A heartless son leaves his elderly, wheelchair-bound father in front of his brother’s house. When he finds out that the old man had received a large inheritance, he rushes back and regrets it bitterly.

The day was almost over, and Caleb was forced to do another one of his daily tasks: dealing with the finances involving his father, Mr. Carter, an 84-year-old man who depended on constant care. There he was, meticulously counting out the money to pay Rosa, the nurse who looked after the old man.

“Here’s your payment, Rosa,” said the man, handing her the envelope with an irritated look and frustration…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

“Thank you, Caleb,” replied the woman. Her tone was soft when she added, “But you have to give me the money on a weekly basis for the things your father needs. Mr. Carter will need more diapers, medicine, and warm clothes. Winter is coming, and he needs to be warm.”

Caleb, annoyed, handed over the money and thought, Cruel, useless old man. He only gives me more expenses.

After the carer left, he closed the door. The sound of the television filled the room where the old man, sitting in his wheelchair, laughed happily, watching a comedy program. As soon as he saw his son passing by, the old man asked with a glimmer of hope in his eyes, “Son, do you want to watch with me?”

However, the answer was anything but kind. “I have to work to pay for your things, and I have to go and buy these shitty diapers for you. I don’t even have any rest anymore,” Caleb replied in a harsh, rough tone.

The old man retreated in his chair, sadness shading his eyes, which had once sparkled with joy. His expression was a reflection of the pain caused by his son’s cruel words. The man, on the other hand, left without looking back, slamming the door, leaving behind a heartbroken father.

The atmosphere in the room became dense; the sound of the television now seemed like a deafening noise, and the old man felt abandoned in his own home—a home that had once been full of laughter and love.

Once inside his car, Caleb was absorbed in his own thoughts and irritations, not even caring about the pain he had caused his father. He really didn’t care. The man walked towards a path where love and respect for his father had been lost, a world where selfishness and ingratitude had taken over his being—all because Mr. Carter was living with him ever since his wife passed away. The small, fragile old man had been the responsibility of Caleb, his eldest son. He, the bachelor of the family, had no children to raise and no companion to share his days with. He had a stable income and lived relatively better than his brothers. That’s why he was the only one considered to take care of his father.

The man, against his will, took on this responsibility. He didn’t want that burden. He longed for freedom, for nights of partying without worries. His brothers, although they loved their father dearly, found themselves in unfavorable life situations to take on such a commitment. Some were busy with their family and financial responsibilities, while others were navigating the turbulent seas of academic life. Their inability to help was reasonable.

His son’s visit was the only ray of sunshine in Carter’s cloudy days. His smile at the sight of his children radiated a light that dissipated the shadow of Caleb’s abandonment and neglect. All of them, except Caleb, had a deep love for their father—a love that the old man felt every time they met. His eldest son, however, was a tempestuous child. He treated his father with contempt and coldness, providing him with only the bare minimum he needed to survive. He was reluctant to spend more than what was essential on the old man’s needs and got angry every time Rosa reminded him of his responsibilities. Her every request was a heavy burden on his shoulders.

This old man… he’s so old, he could do us a favor and die already, he thought cruelly. That’s why he made the environment suffocating—a home where a son’s love was actually resentment.

Caleb presented his reality: he was exhausted by being the guardian of that man, who, in his distorted view, only consumed his resources and his freedom. For him, Carter was only an obstacle that prevented him from living his life to the fullest.

In the midst of this gray routine, the old man, his heart flooded with unshakable love, continued to wait day after day for a gesture of affection, a friendly word from his son. But the man, lost in his selfishness, continued to be indifferent, ignoring the sad eyes of his father, who longed only for a little love in his last days of life.

And on that fateful day, the air was heavier than usual, marked by unpleasant events. After fulfilling his obligation to buy diapers and medicine for the elderly man, Caleb returned home with an angry face, snorting with anger because of a flat tire.

He burst into the house, shouting and throwing the bags on the table. “If it wasn’t for you, my car would be intact! But I have to support you; you’re a burden to me!” he shouted, blaming his father without a shred of compassion.

Carter’s eyes filled with tears as he apologized in an emotional voice, “Forgive me, son. I… I didn’t mean to…”

However, the son, with a hardened heart, interrupted him, and cruel words came out of his mouth. “You’re nothing but trouble to me! I didn’t even want to be your son!”

