her make a wish with a smile. The fake daughter put on a show of concern about me. "Darling, you’re too kind-hearted. People like her deserve to be locked up and taught a lesson. Let’s see if she dares to take anything from you again," they said. Hearing that, I completely gave up on my family. When they returned home and saw the destroyed house, however, my parents and brother went mad.

I'm my brother's walking blood bank. Mom and Dad keep forcing me to go for blood transfusions to the point that I don't even weigh 80 pounds. Later, my brother's kidney fails. Mom and Dad want to gouge mine out to be transplanted into his body. At the peak of my despair, the thief who sneaks in from the ventilation hood secretly carries me out and helps me escape. He says, "I'm here for you. Don't be scared."

The day I died was the same day as my twin sister’s birthday party. She was in tears and was wrapped up in my boyfriend’s arms. My mom was seething with anger and kept calling me over and over again. My brother was clearly upset and sent me a text saying, "You’re so selfish. You just can’t stand to see anyone else happy." Even my usually quiet dad was furious and said, "She’s nothing but an ungrateful brat." I touched my chest. Thankfully, it did not hurt anymore.

My mother was the Chosen Luna—the one who once conquered three powerful Alphas. When her mission was done, she vanished from this world, leaving behind only me, and the three Alphas who had once loved her with everything they had. My first father, Alpha Jeff Tanners, ruled the Silver Moon Pack—rich enough to buy half the continent. My second father, Alpha Kael Grey, commanded all the warriors of the Northern Alliance. My third father, Alpha Bran Theron, held every medical resource wolves and humans depended on. For eighteen years, I was their cherished little princess. Whatever I wanted, they gave—no questions, no hesitation. Until they brought home that girl—a fragile orphan named Arie Ryker. From that day on, everything changed. She told them I called her a filthy stray, unworthy of our pack. She said I led the young wolves at school to bully her. She said I tampered with her performance costume, that I caused her allergy, that I made her faint on stage. And they believed her. They stopped believing me. The ninety-ninth time they chose her over me, when they shouted, "Don't come back again!", I didn't argue. I just picked up my luggage and left. They thought I'd come running home like before—that my disappearance was just another way to make them see me. But when they found out I had left the pack for good, that my identity had been erased, that I could no longer be found, the three mighty Alphas finally broke.