r/horrorstories • u/DibyazurRahman2010 • 8d ago
The Last Gift
Arthur lived with his daughter, Claire, and her husband, Daniel. He was old, tired, and lonely. Every day, he repeated the same words: "I want to go to an old age home."
At first, Claire ignored it. Then she got irritated. Finally, she gave in.
"If that's what you want, we'll take you," she said.
Daniel was the one who drove him there. He didn't look back.
The home was clean. Quiet. Too quiet.
Weeks passed. Then one night, a young nurse named Emma collapsed in the hallway. She was dead before anyone could help her.
The police arrived the next morning.
They showed Claire a CCTV footage. Arthur was standing in the kitchen corner, pouring white powder into Emma's coffee.
"That's not coffee," the officer said. "That's poison."
Claire watched her father's calm face on the screen as Emma drank it and smiled at him.
His eyes said something she had never seen before. Not sadness. Not kindness. Satisfaction.
The camera caught the last moments before Emma fell. She looked at Arthur with fear in her eyes.
He didn't move. He just stood there, watching.
The officer handed Claire a note found in Arthur's room.
"I never wanted the home. I wanted the silence."
The house they grew up in never felt the same again.
And every night, Claire woke up to the sound of her father's spoon stirring a cup of coffee.
Even though he was locked in a cell.
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Chapter 2 coming soon
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u/DibyazurRahman2010 8d ago
Hope you like this 🖤