JKWriter's 100-word story for February 13, 2026

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on February 13, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

It had been less than a week since their dad had died. They knew it was coming. The man was 98 years old on his last birthday. That's longer than most, but nothing had prepared them for what they found...or didn't as the case had been. Everything of any kind of value had been removed...sentimental, too. Even in the attic. No one knew what happened to it's contents or when, but the undisturbed dust had been there a few years at least. Their entire childhood...it was all gone...along with his nurse of the last five years.

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