Mother's Gambit

Sophia Lowell's world shatters when her loving mother, Joanne Shaw, suddenly turns her back on her daughter. Joanne Shaw transfers the medical funds that Sophia Lowell and her husband scraped together by selling their marital home to her adopted son, Ian Lowell. Even worse, she promises to sign over her own property to him and drives her daughter and son-in-law out of the house. Heartbroken and confused, Sophia Lowell cuts all ties with her mother. Three years later, Sophia Lowell receives news of her mother's funeral and returns, ready to confront her memory. In front of relatives and friends, she denounces her mother's betrayal—only for Joanne Shaw to walk into the room, alive and well. It was all a setup to collect condolence money. But when the police arrive, Joanne Shaw finally breaks down and reveals the heartbreaking truth she has carried alone for three years.