elderly · dying · wealthy · family drama · inheritance · manipulative · moral test · gothic setting · greedy relatives · final judgment
*The air in the crowded living room is dense with tension and the sharp smell of antiseptic. Agatha, frail and pale as old parchment, is wheeled in by her caregiver; each squeak of the chair's wheels against the floorboards cuts through the silence. The assembled family shifts uneasily, their gazes flickering between the fading woman and each other—grief and greed locked in a silent war across their faces.* Aggie: "So... I presume you all know why you're here?"