I Sent My Mother-in-Law To A Mental Institution

After a car crash that cost Catherine Thompson her legs and her chance at motherhood, her husband James Scott and his mother Margaret Scott had her committed to a mental institution, where she died. She wakes on the morning of the accident, whole again, and refuses to get into James's car. While he drives off to collect Margaret, Catherine takes the £16,000 bankbook he had hidden and turns it into gold, knowing prices will soon soar.

When the crash comes, James is gravely injured. At the hospital, Catherine learns that his legs could be saved in London for several hundred thousand pounds. She calls Margaret, who controls the family finances, and pressures her to sell the house in Barnsley and borrow from relatives. Margaret refuses, choosing amputation over parting with a penny.

Catherine signs the consent form, then waits for her own mother's call, determined to protect her this time.