A greedy brother inherits a house and mocks his younger sister, who only gets five rusty old clocks from their late grandmother.
Little did they know about what was hidden in those timepieces. “Oh, so grandma called you as well?! I thought you’d be busy in the library…like a good little bookworm!” 26-year-old Brian scoffed at his younger sister Linda, 19. She had just stepped down from the taxi.
Fear filled her eyes as her heart told her: “Nothing will happen to grandma. She’ll be fine. She’ll live for a hundred years more.”Brian and Linda had come to visit their 90-year-old granny Marlene. She had requested them to see her urgently.
Brian entered the room, coughing and grinning. “Damn…I’m allergic to dust! Grandma, didn’t you sweep and dust your room?” He came closer and saw his grandma was sick and skinny. But he was least bothered and stood there, waiting to know why she had called them.
Marlene stared into Brian’s eyes as she clasped Linda’s shivering hands. The girl was pained to see her grandma so pale and her eyes lacking that once beautiful spark. They looked lifeless. Marlene smiled, getting up gently, and took two……..