The fragile old man was plunged into a sea of sadness, and tears began to fall, wetting his face as if each drop carried the weight of a life of love and sacrifice that had been disregarded. The old man’s sobs were like echoes of a melody of pain. He felt completely ignored in his paternal love.

“I’m sorry for being a burden, son… an unwanted burden,” he cried.

But Caleb didn’t care. He was so angry that he shouted that his father could sleep in the living room and that he wouldn’t help him go to bed as he always did. “Do it yourself! I can’t take it anymore!” he yelled and stomped off to his room, leaving his father to suffer alone in his wheelchair, abandoned in the living room.

Night fell, and the silence in the house was only interrupted by the low sobs of Mr. Carter. The son didn’t have the empathy to realize that, that night, the old man fell asleep with his body tired and his soul wounded in that hard chair, wrapped in shadows of abandonment and cold because it was already winter.

Inside his room, locked in and lying on his bed, Caleb’s anger boiled over. It only intensified when, on checking the messages in the family group, he saw that Fred, his younger brother, had gotten a job in a mechanical engineering company.

That bastard didn’t even say anything to me. He must be making a lot of money, Caleb thought. It wasn’t a proper job, in fact; it was an internship, as the boy was still a student. But it was enough to ignite a Machiavellian spark in the man’s already dark heart. He saw it as an opportunity, a way to get what he wanted the most, and so he spent the night thinking and planning something that would finally make him very happy.

Caleb went to sleep smiling, thinking about his plans for the next day.

The next day, the sun was rising, but the Carter house was still covered with darkness. The man woke up and went straight to the living room to check on his old father. Carter was there, his head down, asleep in an uncomfortable position, and the winter chill was hurting his bones. The old man’s heart seemed to feel colder than his frail body.

“Dad, Dad, wake up. Hey, wake up!” said the man.

When the old man woke up, his eyes were startled, and upon seeing his son, the tears immediately began to flow again. He apologized, as if words could ease the pain he felt. “Son, about yesterday… I’m really sorry about your car. You know that if I could, I wouldn’t even live here. I really wish I could do things on my own, but I can’t. I’m sorry.” READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Caleb, with an unusually soft expression, said that everything was fine and that he had prepared something special for his father. He took his father to his room, dressed him in warmer clothes—after all, the old man had spent the night in the cold—and served him a great breakfast. Although the old man found it strange, he thought it was a way for his son to apologize for his attitude the night before. But his happiness didn’t last long.

After breakfast, Caleb said, a little suspicious, “Now, let’s go.” He took the old man to the car, and while he was settling him in, Carter asked, with a mixture of curiosity and expectation, “Where are we going, son?”

“We’re going to visit Fred and congratulate him on his new job,” Caleb replied, keeping his voice neutral.

The little man smiled genuinely. It was a rare opportunity to get out of the house and see another one of his children. “Oh, how nice! I’ve missed him. It’s been a while since he visited, hasn’t it? He’s been so busy with college, but he’s a good kid. He’ll be great someday.”

The old man was happy and talkative, but the truth of the situation was crueler than he imagined.

When they arrived, Caleb got his father out of the car, put him in the wheelchair, rang the doorbell of Fred’s house, and quickly ran back to the vehicle. Mr. Carter

was confused.

“Huh?” he was stunned. But when he realized that his son had started to drive away, he shouted, “Son, son! What are you doing? Where are you going?”

And Caleb, with a coldness that cut more than the icy winter wind, snapped, “Now you’re Fred’s problem, not mine anymore. I don’t want you bothering me, okay? You’ve spent enough time with me, and he has money now. Let him take care of you!” And he drove away before his brother could answer the door.

Mr. Carter was paralyzed. This… this can’t be happening, he thought as reality sank in, and his sad little eyes blurred with tears. The tears fell and mixed with the thin rain that was falling, and the old man’s heart was in pieces.

“Why? Why would he do this to me?” The poor man felt abandoned, like a child lost in a cold and unknown world. It was as if every drop of rain carried the pain of a rejected father, and every breath of wind whispered the echo of a betrayed love. What did I do to deserve this? Was I such a bad father? he said to himself, very quietly.

