[Joy Angela]

One of my mom's childhood-friends died like this.

She had cancer, and went to live with her son, who
is in his early 40's.

My mom went to visit her friend, and was shocked to see
how thin she was and tried to spoon-feed her some soup.

The son freaked out because it turned out, he was starving his mother to death, yet still giving her doses of morphine.

He wasn't even feeding his mother. This was his version of mercy killing.

She died several days later, he inherited all
of her belongings and that was that.

[Theodore R.]

Money talks, doesn't it? It may be that the "son" will have something similar happen to him. His "children" may starve him for his remaining funds. It is often said that a "fool and his money are soon departed," but I wonder about that sometimes.