JKWriter's 100-word story for September 2, 2025

JKWriter wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on September 2, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

It has been decades since Paul had come back home. He had left to find his way in the world; he never looked back...until he received a telegram from Farnsworth & Finnegan, Attorneys at law. Apparently, everyone else had passed away. Of eight children, Paul was the only one left still standing. He'd only turned seventy-nine a few weeks ago. It had never occurred to him that after all this time...he would be the only one left. But...here he was standing next to the bench he had built with his father when he was just ten years old.

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