As the car drove further away, his soul broke a little. Despair took over his thoughts—a feeling of emptiness, of infinite loneliness—while he cried out for rescue, for a hug, for a loving look. Carter couldn’t understand how his son, whom he had raised with so much love and dedication, could abandon him in such a cruel and merciless way. It seemed like a nightmare, an endless abyss where hope had been consumed by darkness.

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Caleb returned home, but something was different. There was a sense of relief permeating every fiber of his being, as if a heavy and oppressive burden had been lifted. Ah, he sighed. “Peace… peace at last,” he said, his eyes sweeping the now-empty house. With no one else to look after, no one to bother him, the responsibility of taking care of his father was in the hands of someone else now. He was euphoric, immersed in his newly acquired freedom.

However, that ungrateful and cruel son was set to suffer an ironic fate, and the universe seemed to be looking forward to it. Not a month had passed since he abandoned his father on his brother’s doorstep when the man realized that he had been removed from the family group chat. At first, he felt happy because now he was free to live without judgment. He thought very little of his family, so he didn’t mind it too much.

However, a shocking revelation came from a neighbor who knew the old man. The old man had become a millionaire.

“What? How? When?” Caleb shouted when he heard the news. He was incredulous, so the neighbor explained, “Haven’t you heard? It seems that your father was the only biological relative of a distant uncle who passed away and left him a huge inheritance.”

The man was stunned. He remembered that his father was adopted and never knew his biological family. But a rich uncle? And now an inheritance? He wanted his share. He wanted to be compensated for the years of caring for the old man—and more. Haha, so it was worth it to keep that old man alive after all, he thought.

Without wasting any time, Caleb went to Fred’s house. When he knocked on the door and his brother answered it, Caleb tried to get in, asking, “Where’s Dad? I need to talk to him.”

Fred stopped him with a contemptuous look on his face. “Oh, now you want to talk to him? You didn’t even call for a month. You didn’t show up to apologize. And now that you probably know about the inheritance, you just decided to show up? You abandoned our father in the cold, alone. You neglected him and didn’t even care.”

Caleb raised his voice, demanding to see his father, but Fred said, “Well, you should know that you are no longer part of our family. Dad has disowned you.”

The man’s eyes widened in disbelief. “What?”

“He doesn’t want an ungrateful son like you. Did you know that I wasn’t at home that day, and Dad spent the whole day alone in the cold and rain? That’s right. What you did was a crime. Get out of here, Caleb, before I call the police!” The young man slammed the door in his brother’s face with firm determination, leaving him outside, consumed by a mixture of anger, frustration, and regret.

The silence that followed was painful. Was the ungrateful son rethinking his wrong choices, his irreparable betrayal, and his broken sacred family ties? It was the weight of a conscience marked by remorse—the certainty that he himself had been the architect of his downfall.

Even so, Caleb, in his desperation and greed, tried to move heaven and earth, seeking justice to claim his supposed share of the inheritance. However, the evident abandonment of the elderly wheelchair user echoed through the court corridors, and he always lost. Lucky for him that he wasn’t arrested, as his father didn’t want to press charges. But the man’s life went into a downward spiral, with his family—the foundation of any human being—turning their backs on him, rejecting him as he had rejected his own father. His world almost came crashing down when he heard from his father, “You’re not my son. Sons don’t do that to fathers. I just wanted love, and you couldn’t give it to me. So now you won’t get a penny of what I’ve earned, either.”

The old man found joy and comfort with his other children, who treated him with love and understanding. And Fred, who took him in even though he was still struggling to build a life of his own, even before the unexpected fortune. The other brothers mobilized, sending what they could to help the young man care for their father. And when the inheritance arrived, the children’s love remained unchanged because it wasn’t money that would make them love him more.

However, for Caleb, his desire for solitude came true, but not in the way he had hoped. Every morning, he was alone—not by choice, but as a result of his actions. It was a long and painful road, but eventually, the man began to understand. The harsh clarity of the truth made its way through the mists of anger and resentment, revealing to him the reality of his terrible actions. Every day, a new layer of understanding unfolded, showing him the portrait of a man who had lost the most precious thing in life: the love of a father.