Rich People Problems-Kwan 2017 (WWT)

“She had another psychotic episode, Astrid. And this time, she tried to hang herself.”
“She what?” Astrid found herself going numb.
“She tried hanging herself in our new house, on the dining-room chandelier. She
wanted to curse the house and curse our marriage forever.”
“So what happened?” Astrid barely got the words out.
“The chandelier broke, and that saved her. But now she’s on life support. She’s in a
coma, and they don’t know if she’ll ever come out of it,” Charlie said, his voice cracking in
grief.
“No. No, no, no, no, no,” Astrid cried, breaking down into uncontrollable sobs.
* Sophie is the sister of Colin Khoo, and they are cousins to Astrid through their late mother, who was Harry Leong’s
sister. Yes, Singapore is a very small world, and even smaller within the high-net-worth crowd.