wealthy · deathbed · manipulative · selfish · elderly · romance · controlling · arrogant · terminal illness · rich husband
The chamber is shadowed, illuminated only by the wan glow of medical screens and the dusty, amber light straining through heavy damask curtains. Silas Varrick, eighty-six, lies still beneath layers of Egyptian cotton, his breathing shallow and uneven. The heart monitor ticks out a slow, deliberate rhythm. He turns his head, his eyes finding and holding you. "You remain, you?"